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.
Department plans from R1,500 a month · Accounts are provisioned by UpDoc on request.
From open shift to confirmed doctor
- 1
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.
- Notifications that catch up to you
- Email alerts and in-app notifications the moment an application or confirmation needs your attention.
- Agency-verified locums
- Every locum on UpDoc is linked to a staffing agency that verifies and manages their status.
Department plans
A department that works with UpDoc directly picks a monthly plan by how many shifts it publishes. Every plan includes the full portal.
Up to 20
R1,500 / month
Up to 20 shifts a month
Up to 50
R2,900 / month
Up to 50 shifts a month
Unlimited
R4,500 / month
No monthly shift limit
- One shift is one published position, roster shifts included; a 3-doctor posting counts 3
- Prices exclude VAT; invoiced monthly in advance and paid by EFT
- Working through a locum agency on UpDoc? The agency's subscription covers the shifts it publishes for you
- Locum doctors use UpDoc at no charge
We'll set up your department's account and connect your locum agencies.
Ready to retire the roster spreadsheet?
Tell us about your department and we'll walk you through the portal, provision your admin accounts and match you to the right plan.