The Locum App

Healthcare · On-demand

The Locum App

The revolutionary staffing platform for pharmacies and pharmacists.

The Locum App

About the project

The Locum App is an innovative recruitment platform that streamlines and automates hiring in the UK pharmaceutical market — solving a long-standing industry problem for pharmacies and pharmacists alike.

Industry

Healthcare · On-demand

Type of project

Recruiting & booking platform

Country

UK

Duration

Ongoing

About the client

A pioneering recruitment platform that automates hiring across the UK pharmacy market — building the first online community connecting pharmacists and pharmacies.

The Locum App pharmacy staffing and recruitment screen

The challenge

  • Complex recruiting

    A long, complex recruiting process in the UK pharmaceutical market.

  • Finding pharmacists

    Pharmacy owners struggled to find available pharmacists who matched their needs.

  • Finding work

    Pharmacists struggled to locate suitable employment opportunities.

  • One online solution

    A need for a single online application serving both parties.

The solution

We built a mobile app that automates recruitment through two separate user flows, admin panels, job posting and search, integrated locum booking, in-app messaging and custom notifications.

For pharmacists

  • In-app payments

  • Networking

  • Vacancy notifications

  • Favorite branches

  • Personalized recommendations

  • Schedule management

  • Application history

  • Profile admin panel

For pharmacies

  • Pharmacy admin panel

  • Multi-branch management

  • Branch configuration

  • Job posting

  • Approve / decline applications

  • In-app connection

  • Job-posting notifications

  • Transparent billing

Core app features

  • Location-based search

    Search with filters by location.

  • Profile history updates

    Keep profile history up to date.

  • In-app messaging

    A built-in messaging platform.

  • Calendar scheduling

    Calendar-based scheduling and booking.

  • Social job sharing

    Share jobs to social media.

Results

The Locum App reshaped UK pharmacy staffing.

  • Pharmacies on board

    1,000+

    right after release

    Pharmacies started using the app immediately after launch.

  • Industry first

    The first online mobile community of UK pharmacists and pharmacies.

  • Automated recruiting

    A new, optimized and automated approach to pharmaceutical staffing.

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Testimonials

Event10x

Softermii has a hard commitment towards the project delivery on time without any delay.

We ended up by having a very attractive product that can compete with any other virtual platform.

Walid Farghal, Director General, Event10x

Cococure

Excellent programming skills and timely delivery.

They were able to take our poorly documented description and deliver a world-class app.

Folabi Ogunkoya, Founder, Cococure

SoundIt

It's great to know that all of the development is backed up by careful planning.

The app has so far garnered a lot of attention from potential investors. Softermii has very structured project management and utilizes the Atlassian Suite; their team is organized, serious, and professional.

Eriz Zarate, CTO, SoundIt

TempTribe, London

The team is really flexible with picking up urgent bugs.

I found that is a really good working relationship in that sense that the prices are very reasonable and they are accessible even over the weekend.

Duncan Mitchell, Managing Director, Co-Founder, TempTribe, London

Scoby Social

Softermii delivered a technically sophisticated app.

It integrates multi-party video conferences with social media dynamics. These guys proven to be a professional, reliable, and effective partner.

David Levine, Founder, Scoby Social

Dollar Shave Club

I would highly recommend Softermii for any programming needs.

I am consistently impressed by the quality of the work and team effort brought forth by everyone that we've worked with.

Ashley Lewis, VP of Product, Dollar Shave Club

Locum App, London

They were really on top of everything.

They know how important my timelines were and they made sure that they’re dead to them and got everything done quickly.

Reece Samani, CEO & Founder, Locum App, London

ITRex Group

They delivered amazing results and worked through holidays to make sure I could deliver on the project deadline.

The results were consistently top quality and the devs are friendly and responsive.

Shervin Delband, Director of US Operations, ITRex Group

Convo Corp

They had logical, well thought-out plans with different execution strategies that had supported our timelines.

Softermii had created largely acceptable deliverables. The team had been cooperative in fixing and improving areas with logical, well thought-out plans with various execution strategies.

Momina Wahab, Director Agile PMO, Convo Corp

Softermii are great with time management and produce high-quality work.

Because of how satisfied we’ve been with their work on this project, we’re exploring bringing them in on a new project as well.

Muna Al Hashemi, Founder of a Proptech Startup

Luciid

I don't feel they lack in any department regarding getting the job done properly — they are all-encompassing.

They lead a well-planned process to stay within deadlines and budgets and ensure a solid project management experience. The team also praises their ability to incorporate everything they need all around.

Kwesi Peyna, Owner & CEO, Luciid

Their team members were very invested in finding solutions for us.

Softermii brought useful suggestions to the process. The collaboration with developers was close and efficient, and final outcomes for the project are promising.

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