In our latest #OurEntrepreneurs profile we meet cohort 8 Clinical Entrepreneur Rohin Vinayak, Clinical Fellow Doctor.
Tell us a bit about yourself
I am an international medical graduate working as a doctor in the NHS. Both on and off the medical wards, I have found myself gravitating towards developing streamlined – yet comprehensive and impactful innovations for improving how we deliver effective healthcare services in complex operating environments. In that vein and building on my own personal experience, I recently designed and developed, Clinical Shadowing & Integration Program (CLIP) that aims to facilitate effective integration of new overseas doctors into the NHS ecosystem. I’m passionate about fusing creative design, innovative pedagogy, data-driven decision making, and cross-functional collaboration – all of which I hope to invigorate through the CEP. When not carrying a hospital bleep/pager – I can be found hiking in the wilderness, running marathons, and listening to podcasts (sometimes concurrently)!
Name: Rohin Vinayak
Occupation: Clinical Fellow Doctor
Location: Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Tell us about your innovation
Clinical Shadowing & Integration Program (CLIP) provides a minimalist and scalable framework for workforce on-boarding and effective assimilation within the NHS ecosystem, which has been designed with a focus on international medical graduates who join the NHS at non-training/trust grade level. The program provides extensive end-to-end support to new doctors through pre-arrival, arrival, and post-arrival interventions and fosters a collaborative work environment during a new doctor’s first month in the NHS. CLIP is based on four key elements – CLIP logo (illustrating two doctors supporting each other with a stethoscope as a paperclip), The CLIPBoard Induction Checklist, a protected shadowing timetable and mentor support.
Through CLIP, our NHS trust gains several operational efficiencies and quality improvements – faster adaptation of new overseas employees, reducing learning curves and enhancing interaction with medical education and human resources, ultimately driving better integration outcomes, while giving existing doctors a chance to develop leadership and team-building skills through the mentorship part of the program. CLIP has been successfully piloted with immensely positive feedback in the department of medicine at Bedford Hospital and is being evaluated for scaling across multiple departments in the trust.
Why did you apply to join the programme, and what are you most looking forward to?
I found out about the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP) while networking at the LTN (London Trainee Network) meeting at Oval Cricket Stadium, in London. I look forward to learning from leading NHS innovators during upcoming educational events.
I hope that the CEP will provide me an opportunity to interact and network with likeminded individuals and help me channel my creative energy through an innovative outlet!
What are your ambitions for the next year?
Moving forward, I plan to work on establishing CLIP as a sustainable quality improvement project for Bedford Hospital, and hope to sharpen my creative, team-building, and managerial skills along the way!
Why do you think innovation is important in healthcare?
Quality improvement through innovation has infinite possibilities! Each and every experience in healthcare can spark a new innovation with immense potential.
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