About NAHRLS
Locum coverage for leave
For rural & remote health profesionals (Click HERE for the full list of eligible health professions)
Federal Government funded Scheme
NO AGENCY FEES or charges
No Premium wages charged for the locums
Locum travel, accomodation & incentives covered
Locum coverage for up to 14 days
Locum cover for multiple staff can be arranged
The Nursing & Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS) has been established to support nurses, midwives and eligible allied health professionals in rural and regional Australia to get away on leave.
The NAHRLS is a component of the Australian Government’s National Health and Hospital Network Reform agenda and aims to remove some of the barriers rural health professionals face in accessing leave.
The NAHRLS will support and recruit suitable locums to enable rural professionals to get away on leave, and enable organisations to back-fill their positions to support ongoing service delivery.
The NAHRLS employs the locum and the scheme supports all locum recruitment, travel and accommodation costs so there is no extra costs to your health service. The NAHRLS will then bill your health service for the pre-agreed base pay rate amount for the locum and associated expenses e.g. payroll tax, superannuation etc. This arrangement ensures there is minimal administrative burden to your service and the formal and proper contracting of the locum health professional.
Applications to request a locum are now open and you can apply online HERE. Both individuals and organisations can apply for locum support.
The NAHRLS will also benefit those urban based health professionals wishing to experience rural or remote practice by undertaking a locum placement and offers great incentives for those health professionals interested in working as a locum in rural Australia. To apply to become a NAHRLS locum click HERE.
NAHRLS Aims & Objectives
The aims and objectives of the NAHRLS is to:
- enhance the ability of eligible nurses, midwives and allied health professionals to take leave
- improve the retention and distribution of nurses, midwives and allied health professionals across Australia
- attract nurses, midwives and allied health professionals who may otherwise leave, travel or retire, to stay in the health workforce as locums
- improve the attractiveness of rural and remote practice for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals
- improve access of rural and remote communities to nurses, midwives and allied health professionals
NAHRLS was established under a contract awarded by the Department of Health and Ageing to Aspen Medical Pty Ltd in April 2011.
For more information about Aspen Medical visit www.aspenmedical.com.au
