We support healthcare professionals considering a career change.
We are on a mission to help healthcare professionals take back control of their careers, navigate career choices & gain confidence in their career decisions. A healthier career starts here!
What makes us different?
We support healthcare professionals as they work to find a career which best suits them without judgement, bias or unnecessary barriers to information.
Independent
We are an independent platform which means you can seek advice without concerns about it jeopardising your current career. It shouldn’t have to be a worry but we realise that this is a factor which deters employees from seeking out career support that their employer might provide.
Accessible
We provide advice, support & resources which are accessible for healthcare professionals to consume. We do not gate keep information about certain career paths, opportunities or resources. We provide as many resources as we can for FREE and the best way to make sure you don’t miss anything is to click here to sign up to our newsletter.
Unbiased Guidance
We are not on a mission to make all healthcare professionals leave their current career. There will be some healthcare professionals who inevitably realise their career needs to change. This might involve adjusting their current career or finding an alternative. There will be others who realise by exploring their doubts that their existing career is right for them.
What is our story?
The Clinical Shift was born in January 2025 but our journey started long before...
AUGUST 2018
Our founder – Dr Gabrielle (Elle) Todd – graduated from the University of Oxford and began her Foundation Training. Whilst working as an NHS junior Doctor, doubts she had about her career started to grow but she felt trapped.
“I could see my work-life balance fading, burnout fast approaching & I didn’t feel inspired by the career ahead of me. I knew I needed to make changes but this was much harder to do than I had anticipated…The system around me had been disempowering me.”
August 2020
As the world was faced with a pandemic, our founder completed her Foundation Training but found herself at a career crossroads. She had been exploring various alternative careers & realised that she didn’t want to leave medicine completely but wanted more time to pursue a business she had launched in June 2020 with her brother… As of August 2020 she began her portfolio career, working as an A&E Doctor part-time whilst working on her business in parallel.
“The pandemic was a very fresh reminder of how fragile our lives can be… I didn’t want to waste another minute in a career I didn’t think was completely right for me. It took a lot of research, self-awareness & exploring but I established what I really wanted from my career and found a way to make that a reality.”
August 2023
It became clear whilst working as a portfolio career doctor, that she wasn’t alone with the career doubts & challenges she had experienced as she found others around her asking her for advice. As a form of creative outlet she started to share her thoughts & experiences online… It didn’t happen overnight but by the end of the year “The Portfolio Career Doctor” was born.
“I started talking about my journey on social media and received an overwhelming response – it turns out I’m not the only healthcare professional who has felt suffocated by the system.”
JAnuary 2025
Our founder had been carrying around her yellow notepad of ideas for months which were crying at her to come to life. The business she had started back in 2020 had saved her medical career in a few different ways and it was time to return the favour. The Clinical Shift was born… a business designed specifically to help other healthcare professionals save their career.
“I hadn’t been able to get the idea of The Clinical Shift out of my head for months & I realised there would be no “right” time to take action.”
MAY 2025
After month’s of planning, preparation & post-production editing The Clinical Shift podcast officially went live!
July 2025
We completed the first season of The Clinical Shift podcast with 10 episodes live and hit our first major milestone of 1,000 downloads.
TODAY
We’re excited to be launching our next season of the podcast and our new website which makes it easy for healthcare professionals to navigate our resources, browse our directory of coaches & create a healthier career for themselves!
THE PORTFOLIO CAREER DOCTOR
Gabrielle (Elle) Todd BA (Hons) BMBCh (Oxon)
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HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
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BUSINESS OWNERS
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