The BJC Institute for Learning and Development, or BILD, provides all BJC employees with learning, development, and career advancement opportunities.

To be successful in health care, you need the ability to flourish in the midst of change, the skills to communicate with care and compassion, the expertise to handle complex data, and BILD can provide the resources to help you make smart decisions about your career.

BILD provides BJC employees with:

• The ability to start your degree with no upfront costs
• Free career services and in-person and online courses
• Goldfarb School of Nursing 20% tuition discount

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The Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program is a government program that forgives the remaining balance on your Direct Loans after making 120 qualifying monthly payments under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time for a qualifying employer, like BJC HealthCare and Saint Luke’s Hospitals.

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Vanguard, BJC’s 401(k) administrator, provides multiple ways to strengthen your financial health with free information on financial planning, tackling debt, saving for college, how to build emergency savings, saving for retirement, and living in retirement.

• Vanguard’s Online Learning Center (no login required)
• Financial Education Series webinars
• Financial wellness resources, interactive tools and step-by-step guides

The BJC Employee Discount Program through YouDecide offers a single-destination portal that features hundreds of discounted consumer products and services. You can find savings on child care, cellphones, theme parks, sporting events, electronics, travel and much more.

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Employees’ Emergency Assistance Fund

Employees that experience a financial emergency can apply for relief from a system-wide fund.
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In addition to the learning opportunities available through the BJC Institute for Learning and Development (BILD), BJC offers financial assistance for approved educational courses that will help enhance your job-related knowledge and skills.

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Hello Hero! If you're purchasing a home, Homes for Heroes will help you locate a local real estate agent and send you or your favorite charity a reward check (25% of the agent commission) after the closing.

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The Live Near Your Work program provides select Washington University and BJC HealthCare employees with forgivable loans to help with the purchase of a home in select neighborhoods.

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Our team members’ financial health is very important to us. That’s why we offer a pension plan for many BJC employees or an employer funded 403(b) plan offering for employees at Alton Memorial Hospital, Parkland Health Center and Memorial Hospital employees. In addition, BJC offers a 401(k) plan with employer match that helps employees reach their retirement goals.

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