Intensive care locums, on your terms.
Consultant, registrar and resident ICU jobs across Australia, with the pay laid out before you pick up the phone. Tell us where and when you want to work, choose the job that suits you, and finish the hospital paperwork online in minutes. Your career, your call.
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The intensive care locum market
Zeep Medical supplies intensive care locums to hospitals in every state and territory. From July to September 2026, locum intensive care consultants averaged $2,528 a day, above the $2,505 average for consultants across all specialties, and intensive care registrars $1,376.
Intensive care units asked us to cover 2,941 locum doctor days between July and September 2026. Registrar demand rose 27% on the previous quarter and resident demand was 2.7 times higher, with resident rates up $96 a day.
Intensive care consultants
Locum rates and demand for intensive care specialists
| Average day rate | $2,528 |
| Middle 50% of job days | around $2,500 |
| Highest rate offered | $3,000 |
| Rate vs previous quarter | up $3 |
| Typical notice before start | 15 days |
Zeep supplies intensive care consultants to hospitals and health services in every state and territory, from major metropolitan centres to regional and rural towns.
We supply intensive care locums in every state and territory.
Anaesthetics & ICU
Your intensive care consultant specialist
Kelly looks after intensive care consultants across Australia. Tell Kelly where and when you want to work, and get the jobs that fit.
Intensive care registrars, residents and CMOs
Locum rates and demand for non-specialist intensive care doctors
| Registrar | Resident | |
|---|---|---|
| Average day rate | $1,376 | $1,070 |
| Middle 50% of job days | $1,200 – $1,500 | $960 – $1,200 |
| Highest rate offered | $3,000 | $1,440 |
| Rate vs previous quarter | down $17 | up $96 |
| Demand vs previous quarter | up 27% | up 2.7× |
| Typical notice before start | 31 days | 46 days |
Zeep supplies intensive care registrars, residents and CMOs to hospitals in every state and territory, from major metropolitan centres to regional and rural towns.
We supply intensive care locums in every state and territory.
See all non-specialist locum jobs across specialties on our non-specialist page.
Non-specialist
Non-specialist
Non-specialist
Non-specialist
Your non-specialist team
Dave, Kate, Rob and Jamie look after registrars, residents and CMOs across Australia. Tell them where and when you want to work, and get the jobs that fit.
Starting an intensive care locum with Zeep
From first call to first shift
Register
Tell us your grade, the states you’ll work in and when you’re free. Even rough dates help: half of consultant jobs reach us four or more weeks ahead.
Choose your job
We match you to intensive care jobs that fit your dates and rate, and you decide which to accept.
Credential online
Complete the hospital’s paperwork in EasySign from your phone or laptop. Your answers carry from form to form, and documents are reused while they’re valid.
Intensive care locum questions
What doctors ask us most
How much does a locum intensive care consultant earn in Australia?
From July to September 2026, locum intensive care consultants booked through Zeep averaged $2,528 a day, and the highest rate offered was $3,000 a day. Rates are averaged over an 8-hour day.
How much does a locum intensive care registrar earn?
Locum intensive care registrars averaged $1,376 a day from July to September 2026. Half of all job days paid between $1,200 and $1,500, and the highest rate offered was $3,000 a day.
How much does a locum resident or RMO earn in intensive care?
Locum intensive care residents averaged $1,070 a day from July to September 2026, with half of all job days paying between $960 and $1,200. Resident rates rose $96 a day on the previous quarter.
Where are intensive care locum jobs?
Zeep supplies intensive care locums in every state and territory, from major metropolitan ICUs to regional hospitals. As at 29 October 2026, registrar and resident demand was strongest in New South Wales.
How much notice do intensive care locum jobs give?
The typical (median) time from a job reaching us to its first day was 15 days for consultants, 31 days for registrars and 46 days for residents from July to September 2026. Some jobs start within a week, so having your paperwork ready helps you take them.
How long does credentialing take?
Credentialing is done online in EasySign. Doctors have completed a full credentialing pack in 16 minutes and a 14-form pack in 44 minutes. We check your AHPRA registration on the public register, and the hospital’s forms are already loaded for you.
Where do these figures come from?
Rates and demand come from every intensive care locum job hospitals sent Zeep from July to September 2026, published in Zeep Insights.
Ready for your next intensive care locum?
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About the figures. Day rates and doctor days cover every intensive care locum job hospitals sent Zeep from July to September 2026, filled or not, with each job counted once. Average day rates are weighted by the days in each job and averaged over 8 hours worked. Middle 50% is the range half of all job days were paid within. Typical notice is the median number of days from a job reaching us to its first day. Changes compare with April to June 2026. Full method in Zeep Insights. Figures are indicative only.
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