Careers

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Benefits

To attract and retain highly qualified employees, Rady Children's offers employees a comprehensive package of benefits. Your coverage is effective on the 31st day of active employment in a benefits-eligible position. You must enroll for benefits within 30 days of the date you become eligible for benefits.

As a benefits-eligible employee, you are provided with a comprehensive benefits package to aid you and your family. Within the first few weeks of hire, the Human Resources Benefits Department will send you an invitation via U.S. mail to attend a benefits orientation. At the orientation, we will provide you with your personalized enrollment forms, along with detailed information. We will also discuss retirement programs, EAP services, tuition assistance, accrued leave and additional benefits available as a Rady Children’s employee.

The following information provides you with a general overview of the benefits we offer. Rady Children’s offers a Flex Plus plan in which they will provide you with Flex Dollars to help you pay for a portion of your benefits. The cost of your benefits will be determined by the plan you elect, who you are insuring and how many hours you work per pay period. Your eligible dependents include your legally married spouse, domestic partner, unmarried dependent children age 18 or younger, unmarried children from age 19 through age 24 who are enrolled as full-time students, and children of any age totally disabled due to a physical or mental handicap if enrolled before age 25.

Medical

• Health Net POS (Point-of-Service)
• Health Net HMO Plan
• Sharp Health Plan HMO
• Waive Coverage (receive Flex Dollars for waiving medical coverage)

Dental

• Children’s Basic and Maximum PPO Plans
• Safeguard Dental HMO (DHMO) Plan
• Waive Coverage (if you choose to waive coverage, you will be ineligible to enroll for two plan years)

Vision

You may enroll in EyeMed Vision Care which allows you to use any provider, although in most cases you pay less for covered services when you use a network provider.

Flexible Spending Accounts

FSAs allow you to put aside money on a pre-tax basis for:

• Health Care Expenses (up to $3,500 each plan year)
• Dependent Care Expenses (up to $5,000 each plan year)

Life Insurance Options

For full-time and part-time benefits-eligible employees, Rady Children's provides life insurance coverage equal to one times your annual base salary at no cost to you. You may purchase additional coverage of one, two, three or four times your annual base salary. Provided you elect at least 1x additional life insurance for yourself, you may also purchase life insurance coverage for your spouse/domestic partner and eligible dependent children.

Long-Term Disability

Rady Children’s provides long-term disability coverage equal to 40 percent of your annual base salary (divided into monthly payments) at no cost to you. You may purchase additional coverage to increase your benefit to 50 percent or 66 2/3 percent.

You may purchase coverage for a number of voluntary (optiona1) benefits:

• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Universal Life Insurance
• Cancer/Critical Illness Insurance
• Long-Term Care Insurance
• Group Legal Services

You may enroll for voluntary benefits when you are first eligible as a new hire or during a subsequent Open Enrollment period. If you do not enroll when you are first eligible, you must wait until the next Open Enrollment period.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Use our confidential counseling service for help with personal issues, such as family matters, finances and more. The services are provided free of charge to all Rady Children’s employees and their families.

Retirement Program

Rady Children’s offers a two-part retirement program:

• Children’s Retirement Plan
• Children’s TSA/403(b) Plan (Savings Plan)

Rady Children’s pays the full cost of the Retirement Plan.The Savings Plan allows you to contribute a portion of your income on a pre-tax basis with employer-matching contributions.

Other Programs

You may also take advantage of these programs:

• Tuition Reimbursement
• Credit Union Membership
• Savings Bond Program

Enrollment

You have 30 days from the date you are eligible to either enroll or decline coverage of your benefits. If you do not submit your forms by this deadline, you will be placed in the default plan, listed below:

• Medical: NO COVERAGE (you will not receive Flex Dollars for waiving medical)
• Dental: NO COVERAGE (in addition to being ineligible for two plan years)
• Vision: NO COVERAGE
• Long-Term Disability: 40 percent of annualized base pay
• Employee Life Insurance and AD&D: 1x Annualized Base Pay

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