Who We Are
Exempla Healthcare is a not-for-profit community-based organization sponsored by the LMC Community Foundation and the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System. We number over 8500 employees, volunteers, and affiliated physicians and operate primarily through our three main facilities:
Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital
Located in midtown Denver, Colorado, Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital is a renowned teaching hospital, the first of its kind in Denver, that is dedicated to providing excellent care, especially to the underserved. For the past five years, the hospital has treated more patients than any other acute-care facility in metropolitan Denver in a wide range of areas, including cardiology and open-heart surgery.
We also treat more patients locally in such areas as gastroenterology, general surgery, neonatology, obstetrical, nephrology, orthopedic, pulmonary and rheumatology. Additionally, we deliver more babies than any other hospital in Colorado. Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital has 565 licensed beds and cares for 25,000 inpatients yearly, while outpatient visits approach 110,000.
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center
Since 1905, Exempla Lutheran Medical Center has been advancing the art of healing and the science of medicine throughout metro Denver. Today, the 400-bed, community-based hospital offers a comprehensive spectrum of specialized care, from birth to end-of-life. In 2007, Lutheran treated and cared for more than 18,000 patients, nearly 3,000 babies and 70,000 others in Lutheran’s “most preferred” emergency room.
Every patient can be assured of receiving the highest standard of care. Lutheran’s national accreditations include Level III Trauma, Level III Neonatal, Chest Pain Centers of America, and is the region’s only Sleep Disorders Center. The hospital’s 2,500 employees, 800 physicians and nearly 700 volunteers have helped Lutheran earn numerous recognitions, including being named one of the nation’s Top 100 Hospitals seven times.
Lutheran also provides pediatric urgent care through a partnership with The Children’s Hospital; top musculoskeletal services through its Human Motion Institute; superb mental health services at West Pines Behavioral Health Center; and compassionate senior services at Colorado Lutheran Home. Lutheran’s legacy of trusted care continued with the openings of Collier Hospice Center and Lutheran Surgery Center in 2006, and Exempla Lutheran Medical Center – Southwest, a medical office building complete with urgent care and medical imaging, which opened in summer 2007. The hospital is deeply committed to the community, as shown through its partnership with Spirit of Women and its support of Metro Community Provider Network’s Estes Street Clinic and Young AmeriTowne.
Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center
Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center opened in December 2004 on an 80-acre site in the community of Lafayette near Denver. Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center is a 202-bed facility, and features spacious patient rooms, state-of-the-art equipment, and units designed for efficient function.
The $175-million, four-story building houses a wide range of multi-specialty entities, including Surgical Services, Emergency Department with Urgent Care, Labor and Delivery, Level II Neonatal Care Unit, Cardiovascular Services, Adult Intensive Care Unit, Pediatrics, Orthopedics, and Comprehensive Radiology Services.
The medical campus is also host to two medical office buildings, The Kaiser Permanente Rock Creek Medical Offices and the Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center Community Physicians Pavilion.
Lafayette, a short drive from Denver and Boulder, has modern neighborhoods, easy access to fine restaurants and shopping centers, virtually limitless outdoor recreation and, of course, with the Rocky Mountains nearby-- the breathtaking vistas that only Colorado can provide. The Exempla Good Samaritan campus offers excellent mountain and garden views, walking trails, a healing garden, tranquil waterways and more, all to fashion an environment of healing.
Integrity, Pride, Dedication
We are looking to bring together the brightest and most talented professionals and offer you a world of options like:
- A choice of one of three major facilities and various primary care physician clinics and specialty clinics, in urban, suburban, and rural settings
- A choice of a full range of clinical specialty areas
- A chance to be involved in creating an environment of service excellence
- The mobility to migrate to other facilities and other specialties, as well as to advance in your field of expertise
And that is just the beginning. At Exempla, we want to reward and recognize you for your hard work. We provide you with the team and technology because we are committed to meeting patient and staff safety standards, patient satisfaction, clinical excellence, and complete employee and physician engagement. At Exempla, we are committed to you and achieving service excellence.
Our Values
Community Based
As a not-for-profit organization, everything we do at Exempla flows from a central core of values - an absolute dedication to healing above all else.
