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Step-by-step guides for every feature in Sessional. Select a topic below or use the sidebar to navigate.
Getting started
Bookings
Booking management
Track bookings from offered through to paid. Search, filter, batch invoice, and export to CSV.
Read guide →Booking requests
How organisations send you requests and how you accept, decline, or let them expire.
Read guide →Availability calendar
Full day and half day availability, block booking date ranges, auto-booking from confirmed bookings.
Read guide →Cancellation protection
Set notice periods, generate cancellation fee invoices, profession-specific default terms, and waive fees.
Read guide →Locum directory
How organisations find you by postcode, specialty, or name. Pagination, radius search, and visibility.
Read guide →Organisation management
Save the organisations you work with. Contact details, auto-fill for bookings and invoices, notes.
Read guide →Finance
Invoicing
Generate PDF invoices, batch multiple bookings, send to organisations by email, void and regenerate.
Read guide →Expenses and mileage
Log expenses across 17 profession-aware categories, HMRC mileage rates, receipt uploads, CSV export.
Read guide →NHS Pension forms
Auto-generate Form A and Form B for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (GPs only).
Read guide →Tax planning
Model income tax, National Insurance, and pension reserves for self-employed and limited company.
Read guide →Earnings overview
Period and organisation filters, date range, CSV export, tax reserve estimate.
Read guide →PocketSmith integration
Reconcile bank transactions, detect invoice payments, auto-categorise income and expenses.
Read guide →Xero integration
Two-way sync of contacts, invoices, expenses, and payments with your Xero accounting organisation.
Read guide →Advanced reporting
Income trends, expense breakdown, organisation analysis, and tax year summaries with visual charts.
Read guide →Career and planning
IR35 for locums
Off-payroll working rules for self-employed and limited-company locums, the three status tests, and how to appeal an inside-IR35 determination.
Read guide →Agency and PAYE tracking
How to log shifts when you work through an agency or umbrella. The three billing modes, how tax reserve handles each, and when to pick which.
Read guide →Become a locum GP
Step-by-step: GMC + Performers List, indemnity, sole trader vs limited company, rate-setting, and NHS pension forms.
Read guide →Become a locum pharmacist
GPhC registration, work mix across community/hospital/PCN, rate-setting, and self-employed admin.
Read guide →Become an agency nurse
NMC revalidation with 450 practice hours, bank vs agency, the framework rate cap, and compliance.
Read guide →Become a locum paramedic
HCPC registration, C1 driving category, event medicine, urgent care, and offshore work.
Read guide →Become a locum physiotherapist
HCPC plus CSP membership, private clinic vs NHS, rate-setting, and self-employed basics.
Read guide →Free tools
Locum tax calculator
Estimate self-employed take-home for 2026/27. Covers England/Wales/NI and Scottish bands, Class 4 NI, and pension-contribution planning.
Read guide →HMRC mileage calculator
45p per mile for the first 10,000 business miles, 25p above. Cars, motorcycles, and bicycles.
Read guide →Free invoice template
Generate a professional locum invoice PDF in seconds. No account needed.
Read guide →Rate benchmarks
Locum GP rates UK 2026
Indicative session-rate ranges, drivers of variance, and a city-level grid for every major UK market.
Read guide →Locum pharmacist rates UK 2026
Hourly rate ranges by sector: community pharmacy, hospital bank, and PCN pharmacist roles.
Read guide →Agency nurse rates UK 2026
Framework-capped rates, unsocial-hours uplifts for nights, weekends, and bank holidays.
Read guide →Locum paramedic rates UK 2026
NHS bank, event medicine, offshore, and urgent-care rate ranges.
Read guide →Locum physio rates UK 2026
Private clinic and NHS agency ranges by specialty and region.
Read guide →Account management
Billing and subscriptions
Free and Basic plans. Promo codes, annual billing, pausing, and cancellation.
Read guide →Referrals
Refer colleagues, share your code, and track rewards.
Read guide →Document store
Upload DBS, indemnity, registration, and training documents. Expiry tracking and secure storage.
Read guide →Calendar sync
Export confirmed bookings to Google Calendar, Outlook, or Apple Calendar via iCal feed.
Read guide →Notification preferences
Manage email notifications for bookings, invoices, documents, payments, and support.
Read guide →Data export and privacy
Download your data, understand your privacy rights, and how we protect your information.
Read guide →Support tickets
Create and track support tickets, response times, email notifications, and tips for getting help.
Read guide →REST API
Access your data programmatically with API keys, Bearer authentication, rate limits, and interactive docs.
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