Created for Locums by Locums in SA! A Platform where Medical Professionals and Practices can connect effectively - simplifying the locum booking process.
09/03/2026
Growth in your practice shouldn’t feel like survival mode.
More patients should mean:
- Better revenue
- Stronger reputation
- Expanded services
If you run a healthcare practice, this will sound familiar:
• A doctor calls in sick
• Your receptionist panics
• Patients are already booked
• You’re trying to fix it between consultations
Last-minute gaps cost more than money.
They cost trust.
That’s why reliable locum pipelines matter.
Not when you’re desperate.
Before you are.
Contact us if you’d like to build a backup plan.
27/02/2026
Happy Friday 😃
Here are our small wins this week:
• A last-minute shift covered
• A new practice onboarded
• Conversations about growth
Progress doesn’t have to be loud to matter.
What was your small win this week?
25/02/2026
Dual benefit for young professionals
Medical aid + private banking, designed for early-career professionals.
If you’re under 30 and navigating locum work, community service, or your first years in practice, Profmed has partnered with RMB Private Bank to offer a dual benefit that supports both your health and your finances.
✔ ProSelect Savvy medical cover
✔ International emergency cover and sabbatical benefits
✔ Private banking credit card perks and lifestyle rewards
It’s about building strong foundations early, without locking you into something that doesn’t match your reality.
Find out more or apply at profmed.co.za/rmb
23/02/2026
Locuming is not just about filling shifts.
It’s building confidence, expanding your network, and discovering what kind of environment actually suits you.
If you’re figuring out your next move - we’re here to help.
Sign up and create your locum profile today!
20/02/2026
Another week of connecting Locums with Practices.
✔️Simple.
✔️Effective.
✔️Done properly.
Happy Friday 😀
18/02/2026
Flexibility for real life
Your career won’t stay the same, and your medical aid shouldn’t force you to.
With Profmed’s modular benefits, you can start with the essentials and build your cover as your income becomes more stable.
The PPS Wallet lets you:
• Pay only what suits your budget
• Use funds for physio, dental, optometry, or elective care
• Roll your balance over year after year
Add Gap Cover when you’re ready, and you’ve got protection that grows with you, not against you.
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The world moves fast and it’s hard to keep up sometimes. The ways we live, play, love and work are changing, and those of us in the medical professions see it daily. As a bright-eyed student with dreams of helping others live their best and healthiest lives, you entered a medical field knowing your actions will leave an imprint on each patient you come into contact with. You are an optometrist, pharmacist, nurse or doctor now, but who is helping you live your best and healthiest life?
LocumBase is not an agency. LocumBase is not a recruiter. LocumBase is a supportive ecosystem that forms a solid base to start your locum career from, on your terms.
You may want to earn extra income on your days off. You may want to work part-time and still have the freedom to spend time with your kids. You may want to locum full-time and enjoy the higher earnings, flexibility and excitement of your changing environment. LocumBase let’s you work smarter, earn better and enjoy more time spent on things you care about most.
LocumBase.com is built to serve you in a time when digital technologies have revolutionised the ways we organise our lives and do business. With LocumBase.com you can make yourself available to work on only the days you choose. You set your hourly rate. You know you have a team of cheerleaders at your back in every locum situation. LocumBase celebrates your wins with you and fights for you when the occasion calls for it. LocumBase provides everything you need, and some extras you want, to flourish in your changing work environment.