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    Studying, doing a research project, travelling, taking family time out, or contemplating your career options?

    Take control and enjoy the work/life balance of being a locum. Active Locums provide personalised quality service from the moment you register to the time your money is safely in your bank account.

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    Make your medical career work for you.

    Become an Active Locum and take advantage of hundreds of jobs throughout the year that fit your time and lifestyle and utilise your unique medical experience with an agency that really cares about you. Best of all, the service is free!

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    Become an Active Locum!

    Just as you care for your patients, we look after your locum career with personalised service. If you would like to have outstanding earning potential and strong future career prospects, please email your CV to us or call Active Locums.

Latest News

We are proud to launch the Active Locums new website. Hopefully this new format will be easy to navigate and you will find all the relevant information you need readily accessible. If you have any suggestions regarding improvements to our site please do not hesitate to let us know.


We are always seeking new locums and would like to announce our “refer a colleague/friend rewards program”. Please call for further details.


We would like to draw your attention to the Sydney Eisteddfod NSW Doctors Orchestra Fundraising Concert. The Concert will be held at Verbrugghen Hall at the Sydney Conservatorium on Sunday, May 27 2012. We urge you to attend and support your fellow doctors as the 2011 performance was simply outstanding. Active Locums is a proud sponsor of the NSW Doctors Orchestra. For tickets and further details visit www.sydneyeisteddfod.com.au or call (02) 9261 8366


Congratulations to Dr. EL on her PhD research project grant. It’s a wonderful achievement.


Congratulations also to Dr. VK on the publication of his first book!

Meet Our Team

Introducing the Active Locums staff to you… Judith is a qualified careers counsellor and has had many years of experience in the supply of locum doctors (RMOs, Registrars, CMOs, VMOs and GPs). She has a special interest in mental health and Indigenous health, as well as the plight of rural practitioners. She is ably assisted by her amazing support team, Nadia and Isabelle.

What are the benefits of undertaking locum work?

There are a number of benefits of doing freelance locum work.
These include:

  • Improved work/life balance- to have the opportunity to regain some control over your working life which will enable you to explore creativity, talents and hobbies, spend time with family, further your post-graduate studies, or undertake a research project.

  • Great rates of pay assisting you to reach your financial goals I.e home or investment property, car, overseas travel, self-improvement, study or research

  • Gaining experience in a new clinical working environment

  • The opportunity to travel and work in different locations

  • Time for self reflection to determine a future career path


Daily Job vacancies

If you are a doctor who is able to undertake work in metropolitan and rural settings in NSW Health public hospitals, we have a number of shifts available to you. If you would like to have outstanding earning potential and strong future career prospects CLICK HERE to take a look at our daily job vacancies


Refer a friend or colleague bonus

Active Locums are actively seeking to take on new doctors and now have a "refer a friend" reward program in place. We offer a preloaded visa card to doctors who refer colleagues to us who register and undertake locum or permanent work with us. This applies to GPs as well as RMO, registrar and consultant hospital doctors ( conditions apply).

If you have any colleagues who may be interested to undertake work, please do not hesitate to refer them to us . We pride ourselves as being an agency that cares about our locums and we encourage "good work-life balance".