What Should You Prepare When Hiring Contracted Therapists?
If you’re going to be more than a solo practitioner you have to be very careful with regards to how you structure your business and how you pay your therapists.
Having a thriving practice is very rewarding, but you should be aware of some of the pitfalls involved when hiring contracted therapists.
What Should You Prepare When Hiring Contracted Therapists?
Meet with your Lawyer
Meet with a lawyer about how to structure your business and how to prepare contracts.
Having your documentation professionally prepared should already be part of your ongoing commitment to get your paperwork in correct order. It will help other business choices too, and help any decisions made in the early days of establishing a private practice water tight.
Prepare Your Contracts well
What needs to be considered?
When creating a contract ensure you use the right kind of language. Your lawyer can best advise you on this, as conditions and clauses may differ from state to state.
Make sure that you set out what you require from potential contracted therapists, and what they will need to provide for themselves.
For example, you may provide a receptionist or they have to provide their own assistance. Ensure that schedules are set out clearly, how therapists are expected to manage their time, whether they can have other jobs.
The right paperwork will save you time and money
The right paperwork will save you time and money
Never make assumptions. While you may have been in private practice for some time, anyone new to your practice needs to clearly understand policies and procedures too.
The contract you draw up will influence on what happens in the therapy room, and this could either help your practice to thrive or may lead to its failure.
