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Performing Permanent Makeup in a Physician’s Office ©
If you aspire to work with the medical community, you are going to have to get busy! The best place to start is assessing the need for a permanent makeup artist in your area. This can only be done by actually working your program. Make sure before you start this adventure, you have all of your ducks in a row. This would include but is not limited to brochures, business cards, a professional website, before and after photos, pricing for procedures and lots of personal and professional affiliations and references. Be prepared to be savvy as to current prices in the local area, and yes, competitive pricing, as you have got to know the field you are playing in. Do your homework!
Once you have done the above to the best of your ability, and have landed a job in a great office AND prior to signing a lease: Here are some pointers to help smooth the transition.
- Will there be a fee for the consultation or will it be free?
- Are checks accepted the day of the procedure?
- Do these checks have to clear the bank first, what is the office policy?
- What are the credit card processing procedures and what fees would you incur?
- Will your treatment room be exclusive to you, if renting?
- Do you have exclusivity in the office?
- What is their refund policy and can you conform to it?
- Who will pay for your advertising? How will they advertise for you?
- Who will pay for supplies?
- Will you rent, or what would the fees be from each procedure?
- Who will pay for your malpractice, theft and fire insurance?
- Will they pay for your continuing education?
- Will the DR or RN be injecting for your procedures? How much will they charge the client?
- Can you perform aesthetic services along with your permanent makeup?
- Do they offer Botox and fillers in the office and will your clients receive a discount on these services?
- Will you be expected to work certain hours or can you pick your own schedule?
This is just the beginning of the questions you should ask before you sign a contract. You have to have your own template as sometimes business is not all cookie cutter and not just a one way street. This is the beginning of self exploration into your business and others.
The key will also to be to negotiate. You cannot move forward without this powerful business tool. Ideally in all business it should be a win/ win situation. If not, you might want to reconsider your professional affiliation with the chosen entity. Physicians and their professional respect they give is an addendum to your career move, but it should never be done at the sake of selling out where you can become frustrated with the circumstances you created to work in an office.
By: Susan Church CCPC, CPDA and Pamela Abshear CCPC, CPDA
