I did numerous locum shifts in emergency, intensive care and occupational medicine during my training in anaesthesia. It provided income, diversity and often the chance to study and prep for exams.
The benefits of
This post is a list of locum and recruitment agencies that might assist you in finding that locum position you’ve been looking for. Included is a snapshot of what they do.
Simply click the link to visit their website and see what they have on offer. I’ve divided the list into:
- GP Specific
- Medical Specific
- General Recruitment & Search Engines
Have some questions about locuming? The Locum Doctors Australia Private Facebook Group is another great resource.
1. GP Locum Agencies
Call The Doctor
“Call The Doctor provides locum after hours doctor home visits for the general public of Hobart and Adelaide. We are a bulk billed service, provided patients have a Medicare or Veterans Affairs card. Call The Doctor employs experienced medical practitioners to provide unparalleled
Doctor Doctor
“DoctorDoctor, formerly the Australian Locum Medical Service (ALMS), has been providing
Family Home Doctors
“Family Home Doctors is an Accredited Medical Deputising Service, providing urgent after hours mobile medical service to patients on weeknights, weekends and public holidays.”
Medical Recruitment
“Specialists in placements of Locum & Permanent General Practitioners, we are dedicated to providing an extensive and effective recruitment service.”
Visit Medical Recruitment’s Jobs Board
National Home Doctor Service
“Each year, 13SICK provides urgent after hours medical care to more than a million patients around Australia. Many of those patients are babies or young children. Others are senior citizens or aged care residents. In the evenings, late at night, or on the weekends, our Doctors are on the road, bringing urgent medical care to patients suffering illness and injury.”
Visit National Home Doctor Service
Trust Medical Recruitment
“Trust Medical Recruitment offers a tailored and focused service towards finding suitable vacancies that meet the requirements of AHPRA, Medicare and most importantly your career, family and lifestyle.”
Visit the Trust Medical Recruitment’s Jobs Board
2. Medical Locum & Recruitment Agencies
AusDoc Jobs
“Online medical jobs website catering primarily for GPs but also offering great opportunities to the broader medical community, including hospital doctors, non-GP specialists, medical officers, practice managers and medical administrators.”
Australian Medical Placements
“With an extensive network and knowledge of the medical industry, Australian Medical Placements delivers the ideal medical recruitment solutions that meet client’s staffing requirements and match highly qualified doctors to the most suitable vacancies.”
Visit Australian Medical Placements
Beat Health
“Beat Health
Visit Beat Health’s Jobs Board
Careers Connections
“We have a keen focus on hospital placements and General Practitioner vacancies. However, our team of specialist medical recruiters have a network that spans a wide range of niche positions within these fields.”
Visit Careers Connections’ Jobs Board
Cornerstone Medical Recruitment
“Cornerstone Medical Recruitment is a privately owned recruitment agency based in Brisbane. We specialise in recruitment for the Australian health industry. Led by an Australian-trained Occupational Therapist, our highly skilled consultants have a deep knowledge of the health industry, and are passionate about quality medical recruitment. “
Visit Cornerstone Medical Recruitment
Ensure Health Recruitment
“Ensure Health is a dedicated and specialist health recruiter working with clients and candidates across General Practice, Nursing and Allied Health. Our high ethical standards and company values are embraced by the entire team who are passionate and committed to delivering personalised recruitment and career solutions.”
Visit Ensure Health Recruitment
Global Medics
“As a leading provider of workforce management solutions to the international healthcare market, Global Medics works across two continents and in four countries and has a database of over 50,000 candidates worldwide.”
Visit the Global Medics Jobs Board
Health Buzz
“HealthBuzz was developed with one aim – to find a better way for healthcare candidates and employers to connect directly, letting them take back control of the recruitment process. Our purpose is to enhance the candidate experience while also putting the employer front and centre of the process. “
Visit the Health Buzz Jobs Board
Health Staff Recruitment
“Providing recruitment services since 1998, the company has developed extensive expertise and experience in both national and international recruitment of Hospital Doctors, General Practitioners , Registered Nurses and Allied Health Professionals.”
Visit the Health Staff Recruitment Jobs Board
Healthcare Link
“We have built our enduring reputation by providing a seamless solution for local and international doctors seeking permanent or locum opportunities throughout Australia and New Zealand, and for health services looking to employ high calibre health staff.”
