Get a Shift On
Get a Shift On
Podcast Description
Get a Shift On – The Podcast for people looking to change career, start a business or just wondering what's possible.
Feeling stuck in your career? Whether you have plans for a big change or just need a fresh start, Get a Shift On helps you take action.
No fluff—just real talk, practical strategies, and inspiring stories from people who’ve made big moves. Learn how to overcome fear, navigate career transitions, and take control of your future.
With 25 years in healthcare, business development, and people I’ve helped many break free from careers they hate. Ready to shift?
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Content Themes
The podcast covers various themes related to career change, entrepreneurship, and personal development. Episodes explore real-life stories from guests who successfully navigated career shifts, such as transitioning from pub management to HR with Justine Mitchell-Pearce, moving from music to marketing with David Crawford, and the importance of mentorship in career changes. Specific focus areas include overcoming fear, managing redundancy, and the balance between personal satisfaction and professional success.
Real stories of career change, life after redundancy, and starting a business. No hype. No jargon. Just real talk and practical steps you can use now.
I’m Dave Birchmore. I spent 20 years in healthcare before I left to build my own businesses. Now I help other healthcare professionals do the same.
If you’re a clinical healthcare professional who’s burned out or thinking about leaving, this show is for you.
Each week you’ll hear from people who made the jump: how they decided, what they did next, and what it takes to leave and start over.
New episodes every week.
What actually happens when a doctor realises the career they trained for no longer fits the life they want?
In Episode 43 of Get A Shift On, David Birchmore sits down with Dr Luke Mitchell, a former clinician who stepped away from medicine and rebuilt his career as a financial planner. This is one of the podcast’s most direct conversations about healthcare career change, identity, and the financial reality behind leaving a clinical role.
Rather than quick fixes or motivational noise, this episode explores the real sequence many professionals go through:
Understanding the value and skills you bring beyond your job title
Recognising what you want your days to look like, not just your job title
Facing the affordability question honestly before making a move
Luke shares how values work helped him recognise an “unreasonable appetite for freedom,” why rotas felt misaligned with who he was, and how networking, self-employment and long-term financial thinking shaped his transition away from clinical practice.
You’ll hear real discussion around:
transferable skills from healthcare that most professionals overlook
why many clinicians feel capable yet stuck
networking and building genuine connections outside medicine
minimum viable income and the financial myths that keep people in roles they have outgrown
the loneliness, uncertainty and opportunity that comes with self-employment
This episode marks a stronger healthcare focus for Get A Shift On and reflects the reality facing many clinical professionals today, experienced, capable people questioning whether the traditional path is still right for them.
Hosted by David Birchmore, Business Consultant and creator of the Personal Exit Plan framework, supporting healthcare professionals to build viable career transitions beyond clinical roles.
If you’re a doctor, nurse, radiographer or allied health professional thinking about what comes next, this conversation offers clarity without hype.
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Your Final Shift is a straight-talking exit guide for healthcare professionals who can’t do another 20 years of this.
Feeling stuck in your healthcare role? Take our quiz to discover how close you are to making your final shift and what your next steps could be – How Close Is Your Final Shift
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