Company Profile
St. John's United
Company Overview
St. John's United provides living opportunities within nurturing environments of hope, dignity and love. We provide a full continuum of care to elders including Independent Living, Assistive Living, Nursing Home, Transitional rehabilitation. As a rehab department we provide services to all of our residents as well as the community. We operate 3 outpatient locations for residents and community including 2 pools for aquatic therapy. Currently we are looking for Physical Therapists for our brand new state of the art 36 bed Transitional Rehab Center opening September 2023.
St. John's United also operates an adoption agency, greenhouse that provides fresh produce to our residents, home health and hospice, and Center for Generations childcare center. We serve people through the entire spectrum of life, from birth to end of life.
If you are interested in a Mission for than a job this would be a great place for you! Check us out @stjohnsunited.org.
Company History
Home
The earliest notion of St. John’s began when a humble group of thirty-one Lutheran church leaders met together on November 18, 1958 at the Billings Starlight Terrace Restaurant. Their purpose was to consider development of a home for older adults, rooted within the Christian religious tradition and would provide compassionate care and services of highest quality.
Following a year of conversations and consultations, seventeen Lutheran congregations collaborated to found Lutheran Retirement Home Incorporated on February 10, 1960. Soon after, St. John’s Lutheran Home was adopted as the name of reference.
September 23, 1962, Montana Governor Tim Babcock was present for the blessing and groundbreaking of purchased property located at the corner of Rimrock and Shiloh Roads in Billings. The original building included 129 apartment units. As the nature of resident needs evolved, St. John’s responded by expanding living spaces and providing skilled nursing services.
In 1995, St. John’s and St. Vincent Healthcare partnered to form a joint venture corporation named Missions United. In joining assets of board leadership, land, and money, Mission Ridge was constructed and opened to welcome residents, creating Montana’s first full service continuing care retirement community.
In 1997, due to the increasing array of services being provided, St. John’s Lutheran Home was renamed: St. John’s Lutheran Ministries.
Three years later, an appeal from Lutheran colleagues in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley was made that St. John’s provide management services to Sapphire Lutheran Homes in Hamilton. Soon after, St. John’s became the second location in the United States to develop Green Houses, which offered innovative skilled nursing care within cottages, housing 12 residents in a homelike environment.
As the first decade of the twenty-first century advanced, invitations surfaced from surrounding communities for St. John’s to develop additional retirement settings, which led to openings of The Crossings in Laurel and The Willows in Red Lodge.
In 2017, Missions United constructed and opened WyndStone Retirement and Assisted Living in Billings Heights, which like Mission Ridge, is managed by St. John’s United.
In 2019, leadership renamed the organization St. John’s United to be more inclusive of the full range of services provided and to provide the public with more clarity.
Also in 2019, the innovative At Home service line was launched, providing people the opportunity to remain living in the place they call home while belonging to the larger St. John’s United community. Two years later, St. John’s United At Home was launched in Missoula.
In 2020, a portion of the original building was replaced with larger and more welcoming residential apartments. Leadership intends to replace the original St. John’s building with newer spaces that will increase and improve services.
Health
Since its founding, St. John’s has consistently provided for the healthcare needs of its residents while nurturing wellness.
In 2005, St. John’s began to offer healthcare services in the form of transitional care to those discharged from hospital contexts but not yet ready to return home. A cottage was constructed in Billings to provide inpatient and outpatient physical, occupational and speech therapy.
In 2013, St. John’s partnered with Billings Clinic and Big Sky Senior Service to launch a home-based services initiative named St. John’s United Home Health and Hospice. Through this Medicare-approved venture, skilled nursing, therapy and hospice services are offered to people within their homes.
In 2021, the St. John’s United Diagnostic Laboratory was established to provide rapid, reliable in-house virus testing for St. John’s United communities, neighboring healthcare and eldercare institutions, educational institutions, organizations, businesses and community members.
Family
Since its founding, St. John’s United has held spiritual care at the center of its mission. A qualified spiritual care team is ever available for all St. John’s communities to accompany people through life transitions, healthcare decisions, bereavement or to converse about specific religious matters. These spiritual caregivers also provide leadership for weekly worship experiences, funerals, weddings and other liturgical needs.
