Top Reasons for a High Turnover Rate

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Staff retention is important for any business, especially in the medical field. How you manage your practice is the biggest factor in high turnover rates. Here are the most common causes of employees leaving. Poor management. Needless to say, poor management is a surefire way to make employees unhappy. If subordinates are always being micromanaged… Read more »

Need Medical Staff in Houston NOW? Here’s What to Do

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Are you in need of top medical staff in the Houston area? If you have not yet considered bringing temporary medical staff on board, it may be an avenue worth exploring. Having a strategic hiring plan in place is imperative for your patients’ well-being as well as the efficiency of your workplace; for many medical… Read more »

2016 Staffing Guide for Houston Medical Facilities

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When developing a staffing plan for your practice, make sure you have the optimum number of team members for each physician in the practice. You do not want too few, or too many staff members. To find out what the optimum number is for your practice, you need to do some measuring and evaluating. Measurement… Read more »

Top Tips for Recruiting LVNs in 2016

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Finding qualified staff is always a tough job, and finding good licensed vocational nurses is no exception. Fortunately, there are a number of different ways you can look for LVNs. Here are a few tips on finding good nurses for your practice. Use a healthcare recruiter. This is a good way to fill just about… Read more »

A Bad Hiring Decision Can Happen. Here’s How to Recover From It

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It happens to even the best managers – they make a bad hire, a person who looked to be a great fit for the job just cannot perform up to expectations. If you find yourself in this position, how should you respond? Here are some tips. Admit your error and move quickly. The bad hire… Read more »

How to Increase Patient Satisfaction Rates Through Staffing

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One may not think that a healthcare facility’s staffing and human resources efforts would have a big impact on patient satisfaction. Yet they do because when the patient-to-staff ratio favors patients, patients perceive that they are receiving more personal care and therefore their satisfaction rises. Yet other staffing and human resource factors also help increase… Read more »

5 Traits to Look for When Hiring Nursing Staff

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What makes a good nurse? There are a number of skills that a nurse should have in order to do his or her job well. They are all important. The five listed below, however, are absolutely essential for anyone interested in nursing. These are the skills that all nurses should have. Communication skills Nurses need… Read more »

8-Point Checklist for Evaluating a Medical Recruiting Firm

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If your medical practice is looking to work with a healthcare recruiting firm, naturally one of the first things you need to do is figure out which staffing service to work with. When you look at recruiting firms, what criteria should you use to decide whom to work with? What kinds of questions should you… Read more »

Are You Struggling to Fill Your Allied Positions?

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If your practice is having difficulty finding good people or your hires are not working out, you need to take a look at your hiring process to determine if you are conducting it efficiently and effectively. For example, how long does it take for your practice to hire a new person from the time you… Read more »

Do You Know What Your True Hiring Needs Are?

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When practices make a new hire, they obviously do it because they perceive a need. But to have a more clear understanding of what your hiring needs are, you need to do some legwork before posting that job description. How do you determine if there is a need for a new employee? Sometimes it’s easy… Read more »