Re: Question about salary
George Boyer
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Collection
Title:
Re: Question about salary
Creator:
George Boyer
Date:
12/17/1999
Text:
Bill - Re your prospective employee......isn't it more important what the person has PRIOR
to certification which speaks to the talent the individual brings with them? As is well
known there is little correlation between certification and real talent for prosthetic
work. What all prosthetic firms certainly want to offer the amputees who come to them are
prostheses fitted and aligned by truly talented people. Should this not be the criterion in
hiring? Should this not be even more so in the case of a 'high profile' firm such as
yours? GeorgeB.
Bill Lifford wrote:
> Colleagues,
>
> I know it's probably in poor taste to ask this, but: what is an
> appropriate salary for an ABC-certified CP with about a year's
> experience post-certification? I have a review coming up and I
> want to make sure that I am adequately prepared.
>
> I am the main prosthetist at our facility (one other
> board-eligible sees a few patients but not many). I am also
> actively involved in the solicitation of new referral sources by
> giving inservices (many many inservices) on prosthetics to
> doctors, physical therapists, and medical students. My patient
> caseload at any given time is around 80 patients, in the various
> stages of prosthetic fitting (from putting shrinkers on to
> applying the cosmesis on definitive prostheses). I live on Long
> Island and commute to the metropolitan NYC area by train.
>
> In addition, my idea to donate prosthetics services to a local
> man who had no insurance (bilateral AK) has resulted in newspaper
> coverage and repeated TV and radio coverage on all the local
> stations and some national newscasts, greatly boosting both
> public awareness of our firm and boosting awareness of us by
> doctors and therapists (i.e. potential referral sources).
>
> I have a number in mind, but I want to make sure that (a) it is
> justified; and (b) that I'm not selling myself short. What do
> you think??
>
> Please respond privately to me personal email address:
> <Email Address Redacted>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Bill Lifford, CP
>
>
to certification which speaks to the talent the individual brings with them? As is well
known there is little correlation between certification and real talent for prosthetic
work. What all prosthetic firms certainly want to offer the amputees who come to them are
prostheses fitted and aligned by truly talented people. Should this not be the criterion in
hiring? Should this not be even more so in the case of a 'high profile' firm such as
yours? GeorgeB.
Bill Lifford wrote:
> Colleagues,
>
> I know it's probably in poor taste to ask this, but: what is an
> appropriate salary for an ABC-certified CP with about a year's
> experience post-certification? I have a review coming up and I
> want to make sure that I am adequately prepared.
>
> I am the main prosthetist at our facility (one other
> board-eligible sees a few patients but not many). I am also
> actively involved in the solicitation of new referral sources by
> giving inservices (many many inservices) on prosthetics to
> doctors, physical therapists, and medical students. My patient
> caseload at any given time is around 80 patients, in the various
> stages of prosthetic fitting (from putting shrinkers on to
> applying the cosmesis on definitive prostheses). I live on Long
> Island and commute to the metropolitan NYC area by train.
>
> In addition, my idea to donate prosthetics services to a local
> man who had no insurance (bilateral AK) has resulted in newspaper
> coverage and repeated TV and radio coverage on all the local
> stations and some national newscasts, greatly boosting both
> public awareness of our firm and boosting awareness of us by
> doctors and therapists (i.e. potential referral sources).
>
> I have a number in mind, but I want to make sure that (a) it is
> justified; and (b) that I'm not selling myself short. What do
> you think??
>
> Please respond privately to me personal email address:
> <Email Address Redacted>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Bill Lifford, CP
>
>
Citation
George Boyer, “Re: Question about salary,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 8, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/213242.
