For locum nurses & midwives | AHPRA
Every penalty on every shift, loading on loading, night after night. Sessional turns base-rate plus weekend plus night plus remote into one honest total.
No card | Free stays free | 0% commission
Profession working set
Saturday +50%, Sunday +75%, public holiday +150%, night shift +15%. Sessional applies the correct loading against the right fraction of the shift and surfaces the total. If an agency has absorbed penalties into a flat hourly, the implied base rate is visible so you can sense-check.
MBS Nurse Practitioner reforms (Nov 2024) removed the collaborative-agreement requirement federally, but state S8 prescribing rules still vary. Sessional tracks your NP formulary, state S8 authority, and MBS provider number against your profile.
CQ Nurse and similar publish remote rates $70 to $120/hr with travel, accommodation, and vehicle on top. Sessional separates base, loading, travel allowance, and accommodation so you can compare against a loaded-up metro weekend and see what actually hits the bank.
WWCC is 8 different schemes. NSW, VIC, SA use WWCC; QLD issues the Blue Card; WA issues a WWC Card; TAS and ACT use WWVP; NT uses the Ochre Card. Sessional uses the correct label for your current state and reminds you before each one expires.
uPaged, Lantern, and ShiftMatch shifts reconciled next to state-health bank and agency RN. One income, one tax reserve, one super tracker. GST threshold at $75k flagged automatically if you are contracting instead of being paid through payroll.
01 | State by state
AUAHPRA is national. Secondary credentials are not.S8 prescribing authority for Nurse Practitioners is state-regulated, not national. NP formulary and scope can differ between NSW, VIC, and QLD even when MBS items are identical. WWCC schemes have 8 separate names and no reciprocity. Aged-care community nursing and school nursing generally require the paediatric check in that state. Sessional stores your current state against your profile and surfaces the label and scope accordingly.
02 | Current market
04Verified market figures523,845 (the largest AHPRA cohort)
$45 to $75/hr; specialised $55 to $90/hr
$90 to $140/hr
$100 to $160/hr (anecdotal; MBS reforms Nov 2024)
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-session, 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, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia registration at a glance.
Yes. Each shift is logged with a rate type: hourly, daily, per-session, or percentage of billings. For a percentage-of-billings shift you record the agreed percentage, then the billing revenue once it is known, and Sessional calculates your share for the earnings dashboard and tax planner. Whether you invoice it depends on how you are paid: a shift you bill yourself can be invoiced once its billings are entered, while agency and PAYG shifts are recorded without an invoice.
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 nurses & midwives across Australia.
07 | Learn more
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