Nurse Practitioner Salaries Negotiation
In order to receive benefits that are in congruence with a practitioner’s skills and expertise after certification, it is crucial to be able to negotiate benefits during the making of an employment contract. These benefits include; salary, malpractice insurance, vacation and sick leaves, continuing education, health insurance, transportations, retirement benefits, among others (Whittington, 2012). These benefits depend on different factors like the practitioner's experience, as well as the revenue that one is able to generate into practice depending on, for example, the number of patients he will be seeing.
Salaries
One of the most important features I would consider in my contract is the salary. There are different types of salaries depending on the employer or the organization; straight salary, the percentage salary of net receipt, the base salary plus percentage, an hourly rate, etc. After considering …show more content…
I would, therefore, negotiate on this if the contract requires me to be making such calls to different patients.
Retirement Benefits
This comprises of the benefits offered to a nurse practitioner after his retirement. I would pay attention to the benefits offered by my employer to ensure that every year I get a good amount being deposited in my account. I would, therefore, evaluate on the contribution offerings by different employers to negotiate for the best offer.
Malpractice Insurance
This may be offered as a part of the nurse practitioner’s employment arrangement. It is an important benefit and depending on the nature of the contract I would consider whether to purchase my own malpractice coverage or to have provided by the employer (Dillon & Hoyson, 2014). Mostly those practitioners who are moonlighting or that are working on part-time positions purchase their own
In order to receive benefits that are in congruence with a practitioner’s skills and expertise after certification, it is crucial to be able to negotiate benefits during the making of an employment contract. These benefits include; salary, malpractice insurance, vacation and sick leaves, continuing education, health insurance, transportations, retirement benefits, among others (Whittington, 2012). These benefits depend on different factors like the practitioner's experience, as well as the revenue that one is able to generate into practice depending on, for example, the number of patients he will be seeing.
Salaries
One of the most important features I would consider in my contract is the salary. There are different types of salaries depending on the employer or the organization; straight salary, the percentage salary of net receipt, the base salary plus percentage, an hourly rate, etc. After considering …show more content…
I would, therefore, negotiate on this if the contract requires me to be making such calls to different patients.
Retirement Benefits
This comprises of the benefits offered to a nurse practitioner after his retirement. I would pay attention to the benefits offered by my employer to ensure that every year I get a good amount being deposited in my account. I would, therefore, evaluate on the contribution offerings by different employers to negotiate for the best offer.
Malpractice Insurance
This may be offered as a part of the nurse practitioner’s employment arrangement. It is an important benefit and depending on the nature of the contract I would consider whether to purchase my own malpractice coverage or to have provided by the employer (Dillon & Hoyson, 2014). Mostly those practitioners who are moonlighting or that are working on part-time positions purchase their own