Life as a locum

Locum optometrist, Rebecca Rushton, shares her experiences as a locum in a new city when the pandemic hit

Beheshta Hamid discusses becoming a locum as a newly-qualified optometrist and the benefits she gets from increased testing times

Locum optometrist, Sammara Ahmed, on the instant variety that locuming provides her and realising she is valued during the pandemic

Rochdale-based locum optometrist Atif Hussain was one of the first to sign up to work for the NHS’s Test and Trace team. He tells OT  about his new role handling local outbreaks

Life is tough for many locum optometrists at the moment. We revisited some of our recent Life as a Locum subjects to see how they are coping.

Optometrist and AOP Awards 2020 Locum of the Year, Prinal Patel, on her preparation routines and the importance of getting to know the team

Locum optometrist, Craig McCoy, discusses phasing out his full-time residency role to locuming for independents across Scotland and the Highlands

Locum optometrist, Andrea Mentlikowski, discusses how she has grown with locuming from her early 20s into motherhood

Locum optometrist, Alan Henderson, has 13 years’ experience locuming in North Yorkshire. He shares insight into an average day in practice

Locum optometrist, Gautam Passi, discusses building a rapport with the practice team and how being organised is of upmost importance