General physicians tend to be pretty pleased with their chosen profession. They get to pursue their passion and help patients improve their well-being to more effectively achieve their short and long-term goals. Because when you have your health, you really have it all.

At the same time, the field of medicine can be an extremely demanding profession. It often comes with long shifts, unusual work schedules and a host of appointments that make the daily grind an apropos description.

The best things in life come nice and balanced. That's what makes locum jobs so grand. As a locum physician, you get to blend the professional satisfaction of ongoing healthcare work with the personal satisfaction of doing more things you truly love to do when you're away from the exam room. Flexibility is a rarity in the medical profession, but it's eminently achievable when you make the decision to work as a locum GP.

1. Travel more

People sure do love coming to the Land Down Under. In 2019 alone, 8.7 million people from all over the world flew to Australia, an increase of 3% from 2018, according to the Australian government. They tend to stay for a good while as well, averaging 21 nights on holiday trips.

But Aussies do their fair share of globe trotting as well, recording a seasonally adjusted average 966,000 trips in November 2019 alone, based on data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Their destination of choice? New Zealand, accounting for 13% of all returning flights, or 125,700 trips, slightly ahead of Indonesia and the United States.

International travelling is extraordinarily difficult when you're tied to one job, especially when you're in healthcare. Locum work solves this predicament by allowing you to work temporarily in parts of the world that you've been meaning to visit or have immensely enjoyed and were hoping to go back. Your Doctor Jobs has placements in New Zealand as well as Canada. Whether you want to work and stay for only a short period or perhaps a bit longer - like several months - the choice is yours as a locum

Pick your own schedule as a locum doctor and find more time for study

2. Study more

GPs may specialise in one field of medicine, but once they establish themselves, the daily grind may not align with what they had in mind coming out of medical school. Shifting gears to a different aspect of healthcare isn't an easy decision, and what's more, it can be even harder to take the requisite coursework for certification when you have a steady stream of patients.

This isn't an issue with locum work. You get to pick your own schedule as a locum doctor, which provides you with the necessary flexibility to complete your studies so you can make the transition easier to accomplish. Whether you're looking for jobs in  anaesthetics, obstetrics or psychiatry, Your Doctor Jobs has just the role for you.

3. Enjoy life more

Variety truly is the spice of life, as doing the same things day in, day out gets tired real quick. You can break the cycle by leveraging the flexibility that's endemic to locum work. With a locum job, you're in charge of your schedule; your schedule is never in charge of you..

Contact online or by phone Your Doctor Jobs to turn your desire for work flexibility into a reality.