RE: Practice management

Selena Carnell — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 16:20:02 GMT

im in the process of taking over practice manager role. but i keep my hand in on the weekends rota. as i do not want to loose my VN status. big learning curve from my point iof view

RE: Practice management

Littlemissclumsy17 — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 23:55:39 GMT

Thank you!

That's really helpful! I was wondering whether it would be possible to keep a hand in, so it's good to know some practices are happy for their PM to do so!

RE: Practice management

Alison Clare Hickman — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 13:59:59 GMT

Hi (btw - am lovin your tag!)

Not me, but a friend did this. She had previously been nurse, head nurse - you name it she'd done it! When she needed a more structured working week rather than shifts and OOH she decided to become a PM. She moved practice to do so (might be the cause of some aggravation / readjustments if you don't)

It fitted around her family commitments so much better. She kept her RVN status and would intermittently 'keep her hand in' on the 'shop floor' from time to time; not because she missed it (she said) but because she... missed it(!).. However the payback was that she wasn't expected to go onto the nurses rota (and made damned sure she didn't).

On the down-side? She had to deal with the partners and that isn't always easy when you have to tell them things they don't want to hear or do. You do have to be business savvy which doesn't always marry well with your previous experience / expectations as a nurse. Depending on the practice size and division of duties you may well have to do disciplinaries, the hiring and firing, staff rotas, deal with complaints and bad debts, payroll... (yuck - paperwork and confrontations).

On the plus side? usually 9-5, Monday to Friday and nothing to bite you except the staff or occasional client. Salary is usually far better too.

Oh yes, and getting a business qualification, time and people management skills education will definitely help you.

hth

Ali h