Selecting Sensational Staff Benefits For Your Medical Practice Team

Did you know that it could cost your healthcare business more to retrain and rehire new staff than it could to retain them in the first place? Studies have shown that losing a staff member and conducting a search to rehire someone else can cost a fifth of that person’s yearly salary, and you owe it to your practice to invest just as much energy into retaining the people you have on your books. One of the best way to keep people is planted in the benefits that you offer people, and these have to be chosen carefully according to your healthcare business budget.

A lot of practices cannot offer significant raises or bonuses, but your employees are going to appreciate the things that you can offer. The key? Finding out what would be meaningful to your staff members and rolling with it. For example, some practices can afford to offer private healthcare programs on top of offering free scrub pants for men and women to wear, with free laundering, too. Other places like to offer a full dental package and are happy to incorporate flexible schedules for parents. People don’t leave bad jobs, they leave unattentive management. The more attentive you are to the needs of your staff, the more loyal they will be to you. So, what are some of the reasons you should offer a package of comprehensive benefits to your staff?

Staff Loyalty. Apart from the salary and bonuses that you can offer, you can make your staff more loyal by offering the small perks that aren’t going to drain the budget. Something as simple as a thank you for hard work with a gift card for dinner, or a bunch of flowers, can go a long way. People need to feel appreciated, and you don’t have to do that with huge sums of money. Happy people will stay where they are and if your staff are happy, they will take ownership of their role and commit to the patients better.

You’re A Competitor. Your reputation is going to precede you with candidates looking for work. Like other professions, you want to stand out from the crowd, and a part of that is going to be putting yourself out there as a strong competitor where employees are fighting to work with you. The better you treat people, the better your reputation will be. The absence of good benefits can take your practice out of the running for being a leader in who looks after their staff.

Qualified Staff. The best employees always have their choice of employers, and they will always look at the salary and benefits first before applying for a role. Look at what you can offer and try to one-up yourself. Great compensation packages with draw in the best of the best.

Your medical staff work hard: long shifts are difficult to manage and you need to be aware of how you treat your people, so that you can be the best possible employer for them.