
Southcoast Health System
19 locations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
About Southcoast Health System
Headquarters:
New Bedford, MAWebsite:
https://www.southcoast.org/Southcoast Health is a not-for-profit, charitable, community-based health system with multiple access points, offering an integrated continuum of health services throughout southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Our system includes three hospitals — Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River (founded in 1885), St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford (founded in 1884) and Tobey Hospital in Wareham (founded in 1938). These hospitals merged on June 9, 1996, to form Southcoast Hospitals Group and operate under a single hospital license, with a total of 815 beds. In addition, Southcoast Health partners with Acadia Healthcare to offer expanded resources at Southcoast Behavioral Health in Dartmouth. Newsweek has named Southcoast Health one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2024.
Benefits
Southcoast offers a salary and employee benefits program that is competitive and secure and provides high-quality, affordable coverage options for employees and their families.
The following benefits are available to regular status employees who are scheduled to work a minimum of 24 Control Hours per week:
- Health Insurance
- Prescription Drug Benefits by CVS Caremark
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 403(b) by Transamerica
- Life & AD&D Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance and Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Voluntary Benefits
- Great nurse-to-patient staff ratios
- Cross-training opportunities
- Self scheduling
- Nursing internship program
Benefits available to regular status employees who are scheduled to work a minimum of 20 Control Hours per week:
- Tuition Assistance
- Earned Time Off, Holidays
Benefits available to all employees:
- Southcoast Partnership Plan – 403(b) Retirement
- Limeade Well-being Program
- Your Financial Health
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Discount Program
- Sign-on Bonuses up to $15,000
For more than 100 years, our hospitals have been dedicated to the health and wellbeing of our employees and the communities we serve. When you pursue health careers with Southcoast, you’ll enjoy a smoke-free and tobacco-free workplace, along with healthy food options and on-site fitness options.
These benefits include yoga, Zumba, farmers markets and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), along with an array of healthy choice options in our cafeterias. In recognition of our efforts, Southcoast has been named a Gold-Level Fit-Friendly Worksite by the American Heart Association.
Life as a nurse at Southcoast Health System
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Best Places to Work recognition
U.S. News best hospital
Union facility
Offers sign on bonus
Cross training
Level 2 trauma center
Community hospital
Healthgrades Specialty Excellence Award recipient