Three Ways to Retain Top Talent

Good pain management staff can be hard to find! So after you’ve invested time and money locating and training top-notch employees, you want to be sure to hold onto them. It’s important to know what the industry’s best and brightest value in a job—this way, you can take steps to make sure your facility is providing these motivating factors.

Five things top talent looks for in a company

You can help your facility retain the very best pain management workers by making sure your facility offers what they need for long-term employment. This can include:

1. Clear goals. Don’t keep the facility’s “big picture” a secret. Top performers want to understand the future of the facility they work for, and take part in helping it overcome obstacles to success. So take time to share the comings and goings of the organization with your staff. Who knows—your star talent may have great suggestions for enhancements and improvements.
2. Regular performance reviews. Aside from company-wide goals, your most talented workers are highly conscientious and want to deliver exceptional patient care. You can help them in this endeavor with regular feedback and performance reviews. Let your workers know how they’re doing—what they should keep up or ways they may be able to improve.
3. Great benefits. High-caliber workers are looking for rock star treatment—a competitive salary, for one, but also a rich benefits package. This can include comprehensive healthcare coverage, 401(k), profit sharing, wellness programs, an employee assistance program, adequate paid time off, sick days, etc. You’ll need to research common salaries for pain management staff to ensure the wages you offer are in line with your competitors. And you can work with your insurance carrier and human resources department to strengthen your benefits package.
4. Growth opportunities. Top workers may begin to feel stagnated in their careers, and this can prompt them to move on. It’s a great idea to offer continuing education opportunities, career counseling or mentorship programs, and the opportunity for internal promotion.
5. Awards and recognition. Always reward a job well done—either through verbal praise or actual prizes. You can incent hard work with monetary rewards, additional time off, prize items, dress down days, staff celebrations, etc.

Maintain a positive environment

The healthcare industry can be stressful. To create a supportive environment in which staff can thrive, it can help to employ any of the above strategies.

Looking to supplement your pain management staff?

KTE Services can help. We’ll work with you to place the anesthesiologists, CRNAs and pain management workers your facility needs to meet your short- and long-term goals. To learn more, contact KTE Services today.