Dr. Heath Jolliff’s Post

Prioritize Direction Over Speed in Your Pharmacy Career 🧭💊 In healthcare, moving fast can sometimes mean moving in the wrong direction. Professionals often feel compelled to sprint forward, taking on new roles, responsibilities, or specializations in an attempt to accelerate their careers. However, this rush can lead to missteps and unintended consequences. 🔹 Speed vs. Precision: Rapid career advancement can be thrilling, but without a clear direction, it may lead to roles that clash with your fundamental strengths and values, risking job dissatisfaction and burnout. 🔹 Strategic Slowing: Deliberately evaluating career paths and aligning them with your goals and the healthcare landscape is essential. This strategic approach ensures that when you do pick up speed, it’s in the right direction, leading to rewarding and meaningful work. 🔹 Consultative Approaches: Utilizing frameworks like those offered by Swenson Pharmacy Advisors (SPA) can be transformative. By partnering with you in a collaborative environment, we design a strategic plan that prioritizes quality and fit over speed, ensuring every step forward is both thoughtful and effective. In healthcare, as in many areas of life, the adage "slow and steady wins the race" often holds true. By focusing on direction first and speed second, professionals can avoid the pitfalls of rapid but misguided advancement, ensuring their career moves them towards genuine satisfaction and success. #Healthcare #Pharmacy #PharmacyCareers #CareerAdvice #ProfessionalDevelopment #Entrepreneurship

🌟 Face Your Fears, Embrace Your Healthcare Career Embarking on or advancing in a healthcare career can be intimidating. Here's why confronting these fears head-on is essential for your professional journey: 🚀 Stepping Out of Comfort Zones: Growth often happens outside your comfort zone. Embracing change can lead to exciting opportunities and personal development. 🤝 Building Resilience: Facing and overcoming challenges builds resilience, a crucial trait for healthcare professionals who deal with high-stress environments. 🔍 Discovering New Passions: Exploring different roles or specializations can uncover passions and interests you might not have realized you had. 📈 Professional Advancement: Confronting fears can lead to significant career advancements, opening doors to leadership roles and specialized positions. 💡 Inspiring Others: Your courage can serve as inspiration for colleagues and newcomers in the field, fostering a supportive and ambitious healthcare community. Remember, it's okay to feel uncertain about career moves. What's important is to not let fear hold you back from exploring the vast possibilities in healthcare. 📩 Feeling apprehensive about your next career step in healthcare? Let’s connect and navigate your path to success together! #HealthcareCareers #CareerMotivation #OvercomingFears #ProfessionalGrowth

Please don't join any company that keeps prolonging your hiring process. At the same time also doesn't let you go. I have had this bad experience, that too not too long ago. As naïve as I was I waited for 8 months for the job to start. Imagine! I have gone through everything. You name it and I have experienced it. Which is why I understand your pain, I understand what you are going through. I have observed that by the time you reach mid-career stage, you generally tend to figure things out. It's mostly the early-career stage that is the most difficult, you are clueless with no sense of direction. That is why I have made it my mission to now guide early-career Health care and Pharma professionals so that you don't waste precious years of your life, just like I did. ----------- If you are someone who is experiencing similar ups and downs while trying to figure out your life and career, I am here to help you. Reach out to me. I would love to know more about your journey. ------------ Hi, I'm Smita. I coach healthcare and Pharma professionals to unlock their career potential and achieve lasting success. DM me to learn how I can help you.

✨Let's Break Down Some Myths in Healthcare Careers✨ Have you ever heard the phrase, "You need to stay at least a year in your current role?” Or maybe the daunting, “Switching specialties is impossible?” It’s time to challenge these outdated notions! The healthcare landscape is ever-evolving, and so should your career path. Just like your skillset, your journey should be unique and tailored to YOU! The truth is, career transitions can unlock incredible opportunities for growth, learning, and fulfillment. Whether you’re looking to pivot departments, explore new specialties, or embrace new roles, know that it’s not only possible but often necessary for your professional development! I invite you to share your experiences! 💬 What career myths have you encountered? Let’s support each other in breaking down these barriers and empowering our unique paths in healthcare. #HealthcareCareers #BreakTheMyths #EmpowerYourJourney #CareerGrowth #InnovationInRecruiting

Your skills as a #clinician are more transferable than you think. Whether you want to level up and lead as a clinician or transition to other workstreams in #healthcare, you have so much to offer. How would you describe your skills and abilities in universal terms that anyone could understand? List them out and include them all as if someone other than a health professional was reading them. Notice how much value you really offer. Now, map it against a role you want. Analyse the gap and strategise how to fill the gap. And you are on your way. See below for an example from #practice to #strategy workstream specifically for a policy-focused role. --------- I'm Ruth from Career Cliniq. I've made it my mission to help healthcare professionals like you identify your next career step. Our industry-specific tool, StreamAhead, is designed to guide you towards where you next belong within healthcare. Find the StreamAhead link in my profile and take the first step towards greater career alignment today.

