For locum dentists | AHPRA
Percentage-of-billings is opaque by design. Sessional logs every treatment, every total gross, your split, and your actual take-home so the clinic cannot fudge settlement.
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Profession working set
A typical corporate day (Pacific Smiles, 1300Smiles, Bupa Dental, Abano/Maven) grosses $3,500 to $6,500. At a 30 to 40% split that is $1,050 to $2,600 net. Sessional logs every treatment, the gross total, your split, and the settlement so you know the number before the clinic's spreadsheet lands.
Rural placements often guarantee $1,500 to $2,000+/day plus accommodation, flights, and a vehicle. Sessional shows you the guaranteed minimum and the percentage realisation side by side so you can tell which structure is paying better for the week you actually worked.
Conscious sedation is a national Dental Board notation (ANZCA PS09 compliance) and attracts premium rates. Sessional stores the endorsement against your profile and the workplaces that require it.
NSW from 1 Dec 2025: AHPRA-registered dental practitioners are exempt for intra-oral, OPG, and lateral ceph (CBCT still needs IA24). VIC still requires a use licence for all dental X-ray under the Radiation Act 2005. Sessional stores the correct state-level licence and surfaces the NSW exemption where it applies.
CDBS requires a Medicare provider number and caps the benefit per child over a 2-year period (indexed annually). QLD Health public dental pays hourly ($108 to $123/hr). Sessional separates CDBS billing, public dental hourly, and private percentage-of-billings so your tax and GST profile is clean.
01 | State by state
AUAHPRA is national. Secondary credentials are not.Radiation licensing is state-administered and the rules moved recently. NSW (from 1 Dec 2025) exempts AHPRA-registered dental practitioners for intra-oral, OPG, and lateral ceph; CBCT still needs an IA24 licence. VIC continues to require a radiation use licence for all dental X-ray under the Radiation Act 2005. QLD, SA, WA, TAS, ACT, and NT each administer their own radiation safety regimes. Sessional stores the state against each workplace so the right licence reminders apply.
02 | Current market
04Verified market figures28,406 (19,499 dentists, around 9.5% specialist)
30 to 40% (38 to 40% rural)
$800 to $1,200 metro, $1,500 to $2,000+ rural (plus accom and travel)
$2,500 to $4,500/day (ortho, endo, OMFS)
03 | Inventory
Profession-aware fields from day one, plus the bodies and channels that shape this cohort.
04 | FAQs
Sessional Australia offers three tiers (AUD). Free ($0) covers shift tracking, a public profile, and basic invoicing. Plus early access is $19.99/month until 1 January 2027, then $29.99/month for new subscriptions. Continuously subscribed early-access members keep their rate. Pro ($39.99/month) adds API access, Xero sync, and advanced reporting. No commission on any plan.
Every shift with date, rate type (hourly, daily, per-shift, or percentage of billings), and workplace. Invoices, expenses with ATO cents-per-km, professional documents including your AHPRA registration, and tax planning for sole trader, Pty Ltd, or Trust structures. All income streams (agency, direct, public, NDIS) in one place.
No. Sessional Australia is the admin, compliance, and earnings platform. We do not compete as a marketplace and we do not take a commission on your work. Keep using Wavelength, Medrecruit, Ochre, HealthCare Australia, direct clinic relationships, and any other source that works for you. Sessional unifies the admin side across all of them.
Yes. Sessional Australia understands AHPRA registration and your AHPRA number. It appears on every invoice you generate and on your public profile, so workplaces can verify your AHPRA, Dental Board of Australia registration at a glance.
Yes. Each shift is logged with a rate type: hourly, daily, per-shift, or percentage of billings. Percentage-of-billings shifts skip the invoice step because the workplace bills Medicare or the patient and pays you a net share. Sessional handles the split automatically on the earnings dashboard and tax planner.
05 | Plans in AUD
$0forever
Shift diary, public profile, and basic invoicing.
$19.99/month early access
Early access until 1 January 2027, then $29.99/month for new subscriptions. Continuously subscribed early-access members keep their rate. Unlimited shifts, invoicing, expenses, documents, and ATO tax planning.
$39.99/month
Everything in Plus plus API access, Xero sync, and advanced reporting.
06 | City guides
City-level guides for locum dentists across Australia.
07 | Learn more
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