Hiring Your First Associate To Help You With Patients [Ep. #118]

The Profitable Practice Podcast

In this episode, Dr. Andrea Maxim discusses how she was able to remove herself from the 1:1 model, hire help, and become a team leader and manager.

How To Extract Yourself From Your Practice By Hiring Help

I waited too long to hire help.

I was terrified of letting go of control of my patient care. Would my patients accept another practitioner after working with me? Would they LIKE the new practitioner? Would the new practitioner uphold my hard earned reputation and the brand I’ve built?

This summer, after a time study, I got over myself and embraced the growth that I had been resisting.

And you know what? I’m so glad I did!

If you are hesitating about hiring help in the form of another practitioner, then this episode is for you.

In This Episode:

[1:02] How a time study helped me realize I’m not a unicorn and can be replaced. How I hired my first clinical associate (Meaghan!) to free myself up from some 1:1 patient consulting hours.
[3:13] Additional things besides patient visits I have Meaghan do.
[5:51] Inspiration for hiring help
[6:20] HEADS UP – blurred lines between independent contractors and employees can be incredibly costly.
[7:20] Possible scenarios for hiring your first clinical employees.

“It is 100% possible for you to remove yourself from the business, allow other people to come in and take over some of the hours or patients, or days in your clinic, and you can still make a decent amount of revenue doing that.” — Dr. Andrea Maxim, ND & Business Coach After You’ve Listened To The Episode, I Would **LOVE** To Hear Your Thoughts:

Are you ready to hire another practitioner to help you serve more patients? If so, what’s holding you back? If not, where would you like to be in terms of revenues and patient numbers before investing in help?

One of the best parts of any episode is getting to discuss the topic with you. Everyone gets to learn so much from sharing. So let me know your thoughts wherever you get social on the net, IG, FB, in the comments below – wherever!

Thank you for listening and learning with me on the podcast this week. Your commitment to improving the business aspect of your practice matters... Not only to you, but to your future patients and practitioners who want to be working with you. You were meant to build something great, so let’s get to work.

P.S. Ready to hire help, but just not sure how to go about doing it? I hear ya. Figuring it out on your own sucks. Why not book a Profitable Practice GAME PLAN Call with me so we can map it all out for you, together?