17 professions · 6 regulators

Every
profession.

The 17 UK locum healthcare professions Sessional supports, grouped by the six regulatory bodies that licence them. Each entry records what the regulator calls the role, what rate the work pays on, and what Sessional does for it.

Professions
17
Regulators
6
Specialties
241
ContentsHover to reveal
  1. 01General Medical Council
  2. 02General Pharmaceutical Council
  3. 03Health and Care Professions Council
  4. 04Nursing and Midwifery Council
  5. 05General Dental Council
  6. 06General Optical Council
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GMC

General Medical Council.

Doctors and physician associates on the GMC register. Annual appraisal, five-yearly revalidation, and for GPs a Performers List entry. Sessional pre-fills Form A per session and Form B monthly for the NHS Pension; the rest of the platform is shared.

1.1

General Practitioner

Session tracking, Form A per session, Form B monthly. The NHS Pension workflow is only here.

Daily
1.2

Hospital Doctor

Trust bank, agency, and direct-contract shifts. GMC documents, sole-trader or limited-company tax split, invoicing for the shifts you self-bill.

Hourly
1.3

Psychiatrist

Clinic sessions, ward cover, and on-call across NHS and private. Day or hourly billing, GMC documents, expenses in profession-aware categories.

Day or hourly
1.4

Physician Associate

PA shifts across primary care, acute medicine, and surgical teams. GMC documents, cross-role logging, shift pay-check across multiple employers.

Hourly
Section 01 of 06Next: GPhC
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GPhC

General Pharmaceutical Council.

Pharmacists registered with the GPhC. Community, hospital bank, and PCN work on one ledger, with mileage at the HMRC rate and profession-specific expense categories.

2.1

Pharmacist

Shifts across multiples, independents, hospital bank, and PCN. Mileage at HMRC rate is the win for community locums.

Hourly
Section 02 of 06Next: HCPC
03
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HCPC

Health and Care Professions Council.

Seven allied-health professions on the HCPC register, from paramedics to dietitians. Shift or session tracking (whichever the role uses), CPD-ready document store, and profession-aware specialty pickers.

3.1

Paramedic

Shifts across NHS trust, private event medicine, and urgent-care providers. Cross-role ECA logging, HCPC documents, mileage for response work.

Hourly
3.2

Physiotherapist

MSK, first-contact, and community clinic sessions. Self-invoiced or agency pay, expenses and CPD documents against HCPC renewal.

Hourly
3.3

Occupational Therapist

Community, mental health, and rehabilitation sessions. HCPC documents and CPD, expense tracking for home-visit mileage.

Hourly
3.4

Practitioner Psychologist

Assessment and therapy sessions across NHS Talking Therapies, private practice, and forensic settings. HCPC documents, expenses in the right categories.

Hourly
3.5

Speech and Language Therapist

School, clinic, and home-visit sessions. HCPC documents, dysphagia and AAC as specialty tags, mileage for peripatetic work.

Hourly
3.6

Radiographer

Diagnostic and therapeutic shifts, including on-call and reporting radiographer work. HCPC documents, shift pay-check across trust and agency.

Hourly
3.7

Dietitian

Clinic, community, and MDT sessions. HCPC documents, expenses, and public profile for direct referrals outside agency channels.

Hourly
Section 03 of 06Next: NMC
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NMC

Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Nurses and midwives on the NMC register. Revalidation portfolio (practice hours counted automatically, CPD, reflective accounts, feedback, confirmation) plus the midwifery competency tracker, plus shift pay-check across NHSP, trust bank, and agency.

4.1

Nurse

NMC revalidation tracker, pay-check across NHSP, trust bank, and agency, cross-role HCA shifts tracked properly.

Hourly
4.2

Midwife

NMC revalidation plus the midwifery competency tracker (emergencies, CTG, waterbirths, bereavement care).

Hourly
Section 04 of 06Next: GDC
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GDC

General Dental Council.

Dentists, hygienists, and therapists on the GDC register. Day-rate or UDA-based billing, indemnity and CPD document alerts, public profile and referral programme for direct work.

5.1

Dentist

Day-rate and UDA-based work. GDC indemnity and CPD document categories. Referral programme and public profile for direct bookings.

Day or hourly
5.2

Dental Hygienist/Therapist

Hygienist and therapist sessions, day or hourly. GDC documents, expenses, public profile for direct booking by practices.

Hourly
Section 05 of 06Next: GOC
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GOC

General Optical Council.

Optometrists on the GOC register. Daily or hourly across high-street, hospital, and domiciliary work, with GOC-specific document alerts and clean expense categorisation for NHS-funded General Ophthalmic Services (GOS) sessions.

6.1

Optometrist

Daily or hourly across high-street, hospital, and domiciliary. GOS evidence uploads (NHS-funded sight tests), expenses and mileage for peripatetic work.

Day or hourly
Section 06 of 06End of professions

Pick your profession. The whole product adapts.

Labels, rate units, registration formats, document categories, specialty pickers, and the revalidation and pension workflows all change with the profession you pick. You do not configure it. It just fits.

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