Careers Beyond Hospital & Primary Care

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Careers Beyond Hospital Primary Care

• Calum Leckie, PhD
• The Careers Group, University of London

www.careers.lon.ac.uk
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Widening Horizons
Clinical Practice
Using Health Knowledge
Using Transferable Skills
Global Health International Development
Health Care Pharma Industry
Effort /Time /Risk
Non-UK commercial practice
General Medical / Scientific Services
Other
UK Government / public sector
Not for Profit
www.careers.lon.ac.uk
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Clinical Practice Beyond the NHS

• Defence Medical Services
• Navy, Army, Air force
• Prison Health Service
• Overseas Medicine
• Developed Countries
• Developing Countries
• Other
• Occupational Medicine
• Sports Exercise Medicine
• Expedition Medicine
• Benefits work (Medical Adviser)
• Maritime Medicine

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Medical Practice in Developed Countries - Examined

• Issues to Consider
• Huge variety of healthcare systems
• Clinical roles responsibilities will vary
• UK equiv. training may or may not be sufficient
  to practice
• Registration essential
• Lot of competition
• Advice - RESEARCH
• Roles, registration, visas, application process,
• return to UK implications
• Network with colleagues
• Make clear clinical skills, management,
  research, publications

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Not for Profit International Development

• UK Health Charities
• Health promotion
• Advocacy
• Research
• Policy
• NGOs, Multilateral Agencies Consultancies
• All the above and
• Health Economists
• Technical Advisers
• Monitoring Evaluation
• Programme Managers
• Analyst / Researcher
• Medic / Medical Coordinator

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Job Specification Medical Coordinator

• Requirements
• Medical background (doctor or nurse)
• Post-registration experience in public health or
  tropical medicine (e.g. studies in infectious
  diseases (HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis), refugee
  health, MCH)
• Minimum of 3 months' travel or work experience in
  developing countries
• Overseas NGO experience in a supervisory role of
  medical programs as a project co-coordinator or
  medical team leader
• Demonstrable experience in supervising, managing
  and training others
• Notable experience in project proposals and
  planning and health assessments
• Willingness to commit for a minimum of 12 months
• Willing to work in unstable areas
• Adaptable and able to work in a team
• Flexible and able to manage stress
• Desirable
• Previous field experience with MSF
• Training in epidemiology, refugee health care
  and/or the MSF PSP course
• Familiarity with health and human rights issues

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Public Health

• Health Improvement
• e.g. senior health improvement manager, e.g.
  medical education
• Health Protection e.g. emergency planning
  coordinator
• Health Intelligence
• e.g. epidemiologist
• Academic e.g. research associate
• Health Social Care Quality e.g. health safety
  adviser
• Strategy Management e.g. strategic director

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The Healthcare Industry

• Consultancy
• Analyst - consultant - senior consultant /
  manager
• Freelance
• Communications
• Medical writer
• Corporate communications
• Public Relations
• Intellectual Property
• Technical assistant patent attorney
• Patent examiner

• Biotechnology
• Pharmaceuticals
• Safety pharmacovigilance
• Clinical Trails management
• Medical Affairs
• Marketing
• Research Development

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Medical Affairs - Examined

• Nature of Role
• Understanding sharing prod. Info.
• Work with marketing commercial team, external
  experts medical authorities
• Skills Used
• Team working, communication, medical expertise,
  experience of research and regulatory affairs

• Issues to consider
• Membership of Royal College
• Several years experience
• Recruitment multiple testing interviews
• Mobile career e.g. between CROs, consultancy,
  other agencies
• Not restricted to industry

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Medical affairs You'll be providing expert
medical insight and strategic direction to how
our organisation presents both itself and its
products to the world. With particular focus on
our relationships with the NHS, clinicians and
patient advocacy groups, you'll work across a
range of internal departments interpreting data,
ethical codes, clinical opinion and environmental
issues. You'll also contribute to strategy
development at a UK and European level. Far from
playing a support role, you'll be right at the
heart of a fully integrated medical marketing
team, allowing you to make a real impact on the
business. www.gsk.com/careers/uk-med-affairs.htm
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Something a bit Different!

