What are the benefits of employing a locum doctor?

Employing locum doctors allows medical facilities to adjust staffing based on current needs, providing the flexibility to handle fluctuations in patient volume and staff availability without compromising quality or continuity of care. Additionally, the cost-effectiveness of hiring locum doctors as needed and the opportunity to assess potential future employees make them a valuable asset to any healthcare facility.

How does a medical locum agency screen and find the best candidates?

Our rigorous vetting process allows us to provide healthcare facilities with reliable, skilled and well-suited locum doctors. Here’s a breakdown of our recruitment and screening process: Credential verification — We start by verifying all credentials, including medical degrees, specialist qualifications and AHPRA registration, to ensure the candidate is fully qualified and legally permitted to practice in their specialty. Experience and references — We assess the candidate's previous work experience and contact professional references to gauge their clinical skills, patient care quality and workplace adaptability. Background checks — Our team conducts comprehensive background checks to ensure no legal or ethical concerns impact the candidate’s ability to provide care. This includes checking for any malpractice claims, disciplinary actions or criminal records. We will also seek working with children reports. Compliance with regulatory standards — We ensure all candidates meet specific regulatory and compliance standards required in the healthcare industry, including those related to patient privacy and safety protocols. Cultural and team fit — We evaluate each candidate's ability to fit into your facility’s culture and work effectively within your team. This assessment is crucial for maintaining a harmonious work environment and streamlined interdisciplinary collaboration. Continuous monitoring — After placement, we monitor the performance of our locum doctors and gather feedback from healthcare facilities. This ensures ongoing satisfaction and allows us to address any emerging issues promptly.

What are the travel and accommodation expectations of the locum?

Typically, the client will fund all accommodation and travel for the locum. Omega Medical will assist with the planning and booking of travel if required.

What are the rates for locum work?

Depending on the level of seniority and specialisation, the locum is paid between $1,000 and $3,000 per day.

What are the requirements for regulatory paperwork, and who manages the process?

Omega Medical will manage all paperwork for the placement on your behalf.

Locum Recruitment Agency.

We know that your staffing needs are unique.

As Australia’s leading locum recruitment agency, our locum service is designed to support a wide range of private and public health facilities, giving you the flexibility to meet your staffing needs exactly when and where they arise. Whether due to seasonal peaks, annual leave or unexpected shortages, our locum recruitment consultants can help your facility maintain continuity of care by swiftly connecting you with highly qualified locum doctors to fill vacancies. To ensure precise alignment with your operational demands, we tailor our locum recruitment services to each healthcare environment, including rural and remote clinics.

Why choose Omega Medical?

Our medical locum agency has a team of consultants and compliance experts with extensive experience ensuring locum doctor placements meet your requirements. We hold ourselves to the highest standards and have a broad network of highly skilled locum doctors across various specialties and regions. Our streamlined locum recruitment and placement process includes a detailed assessment, reviewing the locum medical doctor's qualifications and experience and whether they fit with your medical facility’s culture and team dynamic. To ensure we help you find the perfect match, we also provide continuous support, including regular check-ins with your healthcare facility to address any concerns that may arise during placement.

As an ISO 9001-certified company, we undergo regular audits by external providers to ensure that our candidate screening and credentialing processes meet established industry standards.

Identify gaps in your medical workforce planning.

Through detailed and in-depth consultations, our consultants will work with you to identify potential workforce gaps. This will ensure that your healthcare facility has the right number of people in the right place at the right time so your team can plan effectively and avoid future shortages.

Proactively forecast locum doctor requirements up to six months in advance.

Outsourcing to Omega Medical can help secure long-term relationships with qualified locum medical doctors. Our locum recruitment staff utilise advanced analytics and workforce modelling techniques to anticipate future staffing needs and trends, allowing for strategic planning and timely intervention. This foresight helps prevent potential understaffing or overstaffing scenarios, guaranteeing your facility runs smoothly and without unexpected disruptions or delays.

Access our extensive network of registered Doctors looking for locum opportunities.