Exempla's core values:
- Integrity - doing the right thing
- Welcoming Spirit - making all feel at home
- Partnership - together and with patients, families, community with physicians, providers, and payers
- Pride - doing good work and making healthcare better
- Good Humor - enjoying one another and our work
There's continuity from this foundation that makes you feel part of something truly special, rewarding, and lasting.
Dedication
You'll discover the core values and dedication to you and our patients present as a constant throughout our facilities. Essential to it is Exempla's emphasis on safety for both patients and employees alike. We are dedicated to making continuous improvements in facilities, procedures, and processes devoted to safety. Exempla is also dedicated in reinvesting in you and the latest technology and equipment to allow you to provide the best healthcare possible. This dedication includes your involvement and input in our quest to continually build upon our service excellence standards.
At Exempla, you'll be rewarded for your skills and dedication in a variety of ways, starting with compensation that's highly competitive. Exempla's employee benefits provide a tremendous range of choices in terms of medical coverage, as well as a full complement of other benefits, from retirement plans to tuition reimbursement.
Benefits
Comprehensive, Flexible, Affordable.
We know our employees make the difference for the people we care for and the communities we serve. That's why we've designed our benefit program to make a difference for our employees and their families. In summary, Exempla's Benefits Plan offers you as an eligible employee:
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
- Basic Employee Life Insurance
- Supplemental Employee Life Insurance
- Employee Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance (AD&D)
- Dependent Life and AD&D Insurance
Reimbursement Accounts:
- Healthcare Reimbursement Account
- Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
Legal Plan
Retirement Program:
- 401 (a) Exempla's per pay period Matching Contribution and Annual Basic Contribution, upon eligibility
- 403 (b) For your Retirement Savings contributions
Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Paid Leave Time (PLT)
Long-Term Disability
Extended Illness Time (EIT)
Non-Benefited Status
Immediate Eligibility
Depending on your job status and when you are hired, you can be eligible almost immediately for benefit coverage. New employees are provided benefits beginning the first of the month from the date of hire (provided you enroll within 31 days of hire). Eligibility for the Exempla contributions to the Retirement Plan begins January 1 following your hire date and is based on your status - whether you are full-time or part-time - and the number of eligible hours worked during the year.
Free Medical & Dental Insurance
Exempla leads by example and continues its long tradition by offering free medical and dental benefits to those eligible employees whose total household adjusted gross income is less than $30,000. Like we've said, we take care of our employees who take care of our patients.
Medical
Exempla offers you three comprehensive HMO medical plans and a Point-of-Service (POS) plan to choose from:
- Kaiser HMO
- CIGNA HMO
- CIGNA Open Access Plan POS
CIGNA's prescription coverage for both the HMOs and POS is provided through SXC Health Solutions
Dental
As an eligible Exempla employee, you can choose from the Delta Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO) option or Delta Preferred PPO plan. Delta's EPO provides services through a closed panel of dentists and the plan features no annual limit maximum benefit and no deductibles. In addition, the Delta EPO also offers Orthodontia coverage with no lifetime maximum (approximate 50% co-payment). The PPO option allows you to see any dentist and the Delta participation level of the dentist will determine the co-pay amount you will pay.
Vision
As an eligible Exempla employee, you can elect vision coverage through EyeMed ECPA and select from a comprehensive list of eye care providers and services. The coverage will provide one eye exam and one pair of lenses every 12 months. You can receive a pair of frames every 24 months.
Life Insurance
As an eligible Exempla employee, you will receive your annual salary in Basic Life Insurance coverage and an additional amount equal to your annual pay for accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) coverage all paid by Exempla. You will also have the opportunity to pay for up to four times your annual pay in Supplemental Life Insurance coverage that also includes AD&D coverage.
Dependent Life Insurance coverage plus AD&D is available to eligible Exempla employees. You can elect to pay for spouse coverage at levels from $10,000 to $100,000 and for your child/children at levels from $5,000 to $15,000.
Long Term Disability Insurance
Exempla pays the premium for eligible employees for Long Term Disability Insurance coverage in the event of you becoming disabled. This optional benefit can provide for up to 66 2/3% of basic monthly earnings commencing after 90 days of disability. To be eligible for payment you must submit a claim for approval.
