About Us
With more than 16,600 employees in its 8 hospitals, multi-specialty physician groups and associated healthcare businesses Carle Health provides exceptional care to 16 communities and just over 3 million people throughout central and southern Illinois. Our strong mission, vision, and values guide us to a culture on teamwork and inclusiveness. At Carle Health we are driven by compassion to be a trusted healthcare partner for our patients, team members and communities.
To be your trusted partner in all healthcare decisions.
Vision
Improve health by providing highly accessible, world-class care and service.
Values
Excellence, Integrity, Inclusivity, Compassion, and Accountability.
Culture
Carle Health is committed to making diversity, equity and inclusion central to all that we do for team members, patients, and our communities.
Careers at Carle
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Each and every employee at Carle makes us better and stronger, so we can take care of our patients, members and our community. From clinical to professional and technical careers – our team of employees help us change lives.
Lifelong careers begin at Carle Health.
Carle Health makes it easier for team members to acquire the skills and support they need to enter or advance in the workforce with confidence. From nursing school graduates looking for a way to ease into their practice, to high school graduates interested in the healthcare field, Carle Health has a variety of programs to help motivated individuals get to work.
At Carle Health, we know that when we take care of you, you can take better care of our patients.
At Carle Health we provide a comprehensive benefits package designed to meet your needs at different stages of your life and career.
Health, Dental and Vision
Health Plan:Carle Health offers a PPO low-deductible copay plan and an HDHP high-deductible coinsurance plan with a Health Savings Account (HSA). Both plans include prescription drug coverage.
Dental Plan: Carle Health offers two types of dental plans that cover most types of preventive care. Other dental care and treatment is paid at a percentage.
Vision Plan:Carle Health offers two options for vision care. Basic vision benefits are included in both health plans. A voluntary vision plan covers more services.
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA): Carle Health offers a medical flexible spending account for any health insurance plan, limited flexibility spending account for dental and vision expenses and dependent care flexible spending account.
Time Off and Disability
Vacation: Eligible team members accrue time off each pay period. Vacation time can be rolled over, year after year, up to a set maximum. Team members can cash in a portion of their vacation time up to a maximum each year.
Sick Time: Eligible team members accrue sick time hours based on actual hours paid up to a maximum.
Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability: Carle Health provides company-paid short-term disability and long-term disability at no cost for eligible team members. Team members can also purchase additional voluntary short-term coverage.
Parental Leave: Eligible team members receive one week of paid parental leave to support them during the birth or adoption of a child.
Holidays/Personal Holiday: Eligible team members get an eight-hour personal holiday to use each calendar year and six, eight-hour paid holidays each year — New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Holidays are effective first date of employment and the personal holiday can be used after 90 days of employment.
Leave of Absence
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) As part of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Carle Health provides unpaid, job-protected leave to eligible team members for various medical, family and military situations.
Military Leave (USERRA) Carle Health offers military leave to allow eligible team members time to fulfill service in uniformed services as required by law or administrative regulation.
Victim’s Economic Security and Safety Act (VESSA) Pursuant to the Victim’s Economic Security and Safety Act (VESSA), team members who are victims of domestic or sexual violence or who have family or household members who are victims of such violence are allowed time away from work for approved activities.
Other Types of Leave Carle Health offers team members time off for bereavement leave and jury duty.
Retirement
Carle Health offers all team members retirement plan options. Team members working for a nonprofit entity are in a 403(b) plan. Team members working for a for-profit entity are in a 401(k) plan. Team members and Carle Health may contribute to a team member’s retirement plan.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Carle Health is committed to being an inclusive space for our team members, patients, health plan members and communities. Building a more diverse, equitable and inclusive environment lays the foundation for trusted partnerships and the delivery of high-quality care for everyone we serve. Making our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts central to all we do is how we meet our shared mission and vision. We cannot build trust without acknowledging, respecting and welcoming the diversity of identities and backgrounds among our team members, patients and health plan members.
Across many projects and priorities, diversity, equity and inclusion work at Carle Health is grounded in four areas:
Building a workforce that represents and reflects the communities we serve.
Creating positive team member experiences through inclusive recruitment, retention and advancement opportunities.
Enhancing the patient and plan member experience for members of marginalized groups.
Closing gaps to create equitable healthcare outcomes in the communities we serve.
