Locate A Locum 17+

Usually lots of shifts available to apply for. I like the Calender and the fact you can apply to many shifts without being double booked as that can be hard when working over emails. Would be good if this Calender could sync with google Calender or iPhone Calender. I’ve found the calculations of rate x hours to be completely wrong and there’s no way to add in unpaid breaks so salary counter is always wrong. Other than this I’ve only had one other problem with the app which was being booked for shifts I had never applied for which was very unfortunate as the cancellation policy for Locums warns you may not be booked again if you have cancellation on your profile as they share this with all companies.

This app gives far too much power to big pharmacy chains. Allowing them to decide if shifts on the app are negotiable or not which is anti-competitive and takes power away from locums while giving full control to big chains.
LAL seems hellbent on helping companies return Locum pharmacist rates back to 2004!
ALL SHIFTS should have the negotiate button as this is a free market, otherwise pharmacists who do not know they can contact companies directly to negotiate feel forced to book via the app and accept low rates.
This is especially the case considering Boots, Superdrug, Day Lewis and now Well pharmacy insist on booking via LAL, it becomes more of a monopoly each day.
Adding a negotiation button to all shifts would FIX THIS as companies can still decline and accept the offers, the very essence of a free market. Without it, it essentially allows the big companies to market/price fix. I would love to hear a response from the developers on this.

This is more generally about the company than the app itself.

The good side is, the app clearly shows the most important information that you need before deciding on the shift. The response is quick and success rate of securing a shift is good. If they have a build in call function, that would be better

The down side is they should allow negotiation for rate and mileage which is available if you are booking direct with the company the agency covers so they are missing out on this. They should also provide a “ask a question “ or “nudge” button to get everyone a shift. They should also have an alert function that sends email when a certain shift has its rates changed.

I know they design in a sway to avoid double booking, but they should let the detail down to the hour. For example, I can’t take another shift starting from 18:00 even if I got a shift only for 08:00-17:00, which means I and employer may miss out since I cannot apply after my shift ends, when most shift coordinators has ended their working day. This is a feature they should change asap , especially when there is “a national shortage of pharmacist “ as pharmacy owners says, they should make it easier for hard working pharmacists to do as many as they can and want.