Locum pharmacists, sorted.
Every hour, every loading, every agency, reconciled. Vaccination scope, remote-package travel, and GST-threshold income all in one place.
Pharmacists in Australia, 2025 to 2026
The market you actually work in
Verified figures for locum pharmacists, so you can sense-check a rate card before you sign it.
- 40,913
- AU pharmacists on the register
- $72.77/hr (PSA 2025)
- Community locum average
- $90 to $120/hr; PIC regional to $130/hr
- Remote with accommodation
- Saturday +25%, Sunday +50%, PH +150% (Pharmacy Award 2020)
- Weekend loading
How Sessional helps
Built for how locum pharmacists actually work
The admin, compliance, and earnings platform for AHPRA-registered locums and independent contractors. Every agency, every direct clinic, every public pool, source-agnostic.
Penalty rates computed, not ignored
Sessional logs base rate, Saturday +25%, Sunday +50%, and public-holiday +150% under the Pharmacy Industry Award 2020 automatically. Where an agency rolls penalties into a flat hourly, you still see the implied base against the award so you know whether the flat rate is actually fair.
8CPA expanded-scope tracking
UTI prescribing (QLD statewide), resupply, contraceptive-pill continuation, and aged-care on-site pharmacist (OSP) sessions logged as distinct session types. Aged-care OSP revenue can change your PSI profile; Sessional surfaces the flag.
Vaccination scope by state
Immuniser authorisation varies wildly: QLD broadest (childhood schedule), NT narrowest, TAS expanded-scope bridging from 1 Jan 2025. Sessional uses your current state to show only the schedule you can actually deliver and stores your most recent vaccination certificate with an expiry alert.
Remote packages kept separate from hourly
CQ-style remote packages ($90 to $120/hr with accom, flights, and vehicle on top) should be compared on total take-home, not headline rate. Sessional separates rate, travel, allowances, and accommodation so you can compare like-for-like against a metro SEEK posting.
Super tracked against the $30k cap
Agency SG is inconsistent and sometimes absent. Sessional flags unpaid super where expected and tracks your voluntary concessional contributions so you do not accidentally tip over the $30k cap and attract excess-contribution tax.
State by state
AHPRA is national. Your secondary credentials are not.
Vaccination authorisation is state-regulated, not federal. QLD is the broadest scope (including the childhood schedule under a pharmacist prescribing pilot); NT is the narrowest. TAS is rolling out expanded-scope bridging from 1 Jan 2025. QLD also runs a statewide UTI and resupply pilot under 8CPA. Check your state-credentials page before you book the shift: AHPRA registration is national, the scope you can deliver under it is not.
AHPRA verified
Your AHPRA number on your profile
Your AHPRA number appears on every invoice you generate and on your public profile. Workplaces verify your AHPRA, Pharmacy Board of Australia registration at a glance. No back-and-forth emails, no chasing paperwork.
Sessional Australia is source-agnostic. Track every channel in one place.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
How much does Sessional Australia cost for locum pharmacists?
Sessional Australia offers three tiers (AUD). Free ($0) covers shift tracking, a public profile, and basic invoicing. Plus ($29.99/month) adds unlimited shifts, invoicing, expenses, documents, and tax planning. Pro ($39.99/month) adds API access, Xero sync, and advanced reporting. No commission on any plan.
What does Sessional Australia track for pharmacists?
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.
Is Sessional Australia a locum marketplace?
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.
Does Sessional Australia work with AHPRA registration?
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, Pharmacy Board of Australia registration at a glance.
Does Sessional Australia handle percentage-of-billings arrangements?
Yes. Each shift is logged with a rate type: hourly, daily, per-session, 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.
Plans (AUD)
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Shift diary, public profile, and basic invoicing. Free forever.
Plus
Most popularEarly-access price for the first 3 months, then $29.99/mo. Unlimited shifts, invoicing, expenses, documents, and ATO tax planning.
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Everything in Plus plus API access, Xero sync, and advanced reporting.
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