Negotiation of the percentage you pay must therefore be done with care and in full awareness of risk versus reward. GPs in training can make wonderful employees and benefit your practice in myriad ways. With fewer registrars entering training than training practices ready to engage them, however, the business risk comes down to whether competition with other practices means you need to pay more than appropriate for the quality of applicant just to have this extra member on the team for the training term.
This conundrum is not exclusive to general practice, nor even the health sector. Finding staff, especially good staff, is increasingly difficult. GPSA is working on additional opportunities for you to network with your peers to work through your challenges as employer and/ or business owner. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to reach out to our CEO, Carla Taylor, who is more than happy to draw on her extensive commercial and HR background to help where she can: [email protected].