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Step-by-step guides for every feature in Sessional, written for Australian healthcare locums. Pick a topic below, search from the sidebar, or ask Sandy a plain-English question about your own work.
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Shelf 01
Getting started
Set up your account, build your profile, and meet Sandy.
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Account and sign-in
Create your account, verify your email, sign in with a magic link or password, and change your email or password.
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Your profile
Tabbed profile editor: personal details, professional info and AHPRA number, visibility controls, billing, and account security.
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Draft your summary from your CV
Upload a PDF or Word CV, or paste the text, and Sessional drafts a profile summary for you to check and edit. Uploaded CVs can be saved to your documents.
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AI assistant (Sandy)
Ask Sandy plain-English questions about your own records: tax set-aside, overdue invoices, your next shift, expiring documents and your highest-value workplaces. General information, not regulated advice. Available on Plus and Pro.
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Shifts and bookings
Track every shift, handle requests, and keep your calendar in sync.
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Managing shifts
Track shifts from offered through to paid. Search, filter, batch invoice, and export to CSV.
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Bulk shift CSV import
Download the template, check rows, and review created or skipped shifts.
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Editing and deleting shifts
Correct times and pay details, record actual hours, understand invoice locks, or remove an unwanted offered or confirmed shift.
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Choosing a shift rate basis
How daily, hourly, per-session, and percentage-of-billings rates calculate the total when you log or edit a shift.
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Booking requests
How workplaces send you requests, how the sender confirms them by email, and how you accept or decline.
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Messaging a workplace
Keep booking conversations on-platform. The workplace writes from its booking link with no account, you reply from your dashboard, and the thread stays with the booking.
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Booking schedules
Bundle the shifts you have agreed with a workplace into one schedule, send a PDF plus a no-account link to acknowledge the terms, and withdraw the link if it goes astray.
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Availability calendar
Full-day and half-day availability, block-out date ranges, and auto-booking from confirmed shifts.
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Calendar sync
Subscribe Google Calendar, Outlook, or Apple Calendar to an iCal feed of your confirmed and delivered shifts.
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Cancellation protection
Set notice periods, generate cancellation-fee invoices, apply profession-specific default terms, and waive fees.
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Locum directory
How workplaces find you by postcode, specialty, or name. Pagination, radius search, and visibility controls.
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Workplaces and organisations
Save the workplaces you work with: contact details, addresses and notes, reused when you log shifts and send invoices.
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Invoicing and getting paid
Raise GST-aware invoices, chase late payers, and reconcile every dollar.
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Invoicing
Generate GST-aware PDF invoices in AUD, batch multiple shifts, send to workplaces by email, and void and replace.
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Import your free-tool invoice
Bring the invoice from the public template into your account as a draft, without sending it.
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Money overview
Understand outstanding invoices, paid totals and the links to expenses, earnings and tax.
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Workplace signed links
30-day signed URLs on every invoice and booking email. Workplaces mark paid, raise disputes, or view detail without creating an account.
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Auto-chasers
On Plus and Pro, eligible overdue invoices are chased in the day 14, 21 and 28 windows with the invoice PDF attached. See when they send and how to turn them off.
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Shift pay-check
Mark every bank, agency, or PAYG shift as paid correctly, paid short, or not paid yet. Cross-employer reconciliation no single payslip portal gives you.
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Medicare direct billing
How bulk-billing and direct-billing arrangements flow through your shift income and the invoices you raise.
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Agency vs direct billing
The trade-offs between agency placement and billing a workplace direct, and the different tax and super treatment that follows each.
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Agency and PAYG tracking
How to log shifts when you work through an agency or as PAYG, the three billing modes, and how the tax reserve handles each.
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Medicare billing guide
Review Medicare billing guidance and the records to check when discussing a GP placement with a workplace.
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Thomas and Naaz: payroll tax
The Thomas and Naaz payroll tax cases, state GP relief, and the questions to raise before agreeing a contractor GP service-fee arrangement.
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Tax, GST and super
Plan tax, track GST and BAS readiness, and stay on top of super.
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Tax planning
Estimate tax from realised income in one Australian financial year, with future confirmed work separated as a forecast. Trusts are not modelled.
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Expenses and cents-per-km
Log expenses across profession-aware categories, ATO cents-per-km motor expenses, receipt uploads, and CSV export.
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Earnings forecast
Recorded shift values, paid cancellation fees and a reserve estimate on received contractor income, with date filters and CSV export.
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BAS readiness
Prepare quarterly BAS totals from live invoices and recorded expenses, with draft, voided, and unclassified amounts handled separately.
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Super guarantee
Compare estimated Super Guarantee with the payments you record, grouped by income source. The labels are planning aids, not legal determinations.
