Flying Solo at Your Clinic: An Employee's Guide to Success

In a recent survey we conducted on the State of Pelvic Rehab, we found almost half (49.7%) of you are the only pelvic rehab provider in your clinic.  Nicole knows the feeling - as a new grad she was tapped to start and run a pelvic health program at a large hospital program.There are major challenges to being the only pelvic provider, for both you as the employee and for your practice.  Your boss or manager is often initially supportive, but that may not last.Just think of some of the challenges to an ortho practice or hospital program adding pelvic rehab:Having to provide a private (and hopefully well-appointed) treatment roomDealing with a very different patient populationNot working (hopefully) with aides and giving you more time with patients than your coworkers are receivingDealing with complex patients means longer plans of care and more issues with insurance denials and appealsThey have to change the paperwork for you.  And the website.  Market to new physicians and in the community.  And provide new training to the front desk.And somehow give mentoring and training for you, which they can't provide because you're the only one!These aren't insurmountable obstacles.  But many times, it falls on you to do extra (often unpaid) work to try and make things run - training the front desk, marketing in the community, fixing the forms, etc.So ask yourself two questions. What do pelvic patients deserve, and are they getting that?And what do I (as the employee) deserve, and am I getting that?Sometimes it's difficult to create an environment where both of those answers are 'yes' if you're not working in a pelvic rehab specific practice.  So advocate for yourself, advocate for your patients, and if it's not happening you might have consider taking another position.Practitioner Map & Hiring DirectoryMore than 1,000 of you have already joined our Practitioner Map (www.pelvicptrising.com/map).  If you haven't yet, make sure you're on there!If you're a business owner, there's an inexpensive, wide-reaching Hiring Directory on there as well to find a great clinician!About UsNicole and Jesse Cozean founded Pelvic PT Rising to provide clinical and business resources to physical therapists to change the way we treat pelvic health.   PelvicSanity Physical Therapy together in 2016.  It grew quickly into one of the largest cash-based physical therapy practices in the country.Through Pelvic PT Rising, Nicole has created clinical courses (www.pelvicptrising.com/clinical) to help pelvic health providers gain confidence in their skills and provide frameworks to get better patient outcomes.  Together, Jesse and Nicole have helped 500+ pelvic practices start and grow through the Pelvic PT Rising Business Programs (www.pelvicptrising.com/business) to build a practice that works for them!Get in Touch!Learn more at www.pelvicptrising.com, follow Nicole @nicolecozeandpt (www.instagram.com/nicolecozeandpt) or reach out via email ([email protected]).Check out our Clinical Courses, Business Resources and learn more about us at Pelvic PT Rising...Let's Continue to Rise!