“ The ability to use my paid time off for whatever I value or need the most helps keep my life in balance. There are no negative feelings or impact for taking days off for school activities or sick children, which is very important to me.”

Kim Jacobs, Business Manager, Surgical Services.

Paid Time Off

Time away from work is a vital part to ensuring our employees are rested and prepared to handle the day-to-day challenges before them. We offer one plan we call Paid Time Off (PTO) that combines vacation, holidays, and sick time and allows our employees to use their time in a way that fits their family and work needs best.

Imagine having 27 days your first year on the job to use for whatever purpose you wish: vacation, sick time or holidays. Imagine being able to save this time, transfer it to a colleague, or trade it in for cash should times get tough. Now imagine getting up to 36 days as your career progresses, with days increasing at five-year increments of service. This is a reality for employees at VCUHS.

Additional paid time off benefit highlights include:

Accrue PTO by years of service and full-time equivalency.
Use for any reason with supervisor approval.
Unused PTO carries over up to a certain amount.
Option to convert PTO accrual into cash, subject to tax.
Option to cash out unused PTO each May, subject to tax.
Leave Share program, where employees can give time to one another to use during difficult personal times.

We pioneered many of our work/life balance programs decades ago – long before balance was a trend.

A healthy workforce is a happy workforce … we’ve tapped into our own great health care resources to take care of our own.