Job Perks Your Nursing Home Staff Will Enjoy
Posted: 10.20.2015
Even if you offer excellent health insurance, paid time off, and retirement—there are other job perks that will keep your nursing home staff happy. Since 95% of employees consider job perks when accepting a job—as well as when deciding how long to stay with an employer—make sure you have a competitive selection in your senior care facility.
Varied Work Schedules
Since your nursing home requires staffing 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-week, your employees work weekends, evenings, and odd hours. To help your staff achieve balance, consider offering varied work schedules. This goes beyond allowing employees to switch shifts, but to offering rotating weekend shifts and options other than the traditional 8-hour work day—such as 3-double shifts a week, or 4 10-hour days.
Ongoing Training and Development
A large majority of your staff is required to maintain their medical certifications, as well as complete ongoing training—so make this easy to achieve. Host training and development classes onsite, or make training and development available through online platforms. You could also offer to reimburse training and certification costs.
Health and Wellness Programs
As a healthcare facility, you must practice what you preach. This goes beyond offering exemplary health benefits. Also consider health-and-wellness programs such as:
Modern Technology
The advances in mobile health technology and electronic medical record-keeping mean you must remain up-to-date in order to ensure your employees are competitive within their industry. Not only that, but modern healthcare technology offers many time-saving benefits, and is designed to improve patient care.
Team and Employee Recognition
Celebrate your team so they feel valued. You can do this by:
Once you determine which job perks you’ll offer, make sure you’re consistent in searching for ways to improve and maintain your job perks.
Varied Work Schedules
Since your nursing home requires staffing 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-week, your employees work weekends, evenings, and odd hours. To help your staff achieve balance, consider offering varied work schedules. This goes beyond allowing employees to switch shifts, but to offering rotating weekend shifts and options other than the traditional 8-hour work day—such as 3-double shifts a week, or 4 10-hour days.
Ongoing Training and Development
A large majority of your staff is required to maintain their medical certifications, as well as complete ongoing training—so make this easy to achieve. Host training and development classes onsite, or make training and development available through online platforms. You could also offer to reimburse training and certification costs.
Health and Wellness Programs
As a healthcare facility, you must practice what you preach. This goes beyond offering exemplary health benefits. Also consider health-and-wellness programs such as:
- Free and/or discounted gym memberships and spa services.
- Hosting onsite yoga, meditation, or health classes.
- Hosting an annual health fair.
- Providing healthy breakroom snacks.
- Providing and/or laundering scrubs.
Modern Technology
The advances in mobile health technology and electronic medical record-keeping mean you must remain up-to-date in order to ensure your employees are competitive within their industry. Not only that, but modern healthcare technology offers many time-saving benefits, and is designed to improve patient care.
Team and Employee Recognition
Celebrate your team so they feel valued. You can do this by:
- Sharing the cards, letters, and emails you receive from seniors and their families.
- Setting team goals with fun incentives.
- Hosting monthly or quarterly birthday or seasonal parties or casual events as a way to connect and engage.
Once you determine which job perks you’ll offer, make sure you’re consistent in searching for ways to improve and maintain your job perks.