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The length of locum blocks & the geographical scope that you will consider will significantly impact how much work you will find. The level of work available to a locum is dependent upon the scope of their availability. Of course, the more locum work you do and the larger your network grows, the easier it will be to find work. Raven’s have multiple locums that rely on locum work as their sole form of income and do extremely well. We find more often than not, employers try to be as accommodating as possible given the location & selection of what is available – a well-rested locum is a happy locum working in their pharmacy. It is also easy to prevent an accommodation nightmare by asking and researching the accommodation on offer before accepting the position. With labor licensing laws coming in across Australian states, accommodation of contractors are being more carefully monitored under this legislation to ensure there is a set standard. Some stay in Air BnB’s, there has been the odd beach house (the dream), the owner’s own house or private property and yes, some motels. We have had locums stay in reputable hotels such as Meriton and Quest when staying it more major regional towns. We are under no illusion that if you travel out to the middle of Australia that you are going to be staying in the Hilton hotel, but you will often find a lot more horror stories of accommodation posted online than anything about positive experiences but that’s not to say there aren’t any. We have seen community Pharmacists establish and grow their aged care and hospital pharmacy experience through the means of locum work.

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Every pharmacy is different, whether it be the dispensing software, the processes established by the pharmacy, the professional services offered or the type of patients that walk through the door.įurthermore, there are positions in larger staffed pharmacies that have the resources to provide training for longer term locum roles. Locum work demands adaption, quick thinking and people skills with customers and staff alike. If you are seeking a challenging role that will grow and develop your pharmacy career and are under the impression you can’t do this as a locum, you wouldn’t be 100% correct.

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If you are getting your work through Raven’s, we are the only pharmacy recruitment agency to offer a full payroll service where we process your wages as an employee of Raven’s, allowing you to work at as many different pharmacies as you like and receive just the one PAYG summary at EOFY. This will mean you need to keep tabs to ensure you get all relevant PAYG summaries at the EOFY. If you are sourcing locum work independently, owners and employers can put you through their payroll if you ask. We are happy to announce that no, you do not have to get an ABN. It can make some question whether they are a Pharmacist or an accountant. This usually draws great concern when the corresponding responsibilities of ABN’s get mentioned: Tax, superannuation, GST and invoicing. Perhaps the most common misconception we hear from those new to the locum work is that they believe they have to get an ABN. Being pharmacy locum recruiters, we have identified some of the most common misconceptions we encounter and decided to shed some light on them. It is true that each locum experience is unique to itself however, if you are new to the locum field it is easy to gather information about the nature of locuming that is not entirely accurate.