Intermountain offers many programs to help caregivers with education and career growth. Some examples:
- Our tuition reimbursement program reimburses classes taken for college credit: any degree up to $2,000 per year, clinical degrees up to $3,000 per year, and RN to BSN degrees up to $5,250 per year.
- Intermountain partnered with Goldenwest Credit Union in 2020 to give $450,000 in scholarships to caregivers seeking degrees.
- Intermountain’s Udemy platform offers online self-directed learning with more than 5,000 top-rated personal and professional development courses taught by experts.
- The leadership and organizational development team partners with caregivers on professional growth and development as a leader at Intermountain with classes, mentoring programs, and on-demand learning.
- Intermountain covers 100% tuition for a number of accredited training, education, and certification programs to help you advance your career, such as phlebotomy, nursing, medical assisting, and surgical technologist programs.
“We want to continue expanding our offerings and invest more in career growth and learning,” says Heather Brace, senior vice president and chief people officer. “Which educational benefit that we offer has helped you learn and grow in your life? What would be the most helpful for Intermountain to offer when supporting you in your education and career journey?”
Share your responses to Heather’s questions by clicking “leave a comment.” Please keep ideas and comments constructive and focused on educational and career benefits.
Sharing your voice on Yammer works.
In addition to surveys, rounding, and huddles, Yammer is a tool HR uses to gather caregiver feedback in real time. Here are some of Intermountain’s policy changes that stemmed from Yammer:
- The idea of telework (remote work) started because of conversations on Yammer. Then it got a push from the pandemic.
- A casual dress code was implemented in non-clinical facilities and in clinical areas where it was deemed appropriate.
- The color of scrubs for phlebotomists changed from khaki to burgundy. Every time patient care techs talk about the color of their scrubs on Yammer, it’s surfaced for discussion in Nursing Council.
- The Professional Appearance Policy has been loosened and is now more inclusive of colored hair, tattoos, and piercings.
- Part-time caregivers receive increased PTO every pay period.
- Part-time caregivers now qualify for one day of paid bereavement leave.
- The amount of parent leave offered has increased.
- Parking stalls for veterans have been added at Layton Hospital and McKay-Dee Hospital. The idea is being considered for other facilities, like TOSH.
- The minimum wage increased to $15 an hour. While this change was already under consideration, a couple of Yammer threads pushed the work faster.
- HR recruiters are evaluating jobs that could get by with no degree—focusing on skills-based hiring instead.
- More times are being offered for LiVe Well webinars so you can earn your LiVe Well reward.