July 8, 2022

Locum as a General Medicine Physician

If you are a locum General Medicine Physician the likelihood is you are in hot demand.

And although your role may be called something different in each State (General Medicine Physician, FRACP Physician, Medical Consultant or Consultant Physician to name a few), the role is still a vital one in any health service. 


Paperwork To Get Started


Before we get too excited, we need to take a breather and tackle that compliance paperwork. We suggest that you pull together your documents and save them in a secure cloud-based file sharing program like Google Drive or Dropbox. We promise that being organised at the start of the process will save countless hours and pain later on.


The Top 10 Highest Paying Locum Sites for General Medicine Physicians


  1. South Hedland WA - up to $ 3450 per day (crisis rates)
  2. Geraldton WA - up to $ 3250 per day (crisis rates)
  3. Albany WA - up to $ 3000 per day
  4. Albury NSW - up to $ 3000 per day (crisis rates)
  5. Moruya NSW - up to $ 3000 per day (crisis rates)
  6. Broken Hill NSW - up to $ 3000 per day (crisis rates)
  7. Bega NSW - up to $ 3000 per day (crisis rates)
  8. Kalgoorlie WA - up to $ 2700 per day
  9. Mount Gambier SA - up to $ 2700 per day (crisis rates)
  10. Shepparton VIC - $ 2500 per day


Regular Locations That Need Locum General Medicine Physicians


Locum jobs are in abundance (when are they not?) and Blugibbon regularly provides opportunities in the following locations across Australia (if there is a desired location not on this list let us know and we move mountains to make it happen ):

New South Wales:


  • Albury - up to $ 3000 per day (crisis rates)
  • Armidale - $ 2500 per day
  • Bathurst - $ 2000 per day
  • Bega - up to $ 3000 per day (crisis rates)
  • Broken Hill - up to $ 3000 per day (crisis rates)
  • Goulburn - $ 2500 per day
  • Grafton - $ 2250 per day
  • Kempsey - $ 2000 per day
  • Moruya - up to $ 3000 per day (crisis rates)
  • Orange - $ 2500 per day
  • Wyong - $ 230 to $ 245 per hour


Queensland:


  • Bundaberg - $ 2100 per day
  • Caboolture QLD - $ 2100 per day
  • Gladstone QLD - $ 2100 per day
  • Hervey Bay - $ 2100 per day
  • Innisfail QLD - $ 2100 per day
  • Mackay QLD - $ 2100 per day
  • Mount Isa - $ 2300 per day
  • Rockhampton QLD - $ 2100 per day


Victoria:


  • Wodonga - $ 2200 per day
  • Shepparton - $ 2500 per day
  • Wangaratta - $ 2500 per day


Western Australia:


  • Albany - up to $ 3000 per day
  • Bunbury - $ 2000 per day
  • Geraldton - up to $ 3250 per day (crisis rates)
  • Kalgoorlie - up to $ 2700 per day
  • Midland, Perth - $ 2000 per day
  • Rockingham, Perth - $ 2000 per day
  • South Hedland - up to $ 3450 per day (crisis rates)


Tasmania:


  • Burnie - $ 2000 per day
  • Hobart - $ 2000 per day
  • Latrobe - $ 2000 per day
  • Launceston - $ 2000 per day


Northern Territory:


  • Alice Springs - $ 2000 per day
  • Darwin - $ 2000 per day
  • Palmerston - $ 2000 per day


South Australia:


  • Mount Gambier - up to $ 2700 per day (crisis rates)



If you are a General Medicine Physician looking for locum work in 2022 and beyond, get in touch today at
hello@blugibbon.com or  02 8960 6445


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