Southcoast Health System

Southcoast Health System

19 locations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
U.S. News best hospital

About Southcoast Health System

Headquarters:

New Bedford, MA

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.

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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

Southcoast Health has become a sought-­after hospital destination for health care professionals of all backgrounds. If you’re engaged in a job search, we’ll provide you with a powerful blend of educational, career advancement and compensation opportunities, all with a personal touch. We offer excellence in an environment you’ll want to call home — evidenced in the small town charm and grace of coastal New England. Here, you’ll find a sense of community, family and personal enrichment by working at any one of our hospitals or physician practices in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. At Southcoast, we strive in our daily efforts and long­-term planning to adhere to the following keys to our culture: - Providing health care services with quality and care - Communicating with openness, trust and integrity across all sites and departments - Being adaptable and flexible while honoring our legacies Southcoast Health actively supports and embraces a welcoming and inclusive environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Southcoast boasts many diverse Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): INTERGENERATIONAL ERG The Intergenerational ERG focuses on recognizing the different generational characteristics, how to foster intergenerational collaboration can create successful outcomes, and how to avoid common misunderstandings between generations. MORE VOICES OF COLOR ERG The More Voices of Color ERG strives to create a supportive, inclusive community of Southcoast Health Black colleagues and allies whose voices and actions together uplift our Southcoast family and community. All are encouraged to join from across every department, all roles, and any locations. MORE ABILITIES SOUTHCOAST ERG The More Abilities Southcoast ERG is committed to making Southcoast Health a stronger organization by building a community that supports employees who have special needs or disabilities, as well as employees who are caretakers of people with special needs or disabilities and allies (to include physical, neurological, mental health, and other special needs or disabilities). VETERANS ERG The purpose of the Veterans ERG is to create a community of Southcoast Health veterans and allies that connect to, and provide support, each other, and to increase awareness of our veterans’ service to the country to our employees and providers within Southcoast Health, and our community. MORE PRIDE SOUTHCOAST ERG The More Pride Southcoast ERG was created to create a community of Southcoast Health’s LGBTQ+ employees, family members, friends and allies. This ERG offers opportunities to connect, provide support to each other and increase awareness of our LGBTQ+ community within Southcoast Health. SOUTHCOAST VIDEO LINKS https://player.vimeo.com/video/823879794?h=081ff068f9&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479 https://vimeo.com/804071378/9753b30b89 https://vimeo.com/700970309

Tags

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

Locations

SPG - OB/GYN
543 North Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
SPG - WAREHAM - PRIMARY CARE
100 Rosebrook Way, Wareham, MA 02571
SPG-PULMONOLOGY
1030 President Ave, Fall River, MA 02720
SPG - MIDDLETOWN - PRIMARY & CARDIOLOGY CARE
672 Aquidneck Ave, Middletown, RI 02842
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SPG - SWANSEA PRIMARY CARE
479 Swansea Mall Drive, Swansea, MA 02777
SPG - PORTSMOUTH - PRIMARY CARE
2444 E MAIN RD, PORTSMOUTH, RI 02871
SPG - SURGICAL SERVICES
300 HANOVER STREET, FALL RIVER, MA 02720
SPG - TIVERTON FAMILY MEDICENTER
1800 Main Road, Tiverton, RI 02878
SPG - CARDIOLOGY - PROVIDENCE RI
1076 N. MAIN ST, PROVIDENCE, RI 02904
SPG - MATTAPOISETT - PRIMARY CARE
19 County Road, Mattapoisett, MA 02739
SPG - FALL RIVER - PRIMARY & CARDIOLOGY CARE
1565 N. MAIN ST., FALL RIVER, MA 02720
SPG - DARTMOUTH - PRIMARY CARE
500 Faunce Corner Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747
SPG - PEDIATRIC CLINIC
79 STATE RD NAUSET BLDG, NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA 02747
SPG - FAIRHAVEN - PRIMARY & SPECIALTY CARE
208 Mill Road, Fairhaven, MA 02719
Southcoast VNA (Visiting Nurse Assoc)
200 Mill Road, Fairhaven, MA 02719
St. Luke's Hospital
101 Page Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
Tobey Hospital
43 High Street, Wareham, MA 02571
Charlton Memorial Hospital
363 Highland Avenue, Fall River, MA 02720
Southcoast Home Health
200 Mill Road, Fairhaven, MA 02719