{"id":1669,"date":"2017-02-13T11:03:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T09:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/?p=1669"},"modified":"2017-02-13T11:03:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T09:03:08","slug":"pros-and-cons-of-private-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/pros-and-cons-of-private-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro&#8217;s and Cons of Private Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#e02b20&#8243; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Choosing whether to look for a salaried position or taking the leap into private practice can be a daunting task. \u00a0Sue Scharf RD(SA) outlines some pro&#8217;s and cons of private practice to help you decide whether or not private practice is for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro\u2019s of private practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Determining your salary to a certain degree (based on input)<\/li>\n<li>Working hours are fairly flexible<\/li>\n<li>Leave can be planned according to your own circumstances.<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities to use your own initiative, develop your own working methods, and implement your own ideas, which contribute to work satisfaction.<\/li>\n<li>Design your own work environment and atmosphere<\/li>\n<li>More personal patient contact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Con\u2019s of private practice<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Being your own boss is demanding in it\u2019s own way<\/li>\n<li>Workload and income variable and unpredictable.<\/li>\n<li>High overhead expenses.<\/li>\n<li>No income during vacation.<\/li>\n<li>No income during sick leave.<\/li>\n<li>No pension fund, unless provision has been made for a retirement annuity.<\/li>\n<li>Work environment can be lonely and one can feel isolated.<\/li>\n<li>A home-based private practice can have certain disadvantages: the office and home have to be separated; and work has to be consciously separated from home activities.<\/li>\n<li>Rental of a consulting room involves financial obligations.<\/li>\n<li>It takes time to establish a practice \u2013 thus personal income only increases over time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/sue-scharf\/\">Sue Scharf RD(SA)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choosing whether to look for a salaried position or taking the leap into private practice can be a daunting task.  Sue Scharf RD(SA) outlines some pro&#8217;s and cons of private practice to help you decide whether or not private practice is for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Private-Practice.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4CNFS-qV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1669"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1675,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1669\/revisions\/1675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}