National Rural Locum Program
The National Rural Locum Program aims to maintain and improve access to quality medical care for rural communities.
It supports the provision of locum relief to the rural and remote obstetric, GP anaesthetic and GP workforce in ASGC-RA 2 to 5 locations. This support allows rural doctors to take time off to rest or undertake ongoing education and training.
The National Rural Locum Program offers:
- subsidies for host doctors towards the cost of a locum placement
- travel time subsidies and travel cost reimbursement for locum doctors
- a brokerage-type service between hosts and locums.
“It’s a great way for someone who has only ever worked in the city to experience how wonderful rural and remote medicine can be. And there’s such a wide range of locum stints available” – Dr Abby Harwood
The National Rural Locum Program comprises the:
- Specialist Obstetrician Locum Scheme (SOLS)
- GP Anaesthetist Locum Scheme (GPALS)
- Rural GP Locum Program (RGPLP)
ASGC-RA
ASGC-RA is the Australian Standard Geographical Classification- Remoteness Area Classification system which was developed in 2001 by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.Go to the Remoteness Area Locator