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PSI diagnostic
Review recorded income streams against the four Personal Services Business test questions, and prepare the evidence to discuss with your tax agent.
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Trusts and PSI
How PSI attribution applies to trusts, why agency-sourced locum work affects the unrelated clients test, and why no trust calculation is provided.
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Xero integration
Sync now sends contacts, invoices and expenses to your Xero organisation and checks payment status back in Sessional. Pro feature.
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Advanced reporting
Income trends, expense breakdown, workplace analysis and invoice status for any date range, with charts and CSV export. Pro feature.
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AHPRA and compliance
Keep registration, credentials, and documents current and shareable.
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AHPRA renewal records
Board renewal dates, the public renewal calendar tool, and expiry reminders for the registration documents you upload.
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State credentials
Working With Children checks, Schedule 8 authorities, pharmacist vaccination scope, radiation licences, and WorkCover, tracked by state.
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Document store
Upload police check, indemnity, AHPRA registration, and training documents, with expiry badges and reminder emails. Plus and Pro.
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Compliance passport
Bundle your documents into one link a workplace opens with no account. You choose what to share; Sessional does not verify documents.
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Secure document sharing
Protect selected documents with the recipient email and a separate 6-digit access code. Revoke access at any time.
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Rural incentives and MMM
Check MMM 2023 postcode categories, find official program guidance and confirm the terms of a rural placement.
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NDIS price guide
Selected 2026-27 NDIS price limits for allied health, remote loadings, and what to check before you invoice.
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Account and settings
Manage billing, notifications, referrals, and your data.
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Billing and subscription
Free, Plus, and Pro plans in AUD. Promo codes, annual billing, pausing, and cancellation.
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Complimentary and trial access
How invited trials and complimentary access work, when they end, and what happens to your records afterwards.
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Referrals
Refer colleagues, share your code, and track rewards.
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Notification preferences
Manage email notifications for bookings, invoices, document expiry, subscription updates, and security.
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Notification inbox
Operational events from workplaces: paid claims, disputes and booking messages, plus milestones. Separate from email preferences.
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Support tickets
Raise and track support tickets on any plan, follow up by email, and get tips for a faster answer. Pro tickets are marked high priority.
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REST API
Read your shifts, invoices, expenses and profile from your own scripts with API keys and Bearer authentication, and test requests in the API docs. Pro feature.
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Data export and privacy
Download a JSON account export or CSV records, check what each file includes, and keep exported details private.
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Free tools
Quick calculators and templates you can use without signing in.
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All free tools
Browse every free calculator, invoice template and renewal calendar tool in one place.
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Locum tax calculator
Estimate contractor take-home for the current financial year. Covers income tax, the Medicare levy, and super-contribution planning.
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ATO cents-per-km calculator
Work out a motor-vehicle deduction at 91c per km, capped at 5,000 business km per car.
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BAS estimator
Estimate the GST you would report on a quarterly BAS from your income and expenses.
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Super contribution planner
Plan concessional super contributions against the $32,500 cap and see the tax effect.
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PSI self-assessment
Run the Personal Services Income tests to see whether the PSI rules apply to your income.
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MMM rural lookup
Look up MMM 2023 postcode categories and check a workplace address before relying on a classification.
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Agency super check
Check whether an agency owes you Super Guarantee on your placements.
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AHPRA renewal reminder
Create a calendar reminder file for your AHPRA registration renewal date.
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Free invoice template
Generate a professional locum invoice PDF in seconds. No account needed.
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Rate benchmarks
Indicative 2026 rate ranges by profession and state.
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Locum GP rates Australia 2026
Indicative session-rate ranges, drivers of variance, and a state-level grid for every major Australian market.
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Locum pharmacist rates Australia 2026
Hourly rate ranges by sector: community pharmacy and hospital roles.
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Agency nurse rates Australia 2026
Rate ranges and penalty-rate uplifts for nights, weekends, and public holidays.
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Locum paramedic rates Australia 2026
Public-hospital bank, event medicine, and urgent-care rate ranges.
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Locum physio rates Australia 2026
Private clinic and public agency ranges by specialty and state.
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Become a locum
Starter guides to going independent in your profession.
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Become a locum GP
Step-by-step: AHPRA registration and Medicare provider numbers, indemnity, sole trader vs Pty Ltd, rate-setting, and super.
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Become a locum pharmacist
AHPRA registration, work mix across community and hospital, rate-setting, and contractor admin.
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Become an agency nurse
AHPRA registration and CPD, bank vs agency, rate guidance, and compliance.
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Become a locum paramedic
AHPRA registration, driving categories, event medicine, and urgent care.
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Become a locum physiotherapist
AHPRA registration, private clinic vs public, rate-setting, and contractor basics.
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