For healthcare businesses
Locum cover, booked directly
Search registered locums near your practice, see their rate before you enquire, and book them directly. LocumLink adds no agency mark-up to the rate you pay.
Who books through LocumLink
- Independent community pharmacies and retail pharmacy groups.
- Clinics, day hospitals and hospital departments.
- General and specialist medical practices.
- Dental practices and oral health providers.
- Allied health practices — radiology, optometry, physiotherapy, dietetics.
Who you can book
Professionals registered with a South African statutory council, filterable by qualification when you search:
| South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC) | Pharmacists · Pharmacist's assistants · Pharmacy technicians |
|---|---|
| South African Nursing Council (SANC) | Professional and general nurses · Midwives · Staff, enrolled and auxiliary nurses |
| Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) | Doctors · Dentists and oral hygienists · Radiographers and clinical technologists · Physiotherapists and biokineticists · Occupational therapists · Dietitians · Optometrists · Psychologists · Emergency care practitioners · Speech, language and hearing therapists |
How rates work
Each locum sets their own rate on their profile. You see that rate when you search, and it is the rate that applies when you book them. LocumLink does not set rates and does not add anything to them — no booking fee, no placement fee, no percentage.
With a traditional locum agency, the rate you are quoted includes the agency's margin. Removing that margin is the point of LocumLink.
How booking works
Create your business profile
Add your details and every location where you need cover, on one account.
Search
Filter by distance from a specific site, by the dates you need, and by qualification. Locums already booked for that window are excluded automatically.
Send a booking request
The locum accepts or declines. You are notified either way.
Check their registration, then confirm
Once the locum accepts, their qualification documents become available on the booking. Check their registration with the relevant council before they work, and use the platform messaging to agree arrival time and site specifics.
You verify, not us
LocumLink does not verify qualifications or registration status. We are stating that plainly because it is important and because getting it wrong is your risk, not ours to disclaim away.
Locums upload their own registration and qualification documents. Once a locum accepts your booking, you can open their documents from the booking to check them before they work. We do not check them against the SAPC, SANC or HPCSA registers ourselves, and we do not confirm that a registration is current or in good standing.
Before you engage anyone, check their registration directly with the relevant council. All three publish an online register. This is your responsibility as the engaging party, exactly as it would be for a permanent hire.
| Pharmacy | South African Pharmacy Council — pharmacycouncil.co.za |
|---|---|
| Nursing | South African Nursing Council — sanc.co.za |
| Medical and allied health | Health Professions Council of South Africa — hpcsa.co.za |
After the shift
Both sides review each other. Reviews are double-blind — neither party sees the other's review until both have submitted, or seven days have passed — so ratings are not written in reaction to each other.
Payment is arranged directly between you and the locum, who engages as an independent contractor. LocumLink does not process payments and takes no part of the rate.