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The Practice Lab Update: June 2019

The winter months are generally a very busy time for private practices in Australia. Not only that, June is an important month for businesses as they review the financial year gone by, in preparation for the new financial year.... Read more

6 Signs You Need to Change Your Private Practice Business Attitude

For most private practice owners that work in their practice, the divide between the clinical and business work can be extremely difficult to balance. In our experience, about a third of the private practice owners that we’ve worked with... Read more

Everything You Need to Prepare Your Private Practice for the New Financial Year

It's already mid-June, and that means business planning time! This time of the year is an exciting time for private practice owners: You get to evaluate the financial year gone past and plan for the great year ahead! And... Read more

Private Practice Recruitment Checklist: Intro

There are some situations that make you think maybe it’s time to hire another (or your first) practitioner for your private practice. It may be a particularly busy few weeks, a growing waitlist, or even just because you feel... Read more

Private Practice Recruitment Checklist: Step 1. Identify the Gaps

Before you jump right into posting a job ad, you first need to identify the gaps in your practice that must be filled. Hiring without the need to hire may not be such a big problem in a big,... Read more

Private Practice Recruitment Checklist: Step 2. Assess the Readiness

Once you’ve identified the gaps in your practice, you need to evaluate the readiness of your practice to hire and support a new practitioner. Just because you need one, doesn’t mean you can! Depending on the current situation of... Read more

Private Practice Recruitment Checklist: Step 3. Job Description

Now you’ve identified the need for a new practitioner in your practice and confirmed that you can support it. Next, you need to work on writing an accurate and detailed job description for the role. A job ad and... Read more

Private Practice Recruitment Checklist: Step 4. Involve Your Team

Once you’ve identified exactly what you need in the new team member, the next step is to ensure that everyone at your practice is on the same page. Including your team in the recruitment process shows that you respect... Read more

Private Practice Recruitment Checklist: Step 5. Induction Plan

Now that you’ve gotten to this stage, you’re probably itching to just post an ad and get started. But there is another critical thing to consider: an induction plan. Once you post a job, it’s all go from there.... Read more

Private Practice Recruitment Checklist: Step 6. Pick a Job Board

The almost-final step in the private practice recruitment checklist is posting your job advert. But of course, as with everything else in this checklist, even the job posting step needs to be approached strategically. That starts with knowing where... Read more