For specialists in private practice, time is one of your most valuable assets. Each hour spent on tasks outside your clinical expertise just isn’t cost effective.
Recruitment is one of those areas that can seem simple on the surface, but it requires strategy, compliance knowledge, and a significant time investment. When you think, “I’ll just do it myself”, do you really know what you are getting yourself into?
Hiring the right team member is more than placing a job ad and conducting a few interviews. You must know the correct award classifications, create an employment contract, conduct reference checks, meet privacy and discrimination requirements, and have a compliant induction process.
A small oversight can lead to costly errors.
Beyond compliance, effective recruitment requires experience in screening for the right personality fit for you and your team, understanding practice culture, and knowing what skills and behaviours will support the flow of a medical practice. You’ll also need to know how to test for the skills you require, which can be tricky as you may not have an intimate knowledge of your admin function, billing processes and software.
Specialists who try to manage this themselves often find it distracting, overwhelming, and far more time-consuming than expected. A urologist recently expressed to us that “shortlisting and screening candidates is a full-time job. I should have cancelled my surgeries for a month haha! Never again will I try to do it myself.”
Your time is far better used doing what only you can do: providing patient care, operating, and building relationships with referrers. Outsourcing recruitment allows you to stay focused on your patients while ensuring your practice has the right people in place to support long-term success and reduce headaches.
At RWS, we specialise in recruitment for medical practices and can manage the entire process efficiently and professionally. If you’d like support with hiring the right team member, we’re here to help.
If you need assistance with recruitment, contact us: admin@roomswithstyle.com.au or 1300 073 239