Benefits

At the Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells Trust we recognise that our staff are our most valuable asset and we provide a range of benefits to support them throughout their career. 

The Trust has been awarded `Practice Status’ for the Improving Working Lives standard. This means that all staff are entitled to work in an organisation that is investing in more flexible, supportive and family friendly working arrangements to improve diversity and develop staff skills to improve patient services. We actively encourage staff to put forward ideas for change to improve our services and all suggestions are considered.

• Benefits for MTW staff include:
• NHS pension scheme,
• flexible working policy,
• training  & career development policy,
• occupational sickness benefit,
• generous paternity pay,
• generous adoption pay,
• generous maternity pay,
• childcare vouchers,
• reduced rates at ‘Just Learning’ on-site nursery (Maidstone),
• lease car scheme for eligible staff,
• occupational health service,
• on-site canteens,
• staff counselling service,
• ill health retirement benefit.

For more information on the flexible working policy and the training & career development policy, please click on the link on the left-hand side.

NHS staff discounts

At MTW, our staff can also enjoy a range of additional benefits which are offered to all NHS workers throughout the UK.  These benefits include links with key worker housing initiative (where available and applicable), as well as various consumer discounts for staff as advertised at www.nhsdiscounts.com .  MTW staff can also receive additional discounts through the Red Guava scheme, for more information about the scheme visit www.redguava.co.uk.