How to Make the Best Use of Part Time Help

By Frank GordonWhen it comes to staffing your chiropractic practice, there are many advantages but also disadvantages. The advantages of hiring part time help includes:
· Ability to handle peaks in workload so the work for your practice proceeds at a consistent pace
· Often avoidance of having to pay fringe benefits such as health care coverage, vacation time, seek leave etc.
· Flexibility in hiring people who have specialized skills that your current staff does not currently have
· Cheaper cost per hour than full-time employees in many cases
Some disadvantages in hiring part-time help includes:
· Lower return on the investment required in training part-time help
· More time for the part-time employee to get oriented to working in your practice because they are spending less time during the day working within the practice
· Often less loyalty to your practice than full time employees
The decision of whether to hire a part-time employee is often based on a number of factors including:
· Availability of current staff to handle additional work
· Cost
· Specific skill requirements
When interviewing a part-time candidate, some of the questions you should ask include:
· Can you provide references I can call about you?
· Have you had any experience working for a medical practice?
· What strengths can you bring to this job and why should I hire you?
Should you decide to hire one or more part-time employee for your practice, some of the basic steps in hiring a part-timer include:
· Defining the job to be performed by the part-time employee
· Determining what hours you want the part-time help to work
· Deciding if you will search for part-time employees using employment advertising. If you decide to place your own advertisements, you will need to develop the content for the ad.
· Deciding if you should engage an employment agency to assist you in your search for part-time help. Identify and interview 2-3 employment agencies. Select 1-2 agencies to assist you with your search.
· Develop a basic set of questions for interviewing potential part time candidates
· Set up a schedule to interview part-time employee candidates
· Interview and evaluate potential candidates
· Select the best candidate and provide them with a start date to begin work
· For the next 1-2 weeks, keep interviewing candidates so you will have other candidates identified in case the candidate you hired does not work out
· Introduce the part-time employee to your permanent staff
· Assign someone in your organization responsibility for orienting the part timer
· Identify a person within your organization to whom the part time employee will report
· Provide the part-time employee with feedback on a weekly basis
Hiring part-time employees makes sense for most chiropractic practices. Should you decide to hire a part-time employee, make sure you invest enough time to make sure that employee will fit well in your organization.

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