For practices
Seconding a practice manager.
Self-employment not an option? Then the practice manager joins our payroll and works in your practice.
- Contract
- On our payrollworking in your practice
- Risk
- Not yoursno employer’s or hirer’s liability
- Duration
- Your callby agreement, with no contract you can’t get out of
Why this comes up so often.
You need a practice manager for a longer period, but self-employment isn’t a sustainable arrangement — for instance because they are a fixed part of your rota.
A practice manager runs the day-to-day: team, planning, purchasing, administration and often the numbers. Whether that works depends above all on how much mandate the role really gets, and that is rarely clear in advance.
Honestly: per hour, secondment costs you more than a self-employed contractor. In return, the employer’s risk and the hirer’s liability don’t sit with you, and you can secure someone for a longer period without any debate about the arrangement. Whether that’s worth it depends on your situation — we simply run the numbers with you.
How it works.
We look at the arrangement together
What do you need, for how long, and how many days a week? From that it follows whether secondment is the right arrangement or something else fits better.
We handle the employer side
Contract, salary payments, insurance and sick leave sit with us. We work with an SNA-registered and NEN 4400-1 certified partner.
You get the cover
The person works in your practice and your rota. If anything comes up, you call us — not a payroll department.
Also possible.
Practice manager, other arrangement
Secondment, other role
Frequently asked questions.
How is this different from hiring a self-employed contractor?
With a self-employed contractor you hire a business owner who sets their own rate and has several clients. With secondment the practice manager is our employee and works in your practice. The latter is allowed even when someone is a structural part of your rota on fixed days.
Do I carry any risk as the hirer?
No. We work with an SNA-registered and NEN 4400-1 certified partner; payroll tax and social contributions are secured that way. That is exactly why this route exists.
Can someone join our payroll later on?
Yes. Someone can first work through us and join your payroll after an agreed period. What applies to that, we agree beforehand, not afterwards.
How long am I committed for?
That is up to you, in consultation with us. We don’t work with contracts you can never get out of; what we agree is in the quote before you sign.
