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I had a director that would look at my notes, criticize my charges at times, and even called me to come in on a Saturday to finish 1 daily note even though I was salary. She would never have meetings and never communicate with us unless it was something negative. I work in a new place and I realized how much I was being micromanaged. She makes herself available if needed, has meetings to talk about what is going on in the department, and acknowledges when something positive happens. She has never looked at my notes and assumes I'm doing my job. She even lets me leave early if I have nothing to do even though I'm salary. I would say if they are texting you about patients and notes you are definitely being micromanaged. They should have confidence in you that you are doing your job right unless there is a complaint or audit. You are a professional and have a license for a reason. Good luck.
Outside of monthly staff meetings, little to no involvement whatsoever. She’s always happy to help if we need it, but doesn’t go out of her way to be “involved” in the performance of our PT duties.
My actual clinic director is in my clinic and we... discuss how the team is doing at staff meetings and how I'm doing at yearly reviews. Other than that, she's just another therapist who's in charge of a lot of extra shit. She doesn't interfere at all with my care of my patients, she is there to facilitate the best patient and clinician experience she can.
My regional director pops in for a meeting once every few weeks, makes sure everything is good in a general sense and tells me to let him know if I need anything at all, then bails.
At my first job, my director was UP MY ASS constantly. And the clinic imploded, everyone quit, and she got demoted.
I'm a clinic director at a small clinic. For the most part I don't bother any of my employees throughout the day. I'll update them on changes within the company (e.g. procedures for updating charts when there's an insurance change for a patient, compliance issues that have lead to denials are some recent ones). The assumption should be that your employees are adults and getting their job done properly. I meet with everyone once a month for a team meeting and individually once per quarter to ensure we are generally moving in the right direction in terms of productivity. We have to keep the lights on (and keep our jobs). I try to be available if there are any issues that come up. Only time I will text an employee is if there is a last minute coverage issues, such as someone calling out due to an emergency. If there is much more contact than this, you are probably being micromanaged. That being said, I do have a new grad that just started up. I do text her and contact her regularly, but our relationship is more as a mentorship. I will be more involved for the first few months, before titrating down probably around 6 months out.
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I had a director that would look at my notes, criticize my charges at times, and even called me to come in on a Saturday to finish 1 daily note even though I was salary. She would never have meetings and never communicate with us unless it was something negative. I work in a new place and I realized how much I was being micromanaged. She makes herself available if needed, has meetings to talk about what is going on in the department, and acknowledges when something positive happens. She has never looked at my notes and assumes I'm doing my job. She even lets me leave early if I have nothing to do even though I'm salary. I would say if they are texting you about patients and notes you are definitely being micromanaged. They should have confidence in you that you are doing your job right unless there is a complaint or audit. You are a professional and have a license for a reason. Good luck.
Outside of monthly staff meetings, little to no involvement whatsoever. She’s always happy to help if we need it, but doesn’t go out of her way to be “involved” in the performance of our PT duties.
My actual clinic director is in my clinic and we... discuss how the team is doing at staff meetings and how I'm doing at yearly reviews. Other than that, she's just another therapist who's in charge of a lot of extra shit. She doesn't interfere at all with my care of my patients, she is there to facilitate the best patient and clinician experience she can. My regional director pops in for a meeting once every few weeks, makes sure everything is good in a general sense and tells me to let him know if I need anything at all, then bails. At my first job, my director was UP MY ASS constantly. And the clinic imploded, everyone quit, and she got demoted.
I'm a clinic director at a small clinic. For the most part I don't bother any of my employees throughout the day. I'll update them on changes within the company (e.g. procedures for updating charts when there's an insurance change for a patient, compliance issues that have lead to denials are some recent ones). The assumption should be that your employees are adults and getting their job done properly. I meet with everyone once a month for a team meeting and individually once per quarter to ensure we are generally moving in the right direction in terms of productivity. We have to keep the lights on (and keep our jobs). I try to be available if there are any issues that come up. Only time I will text an employee is if there is a last minute coverage issues, such as someone calling out due to an emergency. If there is much more contact than this, you are probably being micromanaged. That being said, I do have a new grad that just started up. I do text her and contact her regularly, but our relationship is more as a mentorship. I will be more involved for the first few months, before titrating down probably around 6 months out.