Your benefits

We offer all new starters 27 days of annual leave. This rises to 33 days over time, plus an extra eight days of paid leave for bank holidays. 

You will receive automatic access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme. It will give you an annual pension and a tax-free lump sum when you retire, plus life assurance, voluntary early retirement, ill health, and other benefits.

Annual incremental pay progression and additional pay enhancements for working evenings, nights, weekends, and public holidays.

Depending on your role, this could include annualised and condensed hour contracts, electronic shift rostering system, home working, job sharing, and part-time and temporary voluntary reduction in work hours.

A wide range of discounts is available to NHS staff. These include shopping, accommodation, and gym and leisure club membership.

The Blue Light card gives you access to more than 15,000 exclusive offers and discounts across large national retailers and local businesses. This includes discounts on holidays. cars, fashion, gifts, days out, insurance, phones, and much more.

Go to the Blue Light Card website to register and pay for your card. The cost is £4.99 for a two-year membership.

The Heath Service Discounts website offers discounts on a wide range of brands:

NHS Staff Benefits: to access discounts on products and services

NHS Discount Offers also has deals and benefits.

Vogo: NHS discount codes from various well-known UK high street brands:

Massage and reflexology – discounts of up to 25% from various local practitioners

Link up to a range of financial well-being/education tools aimed at helping you make the most of your money, deal effectively with debt, and plan for the future.

Up to £10,000 is available to new staff who are appointed to posts that have been designated as 'hard to recruit to' where they meet the eligibility criteria.

Home technology

The Home Technology scheme is a great way to keep up to date with modern technology, helping you and your family stay in touch with the digital age. Choose from a range of products such as tablets, laptops, cameras, TVs, and smartphones.

Cycle scheme

The Trust offers you a convenient, environmentally friendly, and tax-effective way to obtain the use of a bicycle for your commute to work and for your leisure time. You can lease a bicycle and cycling equipment worth up to £1000.

Discounted car scheme     

Drive away in a brand-new car with our salary sacrifice scheme. You will receive a fully inclusive motoring package for a fixed monthly amount.

Refer a friend for a vacancy and earn some extra money. If the referee is successfully employed by the Trust and completes their probationary period, you can claim a £500 reward payment for the introduction. 

To refer a friend for a vacancy, you would need to complete a form after they have applied for a vacancy, and before the advert for the vacancy closes. If they are successful, we will be in touch about your payment.

Opt into our Pennies From Heaven scheme and give as you earn through the Charities Aid Foundation. The scheme rounds down people’s take-home pay to the nearest pound each month, diverting any surplus pennies to a good cause. Staff can pick three charities each year to support.

In total Dorset HealthCare has raised more than £49,000 for various charities through the scheme. This achievement has earned the Trust a gold award quality mark from Pennies from Heaven, which demonstrates dedication and support to society.

For more information about Pennies from Heaven visit www.penniesfromheaven.co.uk