For locum psychologists | AHPRA
Medicare, NDIS, private, and EAP income on one diary. Clinical endorsement premium visible; clinic retention splits honest; your take-home per rebate explicit.
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Profession working set
Medicare Better Access item 80010 (clinical, $149.05) vs 80000 (general, $101.55) is a material rate split. Sessional stores your Area of Practice Endorsement and defaults the right Medicare item. Contractor bill rates with endorsement sit $150 to $280/hr; without, $100 to $150/hr.
Clinics book locums at 50/60/70% retention of the Medicare rebate or private fee. Sessional stores the agreed split per clinic, shows your effective take-home per rebate, and flags when EAP work (Benestar, Assure, Converge, often $110 to $160 per appointment) is actually paying less than your direct booking rate.
NDIS does not recognise clinical vs general endorsement; the 2026-27 cap is $252.99/hr for both. Sessional applies the cap against the workplace and keeps your NDIS and Medicare income streams separate for BAS and tax planning.
Medico-legal and forensic work bills $250 to $400/hr. Sessional lets you log per-report work as flat fee rather than hourly, and surfaces GST treatment separately (medico-legal reports are usually GST-inclusive).
Most psychologists start as sole traders contracting in. At around $180k gross, a Pty Ltd structure may be worthwhile. Sessional models your tax under each structure against current ATO rates so you can time the change sensibly.
01 | State by state
AUAHPRA is national. Secondary credentials are not.AoPE (Area of Practice Endorsement) is national, but NDIS registration, WWCC for paediatric caseload, and state mental-health fee schedules are not. NSW, VIC, and QLD each run separate community mental-health procurement panels with their own rate cards. Sessional stores your current state so the paediatric check label (WWCC vs Blue Card vs WWC Card vs WWVP vs Ochre Card) and the right state fee schedule apply.
02 | Current market
04Verified market figures$318 per 46 to 60 minute appointment
$101.55 (item 80000) / $149.05 (80010), both clinical-psychologist items
$252.99/hr (no clinical/general split)
$150 to $280/hr with clinical endorsement
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, Psychology 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 psychologists across Australia.
07 | Learn more
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