Hicom’s locum appointment system is used by NHS Professionals (Medical) for the recruitment, selection and appointment of locum doctors into NHS Trusts.

The locum appointment system enables:

• Applications to be administered
• Recruitment and selection processes to be undertaken
• A bank of locums to be maintained
• Short- and long-term vacancies to be recorded
• Availability to be recorded
• The matching of locums to suitable vacancies
• The management of the appointment process
• The management of agency appointments (when not filled)
• Timesheet information to be recorded
• The financial reconciliation with payroll and finance systems
• Automated communication with locum doctors and appointing trusts

The locum appointment system provides a host of facilities in support of the above procedures, including user-defined ‘triggers’ for the production of email, letter and SMS text communications, powerful reporting and analysis tools and integration facilities for payroll and finance systems.