Caring For Our Employees
Select a Topic: | Employee Testing | Workplace Safety Campaign | Protecting Your Paid Leave | Telework Policy | UMMS Employee Health Plan COVID-19 Coverage | Employee Wellness and Support
You’re dedicated to caring for our patients. We’re dedicated to caring for you. As we focus on providing the best care possible for our patients and our communities during the COVID-19 health crisis, we are simultaneously focused on ensuring the health and well-being of our brave and dedicated employees who are on the front lines every day.
Here, you can find the variety of ways we are supporting you today and in the days ahead. We are in this fight together — and we will get through this, together.
Employee Testing (Employee Health Screening Hotline)
To further protect our employees, UMMS has made available a System-wide Employee Health Screening Hotline for COVID-19 testing. Employees who are experiencing any symptoms that may be related to COVID-19 can call the number, talk with a nurse practitioner and, if deemed necessary, schedule an appointment to be tested.
- The hotline number is 410-328-2793, and is available from 7 am to 5 pm, M-F.
- There is no cost to employees for this testing
Workplace Safety Campaign
Our commitment to workplace safety is as strong as ever. We've created a page with key signage and messaging to reinforce key workplace safety tips that you can access, print, post and share at any time.
Protecting Your Paid Leave
Throughout the most demanding months of the pandemic, we waived the PTO balance limits for team members, allowing you to accrue hours beyond your plan’s maximum. Starting June 20, 2021, if you are over your maximum accrual of PTO hours, you will not accrue more hours until you use your time. As your balance falls below the maximum, you will begin to accrue hours again on your plan’s accrual schedule. You can find your maximum accrual on page 2 of the PTO Policy.
Accrued PTO Hours Above Your Maximum Available Until May 7, 2022
In appreciation for team members’ commitment during the past year, we have extended the deadline for when these additional hours must be used. Team members who have exceeded their maximum PTO balance will have until May 7, 2022, to use them. Hours above the maximum at that point will expire from your PTO bank.
Telework Policy
To protect you, your families and our entire workforce, we’ve extended this policy for all non-clinical staff whose work responsibilities allow them to work remotely to do so until further notice. All decisions regarding whether telework is appropriate will be made by an employee’s supervisor. UMMS is also developing a telework strategy to effectively support our employees and System both during this crisis and in the long-term.
UMMS Employee Health Plan COVID-19 Coverage
UMMS will cover all medical expenses incurred as a result of COVID-19 for all members of the Employee Health Plan. This coverage applies to all medical services related to COVID-19 provided on or after February 4, 2020 and continuing throughout the duration of the public health crisis.
Employee Wellness and Support
We recognize that the COVID-19 outbreak is creating challenges that we have not experienced before. We appreciate all that our employees are doing and the sacrifices you make each and every day to provide the highest quality of care to our patients across Maryland. Here you can find resources for daily life, coping and mental wellness.