In 1996, St. John’s opened a licensed childcare center as a benefit to employees and to the community. Since then, Center for Generations has advanced to become the largest privately owned childcare context within Yellowstone County, serving children spanning the ages of six weeks to twelve years.
At request of the Montana Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, St. John’s assumed management of Lutheran Social Services of Montana, which provides licensed adoption placement services, pregnancy support, foster care child services, and mental health counseling services. Since then, and now under St. John’s United ownership, Family Services has continued to extend its outreach and care to employees and community members.
Benefits
St. John’s United job benefits include health insurance, child care options, retirement savings, adoption benefits, and much more. Consider a career with one of Billings’ top employers!
Insurance
Health Insurance
St. John’s United provides health insurance to employees who work in a regularly scheduled position of at least 24 hours per week. SJU contributes toward the employee’s portion of the premium. You may also add dependents to the policy.
Dental Insurance
Employees may also add voluntary dental coverage (self, spouse, dependent children) for an additional cost.
Vision Insurance
All benefit eligible employees are eligible to participate in a vision insurance plan. This is a voluntary benefit whereby an employee can choose to cover self, a spouse and dependent children.
Life Insurance
$10,000 term life insurance coverage is provided to all employees who are enrolled in the health insurance plan. A voluntary Term Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment or Whole Life program is also available for employees to purchase additional coverage on self, spouse or children. The voluntary benefit is portable at group discounted rates.
Aflac
Eligible employees may sign up for this voluntary benefit whereby an employee can choose to cover themselves, a spouse and dependent children.
Pet Insurance
Eligible employees may sign up for this voluntary benefit whereby an employee can choose to cover their dog, cat, bird, rabbit, reptile, or other exotic pet.
Childcare
Flexible Spending Accounts
Job benefits includes offers of a health care and dependent care spending accounts (FSA) which allow employees to pay out-of-pocket health care expenses and childcare expenses with pre-tax dollars. Administered in accordance with the Department of Treasury Section 125 guidelines.
Center For Generations
Bring your child to work! St. John’s United owns and operates an inter-generational child development center (CFG) for children from newborn to age 12. Pre-school as well as after-schools programs are also provided. Discounted fees are paid by employees through convenient payroll deductions. Hours of operation: Monday through Friday, 6:00 am – 6:00 p.m.
Adoption Benefit
St. John’s United supports employees who are blessed with adopting a child. Financial assistance is provided to eligible employees. If you have questions regarding benefits, contact St. John’s United Human Resource Department at 655-5694.
Retirement & Savings
401(k) Plan
All employees of St. John’s are encouraged to take advantage of saving pre-tax bi-weekly payroll earnings to a 401(k) Retirement Plan and/or post-tax contributions to a 401(k) Roth. Employees direct where their funds are invested from a variety of choices. St. John’s may provide year-end discretionary matching dollars to those active participants who meet all eligibility requirements. There is a 3-year cliff vesting schedule for the employer match portion.
Savers Program
Eligible employees may sign up for the SJU Savers Program sponsored by Montana Health Federal Credit Union. Save $1,000 and you will receive $100 at the end of the year.
Employee Assistance Program
The Employee Assistance Program is a confidential counseling program which is available to all employees and their immediate family members. St. John’s United pays the entire cost of the program. See HR for details.
Career Advancement
Tuition Assistance
Tuition assistance and Loan repayment are available to employees who have worked at least one year in a regularly scheduled position.
Educational Scholarships / Tuition Reimbursement
Scholarships / Reimbursements are available to St. John’s United employees. Applications are made to the St. John’s Human Resources.
Nursing Apprentice Fellowship
This program is designed to provide tuition assistance and career applicable employment while nursing students pursue their LPN or RN degrees.
Additional Job Benefits
Short-Term Disability
Eligible employees accrue short-term disability hours to provide continued salary for their own illness or injury that extends beyond 40 continuous hours of work time with a doctor’s certification or immediately upon admission into hospital.
Pharmacy Benefit
Employees may purchase brand name prescriptions items for themselves and their immediate family members at discounted prices at our on-site pharmacy. If covered under the St. John’s United health insurance program, generic prescriptions are free of charge at our Center for Healthy Living Pharmacy!
Employer-Assisted Housing
St. John’s United assists employees in achieving the dream of home-ownership via a forgivable loan. See HR for eligibility requirements and benefit application.