Professional Resources & Benefits
Explore employee benefits, career growth opportunities, and helpful resources to guide you through the application process.
Benefits and Wellness: Supporting Every Part of Your Journey
Your well-being matters here. Riverside's Total Rewards package goes beyond pay and insurance; it's designed to support your health, career growth, and life outside of work. From flexible schedules and professional development to wellness perks and recognition programs, you'll find meaningful benefits that help you thrive personally and professionally.
What We Offer Our Employees
Core Coverage
- Three medical plan options
- Two dental PPO plans & vision benefits
- Health Savings Account (employer contribution on eligible plans)
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life/AD&D; Short- & Long-Term Disability
- 401(a) with Riverside matching; 403(b) pretax/Roth
- Wellness incentives
Career & Professional Development
- Tuition reimbursement (up to $3,000/yr)
- Tuition discounts (10-25%) with partner schools
- Nursing Excellence funds & career ladders
- No-cost CE; Riverside is a CME/CE sponsor
- New employee/student orientation; mentoring & preceptor training
- Young Professionals mentoring network
- Virtual medical library (24/7)
- Shadowing, internships, coding & CDI training
Additional Support
- Earned Time Program (paid time off)
- Flexible schedules (incl. weekend programs)
- Competitive pay differentials (night, bilingual, BSN)
- Leaves and confidential EAP services
- Financial help & interest-free payroll deduction plans
- Home ownership assistance (Kankakee match toward down payment)
- Food bank access for team members
- Employee discount card; cafeteria/gift shop payroll deduction
- Chapel & Healing Garden; Partners in Caring
Recognition & Celebrations
- Hospital Week & holiday celebrations
- Team accomplishments & department huddles
- Engagement committees & round tables
- Retirement events & Years-of-Service awards
- Birthday lunch cards; peer/leader recognition
- Therapy dogs, treat wagons, ice-cream socials, pizza parties
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What It Means to Work at Riverside
Riverside's Mission
Care that revolves around you. Our commitment to patients, teammates and our community.
Watch the VideoOur Core Values
These principles shape how we care for patients, support one another and serve our community.
Integrity
We respect human dignity and consistently promote fairness and honesty.
Excellence
We strive for clinical, operational and service excellence by fostering professional development, accountability, teamwork and commitment to high value.
Partnership
We work in cooperation with other care providers, guided by open communication, trust and shared decision-making.
Stewardship
We advocate prudence in the use of our financial and human resources for the advantage of the communities we serve.
Employee Non-Discrimination Policy
It is a violation of Riverside's policy to discriminate in the provision of employment opportunities, benefits or privileges; to create discriminatory work conditions; or to use discriminatory evaluative standards in employment if the basis of that discriminatory treatment is, in whole or in part, the person's gender, gender identity, race, color, religion, age, disability status, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any personal traits.
Discrimination of this kind may also be strictly prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and various other federal, state and local laws. This policy is intended to comply with the prohibitions stated in these anti-discrimination laws.