• Medical Translation reports, research, patents,
  validation
• Medical Journalism print media, radio,
  television
• Medical Education
• Medical Devices RD, regulation, sales
  marketing
• Forensic Research University, civil service
• Other Professions
• Law
• Management consultant
• Civil service
• Equity research analyst

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Management Consultant - Examined

• The Role
• Provide tech expertise, solve business problems
  offer solutions
• Areas management strategy, implementation,
  technical
• The Firms
• Generalist e.g. McKinsey, Deloitte
• Niche e.g. Bazian, Futures Group, UnitedHealth

• Skills Issues
• Interpersonal communication
• Intellectual ability
• Teamwork
• Analytical
• Multitask
• Long hours / pressure

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Beyond Clinical Practice General Issues

• May require new courses and qualifications
• Some relevant related experience
• Applications require emphasis on transferable
  skills
• May have to consider entry level positions
  salary implications
• Do your research networking informational
  interviewing
• Labour Market Research essential future trends
  e.g. funding, recruitment

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Managing Career Change
Four Stages Self exploration Option
exploration Decision making Implementation
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Self Exploration

• What am I good at?
• What am I not so good at?
• Whats important to me?
• What bores me?
• What do I enjoy?
• What do I avoid?
• Where do see myself working well?
• What Constrains me?

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Option Exploration

• How much research have you actually done?
• Which careers have you written off? Why?
• Which are your top three at the moment? Why?
• Can you identify 5 that you will explore in
  further detail?

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Informational Interviewing

• A meeting in which a job seeker asks for career
  and industry advice rather than employment
• Build networks in area of interest
• Dont ask for a job straight away
• Do your research
• Whats your aim? informed questions
• Ask for further contacts

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Building your Networks

• Industry professional bodies
• Trade journals
• Vacancy pages
• Careers directories e.g. prospects.ac.uk
• Newspaper articles
• Employer websites
• Networking events
• Careers fairs
• Online networks
• Alumni databases societies

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Decision Making

• How have you made previous decisions?
• Procrastination or knee-jerk reaction?
• SWOT analysis
• Keep external/internal factors in context
• Keep options open

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Online Tools

• Career Options
• http//beyondclinical.thecareersgroup.co.uk
• www.medicalcareers.nhs.uk
• career options for medics (Clinical
  Non-Clinical)
• www.careerstagged.co.uk
• www.prospects.ac.uk
• General careers Libraries
• http//abpi-careers.org.uk/
• Pharma. Biotech.
• www.medcommsnetworking.co.uk
• Communications
• www.phorcast.org.uk
• Public Health (UK International)
• Career Management
• www.careers.lon.ac.uk/sortit

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C2 who we are

• Part of The Careers Group, University of London
• One of the largest careers service providers in
  Europe over 40 Careers Consultants, and 24
  support staff
• C2 was established in 1998 to work with external
  organisations, and individual clients with
  considerable career experience
• Considerable experience working with clinicians
  and researchers - in academia and beyond
• Clients include BMA, Cancer Research UK, London
  Deanery, Institute of Cancer Research, Disability
  Rights Commission, English Nature, EBI, and
  Council of Europe

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The aim of career counselling at C2

• Enable clients to build and maintain successful
  careers by helping them to develop
• deeper self-understanding
• increased awareness of their options
• the ability to make good decisions
• the appropriate skills and tactics needed to make
  successful career transitions
• www.c2careers.com/

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BMA Careers Services

• www.bma.org.uk/careersservices
• BMA members can choose services from an
  integrated package which includes
• Free comprehensive careers information BMA
  website
• Free impartial online careers guidance Sci59
  online psychometric questionnaire
• Confidential one-to-one careers coaching
• Tailored career skills development workshops

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You dont need a crystal ball

• You need to
• Be self aware
• Have explored your options?
• Be clear in your decision making
• Apply effectively
• Utilise all the support available to you

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Any questions?
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