Messly is the new way to find locum work. The best locum agencies compete for you, offering you real shifts before you’ve shared your contact details.
Rated the #1 way to find locum work by doctors.
Creating your profile is free, takes 5 minutes and gives you access to 1,000s of locum vacancies.
“It was very easy to set up a profile on Messly. I was contacted by various agencies very quickly. Each of them was very professional, and efficient, and I was able to find a three month posting I was happy with, within a couple of days. I couldn't be happier!”
“I’ve had a fab experience with Messly, the team has always been very easily contactable, the website is user friendly - generally a no fuss, speedy process.”
“Really easy website to work. Easy to set up profile and great to have multiple agencies contact you with appropriate work. Got an exciting job opportunity within 24 hours of signing up.”
“I've only recently signed up to Messly and within this short time I've been sent a number of roles in my ideal location and specialty. Messly has opened up opportunities and it has been the easiest process from my side.”
“Really supportive and friendly staff. Would recommend using their services! Always available for help and advice regarding job options for my F3 year.”
“A really good way to be put in with lots of useful agencies. I found the platform and usability a good experience and the staff were very welcoming.”
We've brought all the best agencies onto Messly, and make it easy for you to see who has what shifts upfront. Make them compete for you.
Only work with the best-rated, trusted agencies. We select them based on doctor feedback, and ensure they provide a great service.
We use tech to speed up the process. Find the right agency quickly, get compliant and start working within a few days.
Manage everything from your mobile, and get support from the Messly team. Only share personal details when you’re sure you want to go ahead.
We only work with the best-rated and trusted agencies, selected based on doctor feedback. We make them follow a strict code of conduct to ensure they provide a great service.
Messly works with all the major agencies in the UK so we have jobs for all types of doctors:
✅ SHOs, F3s, Registrars, Consultants and GPs
✅ All specialties
✅ Ad-hoc shifts or long-term locums
✅ All parts of the UK
Your contact details won't be shared with agencies until you're ready. All our recruiters adhere to our stringent code of conduct so you can ensure you'll get the best service.
Forget emailing hospital banks and agencies and not hearing back. We bring them together online and ask them to pitch you work. We put the power back in your hands.
A doctor's profile includes: grade and specialties, start dates, minimum rate, travel distances and more.
Only recruiters from agencies that are vetted and approved by Messly can see your profile, so you don't need to worry about your colleagues or current hospital coming across it.
Yes, we only include your first name and you don't share your full name, GMC number or any contact details.
Agencies contact you through Messly, offering specific locum jobs upfront which are tailored to your locum wishlist. You manage all your conversation within Messly, and don't share your personal details until you're sure that you want to go ahead. You can turn off your Messly profile any time, and nobody can contact you.
We only work with the best-rated and trusted agencies. We select them based on doctor feedback, and ensure they provide a great service.
Yes, agencies have to mention specific vacancies they have them they message you. No more vague promises of work that don't materalise!
Most doctors will get multiple offers on the day they make their profile.
We'll help you start work. Your chosen agency will arrange to get you compliant and fix specific shifts for you.
Messly gives you access to the whole market rather than a single agency so you're much more likely to find the right locum. In addition we make it easy to see jobs upfront, schedule calls with recruiters and manage all the admin from your phone.
Yes we do occasionally have other opportunities for international, substantive and non-clinical work. You can opt-in for these where you register.
Yes you'll be assigned one of our dedicated team when you register who'll be able to guide you through the job and agency selection process. They will be available by phone, Whatsapp and email.
“I started Messly in 2016 with my friend Chris, with the goal of supporting doctors to have more fulfilling careers.
As a doctor I've experienced the challenges of finding the right locum work. At a time when more doctors are looking to explore portfolio careers, or top up their income with locum work, we are here to help.
This service is built with doctors in mind, putting you in control and helping you find your perfect locum jobs, quickly and on your terms.”
Since 2016 we have helped doctors make better career decisions and have more fulfilling lives as doctors. In that period over 30,000 have registered to use our career planning tools and other services. You can learn more about us at messly.com and read our blog at messly.com/blog.
We want to make it as easy as possible for doctors who are locuming, or considering locuming, to find work.
We know that finding regular, rewarding and safe work is the hardest part of being a locum doctor.
By helping you find the right work with the right agency, we hope that you will feed fulfilled in your career as a doctor.
Initially the roles offered will be locums within NHS hospitals, offered through our agency partners. We occasionally offer roles in Australia and New Zealand, and are looking to expand into non-clinical roles in the future.
No, but we partner with NHS hospitals and recruitment agencies who have opportunities across the NHS so you access to a much wider range of opportunities than working with any single one.
No. You create an online profile, and agencies with roles available that match your clinical skills and availability will contact you. They will explain who they are and what shifts they have. You can reply if you're interested or reject them if not. You don't share your personal details until you're sure that you want to go ahead.
No the service is completely free of charge for all doctors. We take a small fee from an agency for successfully placing you to help us maintain the service.
Messly works with every major agency in the UK so we have jobs for all types of doctors:
✅ SHOs, F3s, Registrars, Consultants and GPs
✅ All major specialties
✅ Ad-hoc shifts or long-term locums
✅ All parts of the UK
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Messly
126 New Kings Road
London
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