{"id":6571,"date":"2026-07-10T04:50:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T04:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.littonandrews.com\/?p=6571"},"modified":"2026-07-10T04:50:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T04:50:46","slug":"how-much-does-a-bad-hire-really-cost-your-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littonandrews.com\/how-much-does-a-bad-hire-really-cost-your-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Does a Bad Hire Really Cost Your Practice?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>How much does a bad hire really cost your practice?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many practice owners look at recruitment as simply the cost of advertising a vacancy. In reality, that&#8217;s often the smallest part of the investment.<\/p>\n<p>A single advertisement on SEEK is just the beginning and unlike working with a specialist recruiter, there is no placement guarantee if your chosen candidate doesn&#8217;t work out.<\/p>\n<p>Then consider the hidden costs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Time spent writing, posting, and managing the job advertisement.<\/li>\n<li>Reviewing dozens (sometimes hundreds) of applications.<\/li>\n<li>Screening, vetting and shortlisting potential candidates.<\/li>\n<li>Answering daily phone and email enquiries.<\/li>\n<li>Scheduling and conducting interviews.<\/li>\n<li>Conducting thorough reference checking.<\/li>\n<li>Communicating with unsuccessful applicants.<\/li>\n<li>Preparing employment contracts and onboarding documentation.<\/li>\n<li>Induction and training.<\/li>\n<li>The time your Practice Manager and senior team invest in helping a new employee become productive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Every hour spent on recruitment is valuable time taken away from patient care, business development and supporting your existing team. Those indirect costs often go unnoticed, yet they can have a significant impact on the overall performance of your practice.<\/p>\n<p>If that new team member leaves after a few weeks or months or simply isn&#8217;t the right fit you don&#8217;t just lose the advertising spend. You lose the hours invested by your leadership team, the productivity of your existing staff and often the impact on patient experience and team morale.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the role, a poor hiring decision can easily cost <strong>$7,000\u2013$20,000+<\/strong>, with senior or highly specialised positions costing significantly more once lost productivity and replacement costs are factored in.<\/p>\n<p>The right recruitment partner does more than find candidates. They help reduce hiring risk through thorough screening, reference checking, industry knowledge and ongoing support throughout the placement process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Because the cheapest way to recruit is almost never the least expensive way to hire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>#HealthcareRecruitment #MedicalPractice #PracticeManagement #Recruitment #Hiring #TalentAcquisition #HealthcareCareers #BusinessGrowth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much does a bad hire really cost your practice? Many practice owners look at recruitment as simply the cost of advertising a vacancy. In reality, that&#8217;s often the smallest part of the investment. A single advertisement on SEEK is just the beginning and unlike working with a specialist recruiter, there is no placement guarantee&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":6580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littonandrews.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littonandrews.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littonandrews.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littonandrews.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littonandrews.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.littonandrews.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6581,"href":"https:\/\/www.littonandrews.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6571\/revisions\/6581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littonandrews.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/6580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littonandrews.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littonandrews.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littonandrews.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}