Health Professionals Outside the Box Podcast

Jefter Chuma is Managing Director of ICRIT healthcare, an organisation which provides care services to include domiciliary care, live in care and respite care.

We discussed;
1. How ICRIT came about and the services offered.
2. How the organisation stands out from the competition.
3. The many ways the organisation invests in their staff/employees to ensure that they provide high quality care and support to clients and maintain job satisfaction.
4. How the quality of care delivered is measured. 
5. His responsibilities as a Director.
6.  Important lessons learnt about leadership, his weaknesses and what he could have done different.

Connect with Jefter :

LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jefter-chuma-b3184b24/
Website: https://www.icrithealthcare.co.uk/

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Music: Basic Implosion by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3420-basic-implosion/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Bonani Mapundu is a Nurse and Midwife by background and owns a clothing brand called Yanafella. She also undertakes consultancy work for small to medium sized organisations and facilitates workshops and speaking engagements to help aspiring creative entrepreneurs turn their craft or hobby into a business.

We discussed:
1.  How she has leveraged her passion for creativity into running a children’s clothing brand business. 
2. What she did to prove her clothing business idea would work .
3. Questions to ask when sourcing fabric and important costs to factor.
4. How outsourcing some tasks to a virtual assistant has been an important step in managing her business. 
5. How her business uses influencer marketing to increase brand awareness.
6. Challenges she has encountered along the way.
7. How to become expressively creative.
8. What her consultancy services entail and further qualifications she had to attain.
9. What helps her stay organised and motivated.

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Connect with Bonani :

Website: https://bonanimapundu.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iambonani/   OR   https://www.instagram.com/yanafella/

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Music: Basic Implosion by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3420-basic-implosion/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Mitchel Chatukuta is  Physiotherapist by background, currently working as an Epidemiologist, Occasional Editor and Board Member at Disability and Society (Journal).

We discussed;
1.  What led him to purse Public Health and Epidemiology.
2. The additional qualifications he attained following his Physiotherapy degree .
3. The work he does as an Epidemiologist and what he finds most fulfilling .
4. Skills he has transferred from Physiotherapy to an Epidemiology.
5.  Life lessons learnt on reflection and his next career path.

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Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchel-chatukuta-phd-032472b/

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Music: Basic Implosion by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3420-basic-implosion/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Silja Litvin, is a Psychologist, CEO and founder of a digital mental health company called PsycApps. Her company uses gamification and psychology to help people help themselves. She launched an emotional fitness application called eQuoo, which is the only game only game that boosts mental and emotional health on the NHS Apps Library Silja has multiple articles published in peer-reviewed journals and two evidence-based mobile mental health applications making her one of the UK’s leaders in mobile mental health. 

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We discussed:

1.  What led her to  Psychology as a career path.  
2. How the idea of eQuoo, the emotional fitness application game, came about.
3. What makes the App unique and stand out from the crowd.
4. Costs associated with developing an app. 
5. The team structure required to develop an app.
6. Points to be aware of when monetising mental health apps.
7. How working in partnership with other organisations contributed to the success of the app. 
8. Difficult moments she faced with whilst running her company ?
9. Plans to scale.

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Connect with Silja :

Website: https://www.equoogame.com/
Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silja-litvin/

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Music: Basic Implosion by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3420-basic-implosion/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Abigail Morakinyo is a Registered Nurse and Specialist in Public Health . She is also the founder of Health in Check, a company that delivers health and wellbeing programs.

In this episode we discussed:

How she came up with the concept for the company.
Channels she uses to market her services and finds her clients.
The transferrable skills that have added value to her business.
The ways she adds value to people.
How she copes with the pressures of managing a business.
The most fulfilling aspect of her current role.
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Connect with Abigail:

Instragram: https://www.instagram.com/wellnurse_abi/

Clubhouse: @wellnessabi

Website : www.healthincheck.co.uk 

Email; [email protected]

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Music: Basic Implosion by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3420-basic-implosion/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Dr Gladys Akinseye is an Audiologist and Co-founder and Partner of a private clinic called The Hearing Hub Essex.

We discussed:
1. The fears she had prior to setting up  her clinic.
2. How she raised capital .
3. Sacrifices she has made to date and mistakes she could’ve avoided.
4. How she maintains relationships with her patients.
5. Lessons learnt throughout her entrepreneurial journey.
6. Her greatest achievement to date.

Connect with Gladys:
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thehearinghubessex/
Website: https://thehearinghub.co.uk/

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Music: Basic Implosion by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3420-basic-implosion/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Natasa Economou is a Physiotherapist by profession and shares her journey of transitioning to working for  a charity called Indigo Volunteers.  Her current role with the charity is Head of Operations .

We discussed:

1.  Where her desire to transition stemmed from. 
2. Fears she had prior to transitioning and her trying moments . 
3. How she prepared her finances for the transition. 
4. The skills she has been able to transfer from her role as a Physiotherapist. 
5. What she finds most fulfilling about her current role . 
6. What she would have done differently. 
7. Her words of advice for anyone considering a career change. 

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LinkedIn name: Natasa Economou

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Music: Basic Implosion by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3420-basic-implosion/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Lewis Khaka is a Social Worker and a Mental Health Practitioner. He is also a Director of  three  supported living accommodation facilities for adults and young people.  

We discuss:

1. The difference between supported living for young people and supported living for adults.
2.  How to approach a private landlord with intent to renting  a property.
3.  Financial considerations/start up costs to consider.
4. The process of submitting a tender to find contracts and key areas to be aware of. 
5. Other ways of getting clients and service users other than going through a bid/tender.
6. Considerations when applying for regulation by the Care Quality Commissions (CQC)
7. What his role as a director entails and skills he has been able to transfer from his clinical role. 
8. Challenging aspects of running a supported living business. 
9. Lessons he has learnt and his vision for the future.  

Connect with Lewis :

Website: https://careadvocates.co.uk/ 

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Music: Basic Implosion by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3420-basic-implosion/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sandra Chakara is a Psychiatric Nurse who also runs an Ecommerce business, selling goods over the internet. 

We discuss:
 1. Why she chose ecommerce as a business model.
2.  What a print on demand service is. 
3. What inspires her design ideas.
4. Types of print on demand platforms and how to select one. 
5. How she manages her customer’s expectations with regards to shipping issues.
6. How time is the most expensive start up cost prior to considering ecommerce. 
7. Tips to follow before paying for marketing. 
8. How she separates herself from the competition.
9. Mistakes that she made whilst running her stores.

Connect with Sandra: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chakarastextiles/
Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-chakara-378a371b/
Websites:
https://www.contrado.co.uk/stores/elegance-by-cs-ecs
https://www.homesbychakaras.com/all-products
https://www.chakarastextiles.com/
https://www.homecomfortbychakara.com/shop

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Music: Basic Implosion by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3420-basic-implosion/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Erica  Opare is a Pharmacist, a Transformation and Mindset coach and Co-founder of a Tech Start up company.

In this episode we discuss:

1. What health technology entails.
2. How her skills as a Pharmacist have been transferrable into health technology/digital health. 
3. The motivation behind the start up she co-founded and the solutions it’s intending to solve for women in menopause. 
4. Some of the reasons behind growth in tech innovations for women’s health.
5. Fears she had prior to transitioning into digital health. 
6. How health professionals without tech experience can boost their chances of establishing a career in tech.  
7. The key attributes we should be looking out for in a mentor .

Connect with Erica :
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericaopare-sakyi/ 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tritransform/
Website: 
https://tri-transformation.com/

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Music: Basic Implosion by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3420-basic-implosion/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/