Locum Hub - For Practice Managers

New to Locum Hub Wales - Overview for Practice Managers

Not sure where to start? This should help.

Setting up your Profile/Coordinate your Practice (Non-Locums)

Guidance to help you complete your profile account within the GPWales. For non-locums - i.e. Practice Managers, Admins, Partners etc.

Creating New Locum Shifts (GP Practice)

Step-by-step guide on publishing new Shifts in Locum Hub Wales

Accepting and Rejecting Applicants / Manage Applications (GP Practice)

Who to accept, how we can help you choose, and showing all pending applications in one place.

Viewing Shifts (GP Practice)

Viewing and managing shifts can be viewed in a week or daily summary.

Editing your GP Practice Profile

A Locum can get a taste of your Practice from the Practice Profile - we've seen a 50% improvement in fill rate for Practices with completed profiles.

Adding more Practice Enabled Users (to help you coordinate the Practice)

Going on holiday or just want others in the Practice to be able to help you manage Locums? As many as you need can join you in managing the Practice account.

Checking 'External Shifts' have been entered for GMPI Records

For Medical Indemnity cover for Locum Shifts via GMPI a record of those shifts must be entered in Locum Hub Wales by the Locum who worked it.

TOP TIPS for improving shift fill rates

We're all about filling shifts - each day provides more data about shifts in Wales (which are all anonymised and aggregated), but here are some initial findings from trends and feedback from users.

Notification Settings (GP Practice)

Manage the frequency of summary emails for New Applications to shifts in your Practice(s) / UPCC / Clusters.

UPCC & Cluster Working

The UPCC scheme (or cluster working approaches) can post and manage shifts in Locum Hub Wales following the model in this article. We hope to find a longer term solution as the future of UPCCs are clarified.

Shift Types - 'Reverse Auction' or 'Best Offer'

Post a Permanent Job (GP Practices)

Need to advertise a new Job at the Practice? From Receptionists and Admin team to Pharmacists and GPs, you can advertise for all staff in GPWales.

Manage Long-Term Jobs (GP Practices)

Listings of all your Practice Jobs so you can easily view, relist, close or update outcomes of Jobs.