Visit Healthcare Link’s Jobs Board
MedFuture
“We provide placement services for locum, temporary and permanent medical staff in the healthcare industry and always seek to find the most perfect match for our valued clients.”
Medic Oncall
“Over 200 locum, temporary or permanent placements every day. Take advantage of opportunities to travel and work interstate or expand your current professional experience.”
Medical Jobs Australia
“Medical Jobs Australia Locum Agency provides medical locum recruitment services to private and public hospitals across Australia. For the best range of locum doctor jobs, from junior medical officers right through to consultants and specialists, Medical Jobs Australia offers a service that is hard to beat.”
MedicalJobsAustralia.com
“With the demand for healthcare jobs remaining high, and recognising the lack of specialised online health and medical job sites in Australia, MedicalJobsAustralia.comwas established to help improve the way health care employers and recruiters find health and medical candidates.”
Visit MedicalJobsAustralia.com
MedRecruit
“Our role at MedRecruit is to match doctors with jobs they find rewarding, in places they love to live – to ensure a healthy work-life balance.”
Visit the MedRecruit Jobs Board
National Locums
“National Locums are an award winning multinational medical agency dedicated to providing doctors on a temporary and permanent basis throughout Australia and New Zealand, matching fully compliant, experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated medical professionals with hospital vacancies.”
Ochre Recruitment
“We have been placing doctors into positions for over 15 years, and have established relationships with medical practices and hospitals. We work hard to ensure the doctors we work with find exactly what they are looking for. “
Visit Ochre Recruitment’s Jobs Board
Omega Medical
“Omega Medical is an Allied Health and Doctor recruitment company that sources locum and permanent positions for medical professionals. Our clients are based across all areas of Australia and New Zealand and we work with both local and offshore based candidates.”
Visit Omega Medical’s Jobs Board
Prescript Recruitment
“Every day we’re focused on two clear outcomes – Helping hospitals find doctors that create departments and clinics that run better, have more capacity and less stress. And placing Doctors in jobs that leave them feeling highly valued, rewarded and, most importantly, enjoying what they do.”
Skilled Medical
“We source qualified medical personnel from local and global markets and provide staffing solutions to public and private health services, general practices and the corporate sector. As a doctor-led firm, our medical workforce knowledge helps to ensure our placements are well matched to the needs of our clients and their communities.”
Sugarman Australia
“Sugarman Group have been supporting the healthcare sector for over 25 years. Originally started by the Sugarman family in London, UK.”
Visit Sugarman Australia’s Medical Jobs Board
Support 2 Health
“At Support2Health we are committed to providing our candidates a unique and professional recruitment experience. By engaging with Support2Health you will receive personalised care. “
Swas Medical
“SwaMedical is a leading Doctor owned healthcare recruitmentcompany providing Locum Medical Officers to both the public and private sectors in Australia.”
Visit Swas Medical’s Jobs Board
Wavelength
“From humble beginnings, Wavelength has grown to become the largest medical recruitment company in Australia, employing 70 people and making over 2,000 placements a year.”
Visit the Wavelength Jobs Board
Zeep Medical
“We understand the importance of the relationship you want with your medical recruiter. We will never treat you like a minion on the production line. We tailor our service to your needs, focussing on what you want and ensuring that we meet and exceed your expectations. “
Visit Zeep Medical’s Jobs Board
3. General Recruitment Agencies & Search Engines
Adzuna
“Adzuna is a search engine for job advertisements. The company operates in 16 countries worldwide and the UK website aggregates job ads from several thousand sources.”
Visit Adzuna’s Medical Jobs Board
Career Jet
“Jobs search engine for Australia. Search jobs from more than ten thousands of web sites.”
Visit Career Jet’s Medical Jobs Board
Indeed
“Indeed is an American worldwide employment-related search engine for job listings launched in November 2004. It is a subsidiary of Japan’s Recruit Co. Ltd. and is co-headquartered in Austin, Texas and Stamford, Connecticut with additional offices around the world. “
Visit Career Jet’s Medical Jobs Board
Jora
“Jora is a worldwide job search aggregator in almost every continent around the globe. Make job search easy with us!”
Visit Jora’s Medical Jobs Board
Seek
“Seek Limited and its subsidiary companies, known as the Seek Group, focus on facilitating the matching between
Visit Seek’s Medical Jobs Board
Well there your go! Plenty of places for you to find some extra income doing what you’ve been trained to do.
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