Omega Medical has made over 20,000 locum placements. We have a significant network of qualified and accredited medical professionals across a broad range of medical disciplines and subspecialties. From psychiatric specialists to anaesthetists, emergency doctors, O&G specialists and general practitioners, our locum recruitment agency can help you find the ideal candidate for any healthcare setting.

Benefit from a stress-free process for identifying, credentialing and onboarding locum doctors.

Our expert recruitment consultants can streamline the process of hiring for hard-to-fill positions, volume-based demands, and specialty medical locum roles. We can manage the entire medical recruitment process, including referencing, negotiating pay rates, credentialing candidates and arranging travel. By entrusting these critical tasks to Omega Medical, your healthcare facility can focus more on patient care and less on the nuances of staffing logistics, minimising disruption and maintaining continuity in your healthcare services.

We believe exceptional healthcare and compassion starts with great staffing.

Omega Medical has honed its reputation to become the gold standard in medical recruitment in Australia. We’ll help you spend less time and resources on recruitment. So, you can focus on your patient experience

Here are our criteria for selecting the best doctors in the country:

AHPRA-registered

Specialist college certifications.

Zero criminal record

Clean social media content

Personal and professional ethics

We’ll help you spend less time and resources on recruitment. So, you can focus on your patient experience.

In need of Specialists?

Our specialist medical recruitment consultants have a vast network of medical professionals at our fingertips.

Whether you need an anaesthetist, paediatrician, pathologist, psychiatrist or surgeon, we have access to the most competent professionals on the market.

Omega Medical has worked with various medical organisations over the years, including;

Family-owned Practices
Private Practices
Corporate Medical Groups
Occupational Health Centres
Public Hospitals

Omega Medical — your trusted locum recruitment agency.

Ready to access our expansive network of locum medical doctors? Contact our team today, and you’ll gain a strategic recruitment partner to help you find the ideal candidate for a hard-to-fill position or a unique specialty role.

FAQs

What are the benefits of employing a locum doctor?

Employing locum doctors allows medical facilities to adjust staffing based on current needs, providing the flexibility to handle fluctuations in patient volume and staff availability without compromising quality or continuity of care. Additionally, the cost-effectiveness of hiring locum doctors as needed and the opportunity to assess potential future employees make them a valuable asset to any healthcare facility.
How does a medical locum agency screen and find the best candidates?
Our rigorous vetting process allows us to provide healthcare facilities with reliable, skilled and well-suited locum doctors. Here’s a breakdown of our recruitment and screening process:

Credential verification — We start by verifying all credentials, including medical degrees, specialist qualifications and AHPRA registration, to ensure the candidate is fully qualified and legally permitted to practice in their specialty.
Experience and references — We assess the candidate's previous work experience and contact professional references to gauge their clinical skills, patient care quality and workplace adaptability.
Background checks — Our team conducts comprehensive background checks to ensure no legal or ethical concerns impact the candidate’s ability to provide care. This includes checking for any malpractice claims, disciplinary actions or criminal records. We will also seek working with children reports.
Compliance with regulatory standards — We ensure all candidates meet specific regulatory and compliance standards required in the healthcare industry, including those related to patient privacy and safety protocols.
Cultural and team fit — We evaluate each candidate's ability to fit into your facility’s culture and work effectively within your team. This assessment is crucial for maintaining a harmonious work environment and streamlined interdisciplinary collaboration.
Continuous monitoring — After placement, we monitor the performance of our locum doctors and gather feedback from healthcare facilities. This ensures ongoing satisfaction and allows us to address any emerging issues promptly.
What are the travel and accommodation expectations of the locum?

Typically, the client will fund all accommodation and travel for the locum. Omega Medical will assist with the planning and booking of travel if required.
What are the rates for locum work?

Depending on the level of seniority and specialisation, the locum is paid between $1,000 and $3,000 per day.
What are the requirements for regulatory paperwork, and who manages the process?

Omega Medical will manage all paperwork for the placement on your behalf.

Ready to fill that vacancy with a highly qualified medic?

Our medical recruitment consultants will work closely with you from first contact to understand exactly the kind of doctor you need and find the perfect fit from our database of qualified medical personnel.