Hospital Staffing

Credential Verification Best Practice for Facilities

What to check before a locum starts a shift — registration, APC, indemnity and scope of practice.

Hospital Staffing
5 min readUpdated 2026-07-01

Verification is not a formality. Confirm registration with the relevant board, check APC validity against the shift date, and record the evidence.

Define scope of practice in writing for every locum booking so expectations at handover are unambiguous.

SYIFTA LOCUM performs credential verification before a professional can apply, and surfaces expiry warnings to facility admins.

This is a placeholder article. A full reviewed version is being prepared by the SYIFTA LOCUM editorial team.

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