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VCUHS Employee Benefits

VCU Health System provides a comprehensive list of benefits to housestaff. Please click the link below for current details

  • Health Insurance
  • Work Cell Phone
  • Subsidized Parking
  • 3 weeks of Vacation
  • Time off at Winter Holidays
  • Paid Sick Leave (30 days)
  • Up to 7 weeks paid family leave once during residency
  • 2% salary match retirement contribution
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Multiple Wellness and Resilience Resources
  • Meal Subsidy
  • 1 VCUHS Vest and 1 white coat
  • Liability Insurance
  • Resident lounge with FREE COFFEE

VCU Emergency Medicine Benefits

The following are provided for the 2024-25 Academic Year:

  • Professional Education Allowances (See table)
  • Scribes for Senior Shifts (EM2/3)
  • Voice Recognition Software for charting from start
  • 5 sets of VCU EM monogramed black scrubs
  • Scholarships for presentations at national research and academic meetings
  • Memberships in ACEP, EMRA, SAEM
  • ACLS, ATLS, PALS certification courses
  • Rosh Review
  • First Aid for the EM Boards textbook
Professional Education Allowance2024-2025
EM1$1600
EM2$2400
EM3$2600
Each amount includes $600 from VCUHS GME