In the 18 months since it began, Paediatric Pain Care SA has been working to change children’s lived experiences of pain through a gold standard model of care. 

It is common to pay staff according to the minimum hourly rate under a modern award, plus any additional award entitlements the employee should receive.

In order to retain and motivate its high-quality physiotherapist and administration workforce, the management team at Active Rehabilitation Physiotherapy knew it had to act.

A redundancy, while sometimes a confronting topic, can often be important for a business to remain operationally viable.

Employers have a range of legal obligations to consider throughout the redundancy process and these help ensure that a procedurally fair and respectful process is provided to staff while minimising business exposure.

Recently, the hiring landscape has shifted favourably for practice owners.

We are starting to see a higher percentage of physiotherapy graduates enter the private sector instead of the public health system (Wells et al 2021).

This is a welcome and much needed shift from the hiring drought we all experienced in previous years.

Continuing professional development (CPD) and training opportunities are of significant benefit to employees, ensuring that their knowledge and skills remain up to date and allowing them to grow as practitioners.

What are the go-to hygiene regulations therapists should follow in order to minimise the risk of infection in their clinics and therapy environments? The astonishing answer is that there are none.

 Every professional development course undertaken by private practice owners to update their professional skills should be matched by a non-clinical course to improve their business acumen, says Antony Hirst APAM.

HR IN PRACTICE Employment contracts are a crucial tool for protecting the rights of employees and employers. Here, we take a look at their typical features and answer some common questions.

Written employment contracts have not always been commonplace, but they are an important part of modern industrial relations.

They can often be confusing or overwhelming, however, so it is important to be aware of what should and should not be included in one.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Whether you employ four, 40 or 400 physiotherapists in your practice, the challenges of retaining staff are uniform across the board, says physiotherapist and business owner Brett Long.

In this second article in a series of three on running a successful physiotherapy practice, Brett offers meaningful insights into ways to improve job satisfaction and the longevity of your staff.