Medical locums, from resident to consultant.
Over 500 medicine locum 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 medicine locum market
As at 29 October 2026, Zeep Medical has 532 open medicine locum jobs across Australia: 155 for consultants and 377 for registrars, residents and career medical officers. From July to September 2026, locum medicine consultants averaged $2,358 a day, and medicine registrars $1,287.
Hospitals asked us to cover 53,404 medicine locum days between July and September 2026, more than any other specialty. Registrar demand rose 77% and resident demand 73% on the previous quarter.
Medicine consultants
Locum rates and demand for medicine specialists
| Average day rate | $2,358 |
| Middle 50% of job days | $2,243 – $2,500 |
| Highest rate offered | $3,800 |
| Doctor days requested | 14,775 |
| Rate vs previous quarter | up $28 |
| Typical notice before start | 28 days |
Zeep supplies medicine consultants to hospitals and health services in every state and territory, from major metropolitan centres to regional and rural towns.
We supply medicine locums in every state and territory.
Medicine
Your medicine consultant specialist
Helen looks after medicine consultants across Australia. Tell Helen where and when you want to work, and get the jobs that fit.
Medicine registrars, residents and CMOs
Locum rates and demand for non-specialist medicine doctors
| Registrar | Resident | |
|---|---|---|
| Average day rate | $1,287 | $1,020 |
| Middle 50% of job days | $1,050 – $1,407 | $852 – $1,120 |
| Highest rate offered | $3,500 | $2,240 |
| Doctor days requested | 26,659 | 11,970 |
| Rate vs previous quarter | down $80 | down $23 |
| Demand vs previous quarter | up 77% | up 73% |
| Typical notice before start | 18 days | 17 days |
Zeep supplies medicine registrars, residents and CMOs to hospitals in every state and territory, from major metropolitan centres to regional and rural towns.
We supply medicine 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 a medicine 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 medicine 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.
Medicine locum questions
What doctors ask us most
How much does a locum medicine consultant earn in Australia?
From July to September 2026, locum medicine consultants booked through Zeep averaged $2,358 a day. Half of all job days paid between $2,243 and $2,500, and the highest rate offered was $3,800 a day. Rates are averaged over an 8-hour day.
How much does a locum medicine registrar earn?
Locum medicine registrars averaged $1,287 a day from July to September 2026. Half of all job days paid between $1,050 and $1,407, and the highest rate offered was $3,500 a day.
How much does a locum resident or RMO earn in medicine?
Locum medicine residents averaged $1,020 a day from July to September 2026, with half of all job days paying between $852 and $1,120.
Where are medicine locum jobs?
Zeep supplies medicine locums in every state and territory. As at 29 October 2026, consultant demand was strongest in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, and registrar, resident and CMO demand in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.
How much notice do medicine locum jobs give?
The typical (median) time from a job reaching us to its first day was 28 days for consultants, 18 days for registrars and 17 days for residents from July to September 2026. Some jobs start within a week, so having your paperwork ready helps you take them.
How many medicine locum jobs does Zeep have?
532 open medicine locum jobs as at 29 October 2026. Numbers are refreshed monthly; the live job board shows every current job.
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 medicine locum job hospitals sent Zeep from July to September 2026, published in Zeep Insights. Open job counts come from Zeep’s live job list on 29 October 2026.
Ready for your next medicine locum?
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About the figures. Day rates and doctor days cover every medicine 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. Open job counts are a snapshot of Zeep’s job list on 29 October 2026 and are refreshed monthly. Full method in Zeep Insights. Figures are indicative only.
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