Benefits
All careers with Frimley Health offer a wide range of extra benefits and services, including opportunities to improve your health and wellbeing and a range of services to help you achieve a good work-life balance.
- Functional Skills Training
We offer functional skills training to all staff in Maths, English & ICT to bring you up to GCSE level or equivalent when needed.
- Annual Employee Achievement Review
Annual appraisals with your line manager give you the opportunity to see what you have achieved over the last year and to plant the year ahead.
- Career Conversations
Open to all our staff, monthly drop-in sessions are organised with information on opportunities to progress and develop.
- Apprenticeships
Supporting staff progression within their chosen field, we offer funding for apprenticeships from level 2 to level 7 (GCSE to Masters Equivalent).
- Continuous Professional Development
We offer funding and study leave for a range of situations that can assist with your development. This is run in accordance with the FHFT Education Training & Development Policy.
- Management Development
For those who wish to gain further qualifications to support their career development, internal, regional and national programmes are available offering qualifications over five
levels.
- On Site Libraries
We have two main libraries, one at Frimley and one at Wexham. Frimley Park Hospital is home to the Health Sciences Library and Wexham Park Hospital is home to the John Jamison Library.
- Car Scheme
NHS Fleet Solutions provide a cost-effective way to lease a brand-new car via salary sacrifice. The monthly cost includes insurance, routine servicing, road tax, tyre replacement, breakdown and windscreen replacement cover.
- Pension
Anyone who starts working for the NHS automatically becomes a member of the NHS Pension Scheme. This membership is voluntary, and you can opt out at any time.
- Retail Discounts
Vivup allows you to view retail discounts through providers Blue Light, and Red Guava Health Service Discounts in one place. They offer a range of promotions and discounts available to NHS employees.
- Season Travel Tickets
Spread the cost of annual bus and rail tickets over the course of the year through net salary sacrifice with a season ticket loan.
- Vivup Staff Benefits Portal
The Vivup staff portal gives information on many of our benefits and the opportunity to save money with hundreds of well-known brands and companies.
- Wagestream
Staff can download the Wagestream app, which enables them to draw down a portion of their wages (maximum 40%) as they earn.
- Home Electronics Scheme
NHS Fleet Solutions offer a money saving scheme at Currys and allow you to spread the cost over 12 or 24 months via salary sacrifice.
- Chaplaincy
With organised worship across our Frimley Park and Wexham Park hospital sites, our chapels are open for quiet reflection 24/7.
- Employee Assistance Programme
This service is a free confidential counselling service available 24/7 and is provided by an independent called Health Assured. This service offers help and support on a wide range of topics such as stress, anxiety, smoking cessation and alcohol consumption.
- Health & Wellbeing Champions
This is an opportunity for if you would like to better yourself as a voluntary Champions. Work on supporting and improving staff health and wellbeing.
- Mental Health First Aid
The Trust runs monthly courses on improving your personal mental health through better understanding, with places available to also be a mental health first aider.
- Seasonal Flu Vaccine
In winter, all staff are offered a free flu vaccination that helps to keep you, your colleagues and friends and family protected.
- Smoking Cessation
Community stop smoking services and onsite clinics are available to support any staff members who wish to stop smoking.
- Staff gym
At only £9 per month, exclusively for FHFT ID holders, the Frimley Park Hospital onsite gym is a great place to work out and requires a short induction before being allowed full access.
- Annual leave
We offer an attractive annual leave package that assists with a health work life balance.
- Compassionate leave
Is available when you need it most, to make sure you have the time you need and return to work when ready.
- Flexible working
We are committed to providing working arrangements that which promote a healthy work/life balance. These provisions are in the form of special leave, flexible working and a career break scheme.
- Parental Leave
Paternity and Maternity leave are offer to our staff so new parents get the time they need with their children.
- On Site Nurseries
Woodlands Nursery on our Frimley Park site and First Steps Nursery on our Wexham Park site are purpose-built nurseries that provide an excellent environment for children up 5 years old.
- Subsidised Staff Restaurants
Pinetrees (Frimley), The Courtyard (Wexham), Greenwood Restaurant (Heatherwood) serve freshly cooked food, throughout the day.
- Staff Accommodation
Our Frimley, Wexham and Heatherwood sites all have a range of accommodation available for those starting their career with Frimley Health.