Workplace stress! 1. Most private practice owners feel it In a typical month, we might experience cash flow issues caused by late payments and unexpected bills, fake and anonymous online reviews, unexplained spikes in ‘failures to attend’, data privacy challenges, client complaints, social media ‘run-ins’, the odd family law-related subpoena, glitches in clinic and business…
Over the years, parents have asked me this a few times. I’ve also been asked why speech pathologists are allied health workers; whereas most tutors come from teaching or education backgrounds. Clients and their families should be fully informed about this stuff. So here’s my attempt to answer these tricky questions, recognising others may have different views:…
Over the last five years or so, there’s been a lot of chatter about how speech pathologists can or should outsource “non-core services” to others – e.g. to therapy assistants or software service providers – to help more clients achieve their goals for less money. It’s going to happen, whether we like it or not….
Here’s the scenario: you find out a client is receiving an unconventional and risky treatment from an unregistered health practitioner and you’re worried that the treatment is harming your client. What should you do? 1. First some background (a) In Australia, speech pathologists are not “registered health practitioners” Speech pathologists are unregistered health practitioners. This…
For speech pathologists in private practice, hiring independent contractors seems cheaper and more flexible than hiring employees, e.g. if your practice has unpredictable workflows or seasonal “slow” and “busy” periods. But there are a raft of ethical, client and commercial reasons why it may make more sense to grow your practice with employees. There are…
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