Reimbursement Accounts
Exempla provides you with the ability to reduce your overall tax burden through popular health care and dependent care savings accounts.
- Healthcare Reimbursement Account - employee-contributed benefit dollars available for reimbursement of medical expenses in a given benefit year up to $5,000.
- Dependent Care Reimbursement Account - employee-contributed benefit dollars available for reimbursement of eligible child or elder day care expenses in a given benefit year up to $5,000 ($2,500 if married and filing separate Federal tax return).
Legal Plan
The Hyatt Legal Plan provides you with comprehensive and affordable legal services through one of the nation's largest providers of group legal services. Many employees are signing up for group legal services for both the "peace-of-mind" of having legal insurance as well as to enjoy many plan-paid services such as:
- Unlimited office and telephone advice and consultation
- Legal document preparation (mortgages, leases, etc.)
- Wills and trusts (including living wills and living trusts)
- Sale, purchase, or refinancing of your home
- Landlord negotiations
- Uncontested adoptions, guardianships and name changes
Retirement Plans
As an Exempla employee, you can participate in our retirement plans, upon eligibility:
- 403 (b) Retirement Savings Plan allows employees to contribute up to $15,500 in 2008; ($20,500 if you are age 50 or older) The contributions are tax-deferred which decreases your current taxable income. You can enroll to begin contributions after you have received your first paycheck from Exempla.
- 401(a) Exempla's Matching Contribution, for eligible Exempla employees beginning January 1 following your date of hire. Exempla will contribute $.50 for each dollar of the first 4% of pay that you contribute (a maximum of 2% Exempla match).
- 401 (a) Exempla's Annual Basic Contribution, (with annual approval from the Exempla Board of Directors) between 3% - 6% of your eligible pay, depending on years of employment. You are eligible if you have been employed for an entire calendar year, credited with at least 1,000 eligible hours of service during the year, and are active on December 31 of that year.
You will be vested (have ownership) in both of Exempla's contributions after 5 years of vesting service (calendar years in which you are paid 1,000 or more eligible hours).
Vacation, Holidays, and Paid Leave Time (PLT)
At Exempla, we understand the important balance of work and family by offering employees flexible paid-leave-time accounts.
Extended Illness Time (EIT)
At Exempla, we provide you with extended leave time to cover personal illness that is four days or longer
Non-Benefited Status
This benefit allows RNs, Shift/Specialty Coordinators and Clinical Coordinators to receive a pay differential of 20% for full-time status or 15% for part-time status if the following benefits are waived: Medical, Dental, Vision, Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Legal, Life and AD&D, Long Term Disability, Paid Leave Time (PLT), Extended Ill Time (EIT), Tuition Reimbursement, and Bereavement Leave.National Recognition
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center has been named seven times as one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals® by Solucient®, the nation's leading source of healthcare information products. The award recognizes hospitals that have achieved excellence in quality of care, operational efficiency, financial performance, and adaptation to the environment.
Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital has also been named in four categories as one of "America's Best Hospitals" according to US News & World Report. Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital was named by Solucient in its 1999 study “Orthopedic Benchmarks for Success,” in its 2000 study “ICU Benchmarks for Success,” and in 2002 for Cardiac Care. Exempla Lutheran Medical Center was also recognized in the separate study by Solucient for outstanding Orthopedic care.
Exempla Lutheran and Exempla Saint Joseph each received VHA Leadership Awards for Clinical Excellence in 2007, while the system was honored by VHA for Supply Chain Improvement. In 2006, all three Exempla hospitals earned accreditation as chest pain centers by the Society of Chest Pain Centers.
Nursing Recruiter Contacts
Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center
Julie Ammon
AmmonJ@exempla.org
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center
Heather Bower
BowerH@exempla.org
Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital
Telemetry, ICU, OR, Ortho, Surgical, Float Pool
Jim Ritchey
RitcheyJ@exempla.org
L&D, Mom/Baby, NICU, ED
Cathy Cox
CoxCa@exempla.org
Allied Health Contacts
Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center
Michelle Garcia
GarciaMic@exempla.org
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center
Everett Costa
CostaE@exempla.org
Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital
Becky Roll
RollR@exempla.org
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