“I telecommute and enjoy flexible hours in my part-time position. I report to a wonderful person who supports my quest for work/life balance. This flexibility allows me to put my child on the bus in the morning and greet her in the afternoon. I still get ‘face time’ in the office and contact colleagues remotely from home.”

Theresa Sheffler, Financial Analyst

Scheduling

Flextime, part-time, compressed time, job sharing and self-scheduling: providing these options to VCUHS employees might be complicated, but we believe the result is well worth the effort.

Years of experience providing flexible work options have taught us that employees perform best when they take part in choosing their schedule. Wherever possible, our employees are encouraged to explore and propose work options to help balance their lives.

“In my 15 years at VCUHS, I have had many working arrangements: every possible configuration of full and part-time. Now that my kids are in school, I volunteer on Mondays in their science class. I’ve been the kindergarten room mother and every other role that ‘stay-at-home’ moms play thanks to VCUHS.”

Melissa Hunt, Director of Nursing

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.