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When I was an IMG joining training in Emergency Medicine, I thought becoming a consultant would be the ultimate goal - the pinnacle of my career.

But as I got closer to that reality, I realized the life it offered wasn’t aligned with what I truly wanted.

I wanted freedom. I wanted flexibility. I wanted to make an impact that went beyond the walls of a hospital - to solve bigger problems, to create something meaningful.

So I started searching for alternative careers. I set my sights on management consulting, thinking that would be my path to influence, strategy, and leadership.

But no one took me seriously.

Recruiters told me I needed to "fix my CV", to get more credentials, to go back and do an MBA. It didn’t matter what I had achieved in medicine - outside of healthcare, I seemed to have no value.

And that hit me hard.

I had moved from India to the UK on my own, figured out how to build a life and a career from scratch, and had excelled in one of the most demanding medical fields. I had proven to myself that I could adapt, problem-solve, and deliver results.

But to the firms I wanted to join? I was invisible.

I started questioning everything.

Was I really as good as I thought I was?

Did my experience mean anything outside of medicine?

Was I actually valuable - or had I just been playing the game well in a system that no longer fit me?

That’s when I realized something that changed everything.

It wasn’t about my skills. It was about how I positioned them.

For years, I had framed my experience like every other doctor would - clinical skills, medical knowledge, technical expertise. But I wasn’t applying for a job in medicine anymore. What I needed to show was the purpose behind what I did.

When I rewrote my CV, I stopped listing tasks and started showing impact - how I had influenced decisions, improved outcomes, driven change. And suddenly, the conversations shifted.

I went from being dismissed to getting multiple referrals into two of the three top consulting firms - without an MBA, without more credentials, without changing anything except how I told my story.

And that’s when I understood:

The key to transitioning beyond medicine isn’t another degree - it’s having a purpose-driven career strategy.

That same approach is what allowed me to break into non-clinical roles, make my Quality Improvement projects stick, and eventually build a career on my own terms.

It’s why I created the Impactful Clinician Framework, and it’s the foundation of everything I teach now.

If you’re stuck in a system that doesn’t see your value, the answer isn’t to keep proving yourself the same way you always have. It’s about learning how to position your skills in a way that opens doors.

Because when you do that, everything changes.

Here are the three biggest challenges I see among clinicians like us:

You feel stuck in a system that no longer aligns with your personal values or professional goals.
You’re not sure how to translate your skills into something meaningful outside of medicine.
You’re afraid to make the leap and need a clear roadmap to move forward.

If any of this resonates, I invite you to book a Free Transition Strategy Session with me.

In 45 minutes, we’ll:

Identify the key obstacles keeping you stuck.
Find the way you uniquely deliver value and where else that can be used.
Develop a step-by-step plan to move toward making medicine your side hustle.

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