University Hospitals is the second largest employer in Northeast Ohio, employing more than 32,000 caregivers.
We serve the needs of patients through an integrated network of 21 hospitals (including five joint ventures), more than 50 health centers and outpatient facilities, and over 200 physician offices in 16 counties throughout northern Ohio. UH features a physician network of 1,780 employed physicians and 3,500 affiliated members of our medical staff. More than 1,100 residents and fellows train each year at UH in more than 100 residency and fellowship programs.
Our Core Values
At UH, our core values define us as a health care system.
Service Excellence
We deliver the best outcomes, service and value with the highest quality through a continuous quest for excellence and seeking ways to improve the health of those who count on us.
Integrity
We have a shared commitment to do what is right and adhere to the highest standards of ethics and personal responsibility to earn the trust of our caregivers and community.
Compassion
We have genuine concern for our patients and each other while treating everyone with respect and empathy.
Belonging
We value the contributions of all caregivers, and are committed to building an inclusive, encouraging and caring culture where all can thrive.
Trust
We depend upon our caregivers’ character, reliability and judgement.
Benefits & Wellness
Being well goes beyond physical health. It includes financial security, satisfaction at work, and balance in your personal life – all the things that affect your sense of well-being. At University Hospitals, we offer a wide range of comprehensive, valuable market-competitive benefits and programs in order to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We are committed to providing employees with the information, resources and support they need to achieve their personal health and wellness goals.
HEALTH
Benefit Eligibility
- You are eligible to enroll in UH benefits within 30 days of hire if you are a regular status employee scheduled to work 16 or more hours a week.
- Eligible family members include legal spouses and/or children up to the end of the month in which they turn age 26; or they may have coverage after age 26 if they qualify as a disabled dependent.
Medical Plans
- Consumer Select Plan – High deductible plan with available Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Health Saving Account (HSA) – If opened, UH will make a contribution to your account
- Limited Purpose FSA Account – Only available for reimbursement of dental and vision expenses
- Traditional PPO Plan – PPO plan with available Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DCFSA)
Dental Plans
Dental HMO Network and Dental PPO Plan
Vision Plan
One vision plan – In and out of network benefit coverage available
UH Paid Short And Long Term Disability
Short Term:
- Effective after 6 months of active employment (full-time employees only)
- Part-time employees may purchase Voluntary Short Term Disability
Long Term:
- Effective after 91 days of employment
- Voluntary Long Term Disability (buy up)
Life and Account Insurance
- UH Paid Life Insurance
- UH Paid AD&D Insurance
- Voluntary Supplemental Life Insurance
- Voluntary AD&D Insurance
Additional Voluntary Benefits
- Voluntary Accident Insurance
- Voluntary Critical Illness
- Voluntary Home & Auto
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity
- Voluntary Legal Plan
- Voluntary Pet Insurance
WELLNESS
- Employee Assistance Program
- Adoption Assistance
- Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave Assistance
- Wellness Programs
- Participants in the UH medical plan earns wellness incentives up to $600 per year
- Employees not on the UH medical plan earn My UH Appreciates points
FINANCIAL HEALTH
- 403(b)/401(k) and Catch-Up
- Roth IRA
- Pension Plan – Cash Balance Plan
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
NEW GRAD RN LOAN REPAYMENT
New Grad RN Loan Repayment
- Program offering applies to new graduate RN talent hired into regular full-time status positions with educational loans.
- Participants can earn up to $15,000 in loan repayment in exchange for a 24 month work commitment.
- Excludes caregivers covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
ADDITIONAL PLAN OFFERINGS
- UH Cleveland Medical Center provides complimentary parking to regular status employees
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Employee perks and discounts
- Recognition program
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
University Hospitals’ Workforce Development philosophy is centered on connecting Northeast Ohio residents, including current UH employees, with job opportunities that enable them to develop their professional potential, broaden their aspirations, and enhance their earning potential. Our goal is to assist individuals and their families in moving out of poverty by identifying potential barriers and providing viable solutions.
Support services include:
- Access to Career Coaching Services
- Education Preparedness Classes
- Apprenticeships and Skill-Building Programs
- To learn more, visit our Workforce Development page here
A Look Into Our Culture
University Hospitals history is deeply woven into the growth of the community of Northeast Ohio
Having the support and trust of the people we serve has enabled UH to flourish through the decades and become a respected community leader. At UH, we focus on caring for patients and their families, advancing medical knowledge, technologies and practices while developing and educating the next generation of exceptional health care professionals. Inspired by our rich history and dedicated to our mission, UH looks forward to the future of medicine while still remembering the values of our past. We look forward to continuing to serve with purpose, passion and promise for years to come and we cannot do that without you. Please join us by adding your talents to those who have already made the commitment to Be the Difference.
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JOHN GRABOWSKI: A lot of things that happened during the Civil War, really the bases for UH being established as an entity.
PATRICIA DEPOMPEI: At that time there was a huge wave of Eastern European immigrants. Many of them came here with very little money, so poverty was rampant. Housing conditions were deplorable. Nutritional status wasn't optimal.
CHRISTOPHER J. DAWSON: The city's filling up, the social services were being strained to the very limit. The need to take care of them, the need to provide health services, the need to provide sanitary conditions for living, I mean, that just doesn't go away. There just was a strong belief that yes, you have to take care of those in need.
There's a need for something else in Cleveland, a hospital in Cleveland.
JOHN GRABOWSKI: It's not unusual that the routes for University Hospitals are in an old style Presbyterian church. I think you can legitimately say they are taking on a task because they want to make a change.
ANNE PINKERTON RANNEY: UH was, has been, and is there to serve the community. And I think that has been their focus.
Delivering health care is very complicated. It's a collaborative effort. It's the right care at the right time at the right place. The same quality of care no matter what or who one is.
DANIEL I. SIMON: University Hospitals Case Medical Center has been a leader in American medicine from the early 1900s. It is really breathtaking what's taken place here.
THOMAS F. ZENTY: So many hospitals were now needing to invest in new technologies, build new buildings because we were really seeing health care and medicine becoming a science as opposed to what had in the past been a craft or perhaps, by some measures, an art. You think about hospitals as the buildings in which they're located, you think about the high tech equipment, you think about the research that's performed there, you think about the discoveries that happen there, and you think about the miracles that occur there. But all those things happen as a result of the efforts of the people within it.
EDWARD M. BARKSDALE JR: We're not only tactically and professionally driven, but we're humanistically driven. And at our core, we are people taking care of people.
JACK HORWITZ: Your compassion and your care comes first. You have to be a whole person, you can't just be science and nothing else.
ANNE PINKERTON RANNEY: That caring and that culture of caring has not changed.
FRED C. ROTHSTEIN: It all comes from the legacy of philanthropy, and it started with the Founding Fathers for Northeast Ohio, for this community that we live in, and has continued, and people continue to give back.
THOMAS F. ZENTY: If we're going to be success for the next 150 years, we need to make sure that we're going to do what those who founded this organization did, and that is meet the needs of people who need that care today while looking what the future will look like tomorrow.
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Awards & Accolades 2024-2025
U.S News & World Report Best Hospitals
UH Cleveland Medical Center has once again been recognized as a Best Hospital by U.S News & World Report.
U.S News & World Report's Best Regional Hospitals for Equitable Access
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center is proud to be the only Ohio-based hospital to be named to U.S. News & World Report’s inaugural list of Best Regional Hospitals for Equitable Access
U.S News & World Report's Best Hospitals
University Hospitals has earned high recognition in the U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, ranking in the top 50 in three specialties - Cancer, Neurology/Neurosurgery and ENT.
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