Nursing & Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS)

The Australian Government has established the Nursing & Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS) to support nurses, midwives and allied health professionals in rural and remote Australia to get away on leave.

The NAHRLS can provide your workplace with a suitably matched locum to back-fill positions for up to 14 days. There are no agency fees charged to use this service,  the hosting organisation is only responsible for covering the base locum wage for the period during which the locum is required.

The NAHRLS organises all the administration associated with recruiting and credentialing appropriate locums and arranges and pays the locum's travel, accomodation, meals and incentives payments whilst on placement.

Organisations can also apply to use this scheme for their staff.

For more information on the Eligibility and Selection Criteria visit the NAHRLS website.