25 January 2017 | Australian GPs, UK/Ireland GPs | 2 minutes read

It’s your career – make a plan!

Time for a career check-up?

When was the last time you did a health check on your career?

Any time is a great time to investigate your career symptoms, make a diagnosis and decide on your course of treatment!

The following questions might begin your investigation:

• Am I enjoying my job, am I learning, growing and developing?
• Is my income sufficient?
• Do my current hours give me the right work/life balance?
• Am I feeling bored or stale?
• Do I enjoy the team I see every day?
• Do I have a great mentor?
• Is the normal professional development challenging me and keeping me fresh – or should I study further or develop a speciality?
• Do I have the right equipment to do my job?
• Does my practice support me through marketing, promotion and a good team?

If you can’t answer yes to most of the above questions then you may be in need of some career care planning!

Fortunately, as a GP you are in a strong position to treat the root cause of your symptoms – all of the hard work you have put in over many years had made you a valuable commodity in the marketplace!

So what is the right treatment?

Depending on your symptoms you are almost always left with two choices:

If you feel you need help finding a cure, get in touch today for information on how we can help you with any of the following:

• Short term change of scenery or working holiday
• New Permanent Placements
• Clinical Lead Roles or Teaching Medical Students
• Buying a Practice or feasibility studies and business planning for new clinics