What makes FOX Rehabilitation stand out? In this episode of The FOX Five , Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition, Katie Gerber, shares five ways FOX gives clinicians the flexibility to thrive both professionally and personally. From creating your own schedule and adapting your week when life happens, to choosing the level of commitment that fits your lifestyle, Katie explains how FOX supports clinicians at every stage of life. She also highlights the freedom FOX clinicians have in customizing treatment plans and the opportunities that come with FOX’s growing nationwide presence. Katie also dives into how flexibility, autonomy, and trust empower clinicians to deliver exceptional care while maintaining balance outside of work.

Jim: Welcome to The FOX Five, the show that explores the wonderful world of FOX Rehabilitation through an original list created by a FOX colleague. We welcome back to The FOX Five—she is a person of her word—FOX Rehabilitation’s Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition, Katie Gerber. Thank you for coming back.

Katie: Of course. Thanks for having me.

Jim: I thought you had a great FOX Five the first time around. I'm excited to hear your FOX Five this time. What is it?

Katie: My FOX Five is Five Ways That FOX is Flexible.

Jim: Five ways that FOX is flexible. It's kind of a tongue twister there.

Katie: Yes, it very much is.

Jim: So, Katie, what is Number One on your FOX Five?

Katie: Number One for me would be autonomy, and particularly autonomy over your schedule. Being able to make a schedule to see your patients, what works for you, and what works for them is a great way that FOX showcases our flexibility. You're able to schedule your patients. If you have, let's say, soccer every Wednesday at 4:00 with your kids, you can schedule yourself around those things in your life, which is great.

Jim: I've done this show for a while and “autonomy” comes up often, and it's so cool to see the different age ranges and why they like autonomy. There are parents who are like, “I want to see my kids’ dance recital.” There are younger clinicians who are like, “I want to frontload my week so I can have Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to do my thing.” So, it works for clinicians of all ages.

Katie: Oh, yeah. Absolutely.

Jim: That brings us to Number Two on your FOX Five.

Katie: Number Two would be being able to pivot when you need to. So, for example, having the flexibility, let's say you had your week scheduled and then you get a call from daycare and you have to go pick up your child, right? Being able to shift your schedule around and have that flexibility within it is really crucial, especially for parents, but even for those who aren't. Maybe you just wake up and you don't feel well that day. Being able to kind of flex your schedule at the drop of a hat is really a way that we show flexibility here.

Jim:Yeah. FOX is not your traditional 9-to-5, right? So, if you like that flexibility, if you like that autonomy, then FOX is for you. Katie, that brings us to Number Three on your FOX Five.

Katie: Number Three would be commitment. With FOX, we offer various types of positions from FOX Flex, which is more of like your PRN role, to part-time and full-time. Being able to be flexible within what the individual is looking for and kind of matching that with our needs, there’s just a variety of options. And then within that, it’s not set in stone. So as your life changes, we can change with you, right? So that’s always an option to kind of go up and down depending on where you’re at in life.

Jim: Yeah, you may be flex and you may say, “Hey, I want to do more of this.” You have the ability and option to do that. That is encouraged.

Katie: Absolutely.

Jim: All right, Katie, that brings us to Number Four on your FOX Five.

Katie: Number Four is location. So, one of the other great things about FOX is that we're in 38 states and growing. So, if you find yourself with an opportunity where you're relocating, having that flexibility, where if you're moving somewhere where FOX already exists, working with you to have you be transferred to another team is really great. Being flexible within that just gives you a lot of options at the end of the day.

Jim: It was a cool day when we reached all of the time zones in the United States of America.

Katie: Yes, I know. Yeah. I'm excited to see the growth continue for sure.

Jim: And Katie, that brings us to Number Five on your FOX Five.

Katie: Number Five would be treatment. So, as a therapist, kind of tying to autonomy with this too, but having that freedom and flexibility within your treatment plan. It’s not like a cookie-cutter approach where you have to do things a certain way. As long as it meets the needs of being medically necessary, of course, you can really customize and be flexible with your treatment plans and your patients. If Mrs. Smith isn’t up for what you had set, you can pivot from that and kind of work with them, giving you that ability to be autonomous and flexible within your treatments.

Jim: Yeah, FOX definitely has faith and trust in their clinicians.

Katie: Absolutely.

Jim: That’s another reason why our founder, Dr. Tim Fox, founded this practice. He was frustrated that he couldn’t practice the way he was trained to do so. And then he said, “I’m going to do my own thing.” And I think by him doing his own thing, it made healthcare a lot better for older adults.

Katie: Yeah, it did. And I think it really encouraged a lot of people to seek that same thing out and know that it’s possible. That’s what we really encourage here at FOX.

Jim: Katie, thank you for the time.

Katie: Yeah.

Jim: Tell the rest of your crew I said hey.

Katie: I will tell them.

Jim: The Talent Acquisition crew with FOX Rehabilitation are all good people!

Katie: Yeah, we’re a fun bunch for sure.

Jim: Good personalities. Love being with any part of your team.

Katie: We love having you. We’ll have to have you come do a guest appearance soon for one of our meetings.

Jim: It’s on.