For hospital departments across South Africa
Fill every locum shift.Skip the spreadsheets.
UpDoc is the purpose-built portal for department shift coordination: publish shifts to your vetted locum pool, review applicants, award positions, and report on it all — in one place, on South African time.
Free one-month trial · Department accounts are provisioned by UpDoc on request.
From open shift to confirmed doctor
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Publish
Post a shift from a reusable template or from scratch — up to 10 positions per posting.
- 2
Review applicants
Agency-verified locums in your pool apply. Compare applicants side by side.
- 3
Award
Offer the shift to one applicant or several. They confirm or decline in their own portal.
- 4
Track & report
Confirmed shifts land on your department calendar and flow into fill-rate reporting.
Everything your roster admin actually needs
No modules to bolt on. Every department gets the full portal.
- Templates & fast publishing
- Save recurring shift patterns as templates and apply them across calendar dates. One-off postings supported too.
- Control who can apply
- Open access, agency allow-lists, or members-only pools — with approval queues and optional caps on applications per locum.
- Invite links with QR codes
- Generate private invite links for your pool, share them as QR codes, and revoke them at any time.
- Single- and multi-position awards
- Award one applicant or fill several positions on the same posting without leaving the shift page.
- Department calendar
- Every published and confirmed shift on one calendar, in Africa/Johannesburg time.
- Reporting & CSV export
- Filled and unfilled shift reporting, exportable to CSV for management and payroll workflows.
Plans sized to your shift volume
Subscriptions are per department and based on how many shifts you publish each month. Every plan includes the full portal — and every plan starts with a free one-month trial.
Core
Up to 50 published shifts per month
For departments with a steady, modest locum need.
Extended
Up to 100 published shifts per month
For busy departments running locums most days of the week.
Unlimited
No monthly shift cap
For high-volume departments and units that never want to think about limits.
- Full feature set on every plan
- Free one-month trial to start
- A posting with multiple positions counts once per position
- Locum doctors and agencies use UpDoc free of charge
We'll size the right plan with you and set up your department's account.
Ready to retire the roster spreadsheet?
Tell us about your department and we'll walk you through the portal, set up your trial, and provision your admin accounts.