Hiring Stars: 8 Steps to Help You Through the Process

Not long ago, I was asked if I could provide some insight into hiring competent staff. I told the person that we were embarking on a similar journey to find top notch employees and the best that I could do, was share the steps that we’ve taken so far. Below is what I shared with the gentlemen that asked the question: Define Improvements Jot down, on a piece of paper, areas in your practice you need improvements. Don’t just say, I need administrative oversight, but rather, dig deeper in your assessment. For example, one area in my practice that needs improvement  is with follow-through. We have good ideas, but don’t have staff that picks up the vision, makes it their own, and sees it though. Ponder… what is it that your practice needs exactly (ie. improve marketing, start an asthma clinic, improve budgeting, implement clinical work-flows, increase the number of patients, pay the bills on time, etc.). In our practice, one of the things that didn’t meet our expectations, was the handling of chronically ill patients. Thus by determining areas of improvement, we decided we wanted someone that could help us manage chronic patients. For this role, we needed an experienced RN (or an exceptional MA, although that is less likely, but still an option if somebody were to show up) to take charge of a project like this. Define Candidate Next, sit down with a pen and paper and jot down what would your perfect candidate look like. That is, what skills should the pe...
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