Starting a Medical Practice: Hiring your first staff PART-2
We will now talk about advertising your medical office job positions effectively, so you can get some good job applicants pool. Here are a few methods to look for suitable job applicants for your medical office.
1) Spread the word at the nearest hospital or hospitals that you are looking for medical office employees. Some of the hospital employees may want to move to an outpatient clinic workforce and may apply. If that is not the case, then many of these employees are aware of friends, family or church members who may be looking for medical jobs. So they may refer some applicants to you.
2) Local staffing company: You can look for local staffing company which specializes in staffing medical offices and hospitals. They can supply you with temporary or permanent hires. Sometimes the temporary employees you get may decide to apply for permanent position at your clinic.
3) Advertise in the classified section of a popular local newspaper. It is not expensive and brings a lot of response.
Timing of these efforts to hire including advertising should be at least two in advance. Reasons for this are multiple:
a) You will get time to interview enough number of candidates to fill the medical office jobs.
b) It will give you enough time to make sure you have sufficient employees to open the business.
c) You will be able to do a thorough background check.
d) The candidates will also have time to give appropriate duration of notice to their previous employers. Usually they need a week or two of notice to end the employment.
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First of all, I want to mention that I really like this website.It helps me so much as I am establishing a solo practice.
I just want to add that when you hire an employee, start with 90 days waiting period. It helps me to access the employee. If there is a need for firing later, you can do that during the waiting period without a need for two weeks paid.
Also have an employee policy manual prior to hire an employee. It has saved me a legal consequence. So take your time and effort in preparing a policy for employee.
That is a very important point made by Dr M:
1) 90 day probation makes it easy for to fire employees if they are not working good.
2) Employee hand book is very necessary for any business. It is like the ‘Constitution’ of the business