Agreements & Contracts.

Individual Employment Agreements & Contracting Support

Stop Signing Contracts That Cost You Money

If you didn’t negotiate your contract properly, you’re probably underpaid, over-restricted or both. NP contracts are not “standard”. They’re negotiated and most Nurse Practitioners are losing leverage before they start.

Low Offers Are a Strategy

“MECA rates only.”
“No flexibility.”
“This is just how it works.”

That’s not policy. That’s how low offers get normalised. If you don’t push back with evidence, the first offer becomes the final offer.

What’s Usually Wrong With NP Contracts

We regularly see:

  • Rates below market value

  • Little or no study leave or PD time

  • Restrictive exclusivity clauses

  • Burnout-driving rosters

  • “Take it or leave it” language

These aren’t small issues. They can cost you six figures over the life of a contract. Your contract controls pay, scope, flexibility and whether you can work elsewhere. And once it’s signed, your leverage is gone.

What we do…

We don’t just review contracts. We renegotiate them. Rates, Leave, Scope, Rosters, Clauses. And, we push back properly. We’ve helped NPs:

  • Increase rates by $30–$50+/hr

  • Add thousands in study and PD support

  • Remove unfair clauses

  • Build flexibility into their work

Not by being difficult, by being strategic.

Before You Sign

Don’t accept a low offer and hope it improves later. It rarely does.

Get help negotiating your NP contract and Stop leaving money and flexibility on the table.

Let's Negotiate!

The real question isn’t “Is this expensive?”

It’s:

“What is signing without strategy costing you?”

You bring the clinical skill. We bring the leverage. Let’s negotiate properly.

  • We get it! You’re not rocking the boat. You’re negotiating your value.

    Employers expect negotiation.
    They just don’t expect NPs to do it well. Professional pushback with evidence isn’t conflict, it’s commercial maturity.

  • If an employer withdraws an offer because you asked for fair market alignment that tells you everything. Strong organisations respect structured negotiation and weak offers rely on silence.

    And remember:

    We negotiate strategically, not emotionally.

  • Let’s run the numbers!

    Le’s say your rate increases by $40/hour;

    30 hours/week
    48 weeks/year

    That’s $57,600 more annually.

    Would you prefer to pay 3% of the upside…

    Or leave $57k on the table?

  • Gratitude and leverage can coexist. Being grateful doesn’t mean being underpaid. You trained at an advanced level, carry clinical responsibility and hold prescribing authority.

    That has market value.

  • Once the contract is signed, leverage drops and future renegotiation is harder.

    Employers rarely offer increases without pressure or market shift. The best time to negotiate is before you sign.

  • So does signing a contract that costs you $40–80k over its lifespan.

    The upfront investment protects the next 1–3 years of your income.

    This isn’t a cost, it’s insurance on your earning power.

  • And that’s fine.

    The question isn’t whether you can negotiate.

    It’s whether you’re maximising leverage.

    We do this repeatedly.
    We know market benchmarks.
    We know where flexibility exists.

    There’s a difference between asking and negotiating strategically.