RE: Staff additions for Outpatient PT clinic

[Guest guest]

Dear Kai,

I concur with about Cardon tables. I just invested in two more and

they have worked very well.

In my own experience, 12 hours days are unsustainable in the long run and

can compromise the ability to do long term planning, financial

projections/budgets and other important stuff. Certainly there are 'surges'

where work is all I do, then ebbs when I can catch up and be present fully

to my family, staff and long term vision. Good for you for identifying the

need to expand your staffing and congratulations at drawing more clients.

Clearly you are doing a lot of things right!

Our client load is such that I feel that it is not conducive to PTA

utilization. If I had a higher load of protocol treatments, I may consider

it. Certainly there are outstanding PTAs, but as a consumer myself, I

require a perceived sense of exceptional value with each PT visit I go to.

This is emphasized further with a $30 co-pay for each visit. Our clients

are highly educated on their condition and have very high expectations for

each visit as well as the knowledge base of the clinician that they are

working with. If I would pay a $30 co-pay to see a knock your socks off

PTA, I would consider it.

I protect the client's experience and the clinic's reputation at all costs.

I may meet my projections later than expected because of this choice but a

bad hire can result in negative and memorable effects to staff morale and

the clinic's reputation.

Monetarily, it sure makes excellent sense to employ a PTA however, thus far,

I personally have chosen not to do so.

Thanks to you and the group for the excellent peer support that this list

serve provides!

All the best,

Hampton PT, WCS, BCB-PMD

Board Certified Women's Health Clinical Specialist

Board Certified in Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction Biofeedback

Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute Faculty

Core Physical Therapy

The Specialty Clinic

1514 12th Street

Suite 103

Bellingham, WA 98225

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