Locum work is particularly important in rural and remote areas, and areas affected by staff shortages. In the past, Senior Doctors would often choose locum employment as a way of ‘easing into retirement’. However, nowadays, doctors of all ages and stages of their career are choosing to work in locum employment and find it provides many benefits including:

• flexibility and work-life balance

• financial incentives

• variety and travel

• skill development and specialisation

• exposure to different healthcare settings

Allied Health Professionals specialise in an area of allied health, such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, psychology, radiography, public health, dietetics, paramedicine, pharmacy, prosthetics, healthcare science, optometry, or audiology, among many others. Allied Health Professionals and Healthcare Assistants can look for locum job opportunities which offer career development, work/life balance and other professional benefits.