🎯 I was Job hopping looking for my happy place and realized that there was no “ happy place” ‼️ The last 5 years I have been jumping from one job to another to another in medicine looking to find my “happy place” realizing eventually that I simply wasn’t happy and that a “job” just wasn’t going to work for me any longer … Why ? - Lack of flexibility of my time - Boredom - Toxicity in a company - Poor management - Lack of feeling valued in my efforts And various other reasons ….. The turning point for me came when the light bulb went off in my head 💡 I have a ton of experience in a particular field ….why can’t I pivot to consulting in some way ?!?! And thus my journey began…. ⭐️ Key points I looked at when pivoting ….. - what do I enjoy about my job - what do I not enjoy - what do I feel I’m good at - what am I praised for at work by bosses or coworkers. - what aspects of my job would I like to explore more if I had the opportunity to. This was pretty much the starting point for me …. Are you looking to pivot your experience ????? Would love to hear why?! ⭐️ I stepped away from a medical corporate job by choice with no salaried income now to create space in my day to really try and figure out what’s next in my career and to see if I can create income with more flexibility in my day. Follow me on this journey of self realization and self discovery in my career and maybe yours.👍 #pivotcareer #medicalconsulting #freedomfromninetofive #youcanpivot #careerpivot #medicalcorporate

As an eye doctor you've poured years of dedication into honing your skills and improving the vision of countless patients. But let's face it, sometimes 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙩. If you find yourself yearning for a new challenge, a chance to explore your full potential, then it's time to consider a career shift. But here's the key: don't settle for just any job. You deserve a position that excites you, utilizes your expertise in new ways, and propels you towards professional growth. Here's why taking that leap for "the great" can be incredibly rewarding: 1. Reignite Passion: New environment, new spark. Explore a different practice, specialty, or leadership role to refuel your passion for eye care. 2. Level Up Your Skills: Learn new tech, refine techniques, or develop leadership abilities in a fresh setting. 3. Boost Your Income: Leveraging your experience can lead to positions with significant salary increases. 4. Motivate Yourself: The "great" job fuels motivation and well-being. Feeling excited about work leads to increased productivity and overall satisfaction. You're in control. Take a proactive approach. Find a role that aligns with your evolving goals and watch your career take off. Go for the great. #OptometryJobs #CareerDevelopment #JobSearch

‘What is the point?’ Part 2 1. Limited Career Growth and Recognition: You may feel stuck if there are few opportunities for advancement or professional growth. In fact, senior clinicians increasingly feel they have to suck it up and take on more roles for the same or less. Even if there are paths for ‘promotion’, the current healthcare environments lack mechanisms to recognise and reward individual contributions. leading to a sense of stagnation. 2. Emotional Toll of Patient Care: The constant exposure to suffering, loss was something clinicians accepted as part and parcel of their careers. However, the additional pressures of managing lack of service capacity for patients who need life saving or life changing intervention-or-death situations is uniquely taxing. Over time, you may feel emotionally exhausted and disconnected from the initial passion that drew them to the profession. 3. Misalignment with Institutional Values: Many of you entered with a strong sense of purpose, only to find that your organisation's priorities (such as patient throughput, or cost control) don’t align with your view patient-centered care. in fact: it is diametrically opposed to your own values. This clash can cause you intense frustration and ultimately: a loss of purpose. This is what you talk about over coffees and in corridors; when you contact me via LI or email. You are not alone. What is the point FOR YOU? How can YOU craft a sustainable, varied, fulfilling career? DM me to start a conversation.

Is it too risky to switch careers from medicine to something else? Why not pursue management, business, or any other field? Is it societal pressure or parental expectations that weigh more heavily? Given the rising cases of toxicity and pressure leading to severe consequences like suicide, we need to rethink our approach. Did you have clarity about your career at a young age? What are your thoughts on this? Let us know in the comments.

✨ 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐇𝐂𝐑: 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 🌱 Remember the iconic moment in The Pursuit of Happyness when Chris Gardner finally lands the job? It’s a reminder that sometimes, the journey is as meaningful as the destination. At 𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐇𝐂𝐑, we’re committed to helping healthcare professionals find not just a job, but a 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞—especially in communities that need them most. 💼💙 🌟 𝐎𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. Just like Gardner’s perseverance led to something greater, we know the right placement can be 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞—for the healthcare professional, the facility, and the community. 🏥💪 Because every placement isn’t just filling a role; it’s 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬. Ready to find purpose in your career? Let’s start your journey this Monday. 🚀 #EvolveHCR #MondayMotivation #PurposeDrivenWork #ThePursuitOfHappyness #HealthcareHeroes #HealthcareStaffing #MakingADifference