Find the answer to commonly asked questions<\/a> below<\/p>\n Sanctuary Recruitment is an expert aged care recruitment consultancy, and we partner with private and not-for-profit residential aged care homes all across Australia. We provide experienced and compliant aged care professionals to clients on assignments of a permanent, temporary, and contract nature.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t We are experts within the aged care recruitment industry, and we pride ourselves on being Australia’s leading aged care recruitment consultancy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t The role of an aged care worker is to care for the elderly population and to provide physical, personal and emotional support. Day-to-day duties depend on your role. On the floor clinical roles include:\u00a0<\/p>\n Assistant in nursing\/personal care worker\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Enrolled Nurse<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n They are registered healthcare practitioners and provide a higher level of patient care. They are responsible for:\u00a0<\/p>\n Registered nurse<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n They hold a higher level of training than Enrolled Nurses and can work in an in-charge role, leading the other staff that are on the floor. Alongside the duties of an enrolled nurse, they will:\u00a0<\/p>\n Clinical care coordinator<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n A registered nurse may advance into a clinical care coordinator position once more experienced. They work closely with other registered nurses and leadership team to:\u00a0<\/p>\n This can be the stepping stone for a registered nurse to go into management.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Managers in aged care play a pivotal role in ensuring the safety of the residents and the delivery of high quality services. They can be from a clinical and non-clinical background.\u00a0<\/p>\n Care and facility manager usually work in conjunction with each other. Care managers will be of a clinical background, whereas a facility manager may not be. Both are responsible for the upkeep of the home, the well-being of their residents and staff, and running the business. The care manager will be allocated duties such as:\u00a0<\/p>\n Often, they need to demonstrate experience working as a registered nurse in aged care, usually within a senior RN role.\u00a0<\/p>\n A facility manager can be of a clinical and non-clinical background (depending on individual home requirements) and would take the responsibility of:\u00a0<\/p>\n Education and quality manager<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n Duties for an education and quality manager role usually encompasses:\u00a0<\/p>\n We are actively hiring for the following aged care roles:\u00a0<\/p>\n We have longstanding relationships with over 400 aged care homes across Australia. Our aged care<\/u><\/a>role locations<\/u><\/a> are based in metro, regional, rural, and remote areas of the country.<\/p>\n For home care, we are currently operating in Sydney and across New South Wales. For more information on home care, get in contact with our team today<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t We are recruiting for aged care jobs on a clinical and non-clinical basis, for temporary\/casual, contract, and permanent assignments. Casual work, or shift filling, is done on an ad-hoc or block booking basis. Contract roles range from four weeks – three months in rural, regional, and remote areas of the country and permanent positions are salary based, with you being employed directly by the home.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t We are able to aged care sponsorship visas for eligible registered nurses residing in the country or from overseas. You need a minimum of two years’ experience, and to be eligible for an AHPRA registration. Find out more on our aged care sponsorship page.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n *Please note, we are currently not accepting new sponsorship applications. This pause is temporary, and we will update this page as soon as we reopen submissions. If you are looking for an aged care role that doesn’t require sponsorship, please\u00a0get in touch<\/u><\/a>\u00a0with our team. Thank you for your interest and understanding.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t We have a compliance process which you will need to undertake before being offered work. To be eligible for roles, you will need an aged care qualification relevant to the position you are applying for, and for the majority of roles, a minimum of 6 months Australian experience. For management positions, the requirements vary, so please get in touch<\/u><\/a> with our perm team to discuss your next opportunity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t For comprehensive information on how we use or store your details, please refer to our privacy policy<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Once you are fully compliant and we have your availability, we will be able to place you in a role the same day!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t You can claim a shift through our online rostering app, which is user-friendly and accessible to you 24\/7, 365.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Our travel and accommodation team will arrange everything for you, so there’s no need for you to do anything on your end. We will take your requirements into consideration when booking. Travel and accommodation are at no cost to you for the majority of work-away contracts.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t You can work as much or as little as you would like. We offer shift flexibility and variety so you can choose what works for your lifestyle and schedule.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Through working in aged care<\/a> on a short term or ad-hoc basis, you can:<\/p>\n Our after-hours team is available 4:30am – 11:30pm, 7 days a week on 02 8459 8101, so you can always contact someone if you need to.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t We provide a set of Sanctuary-branded scrubs for you prior to commencing work. We will post these out to you along with your own ID badge.<\/p>\n Our temporary and contract nurses will be paid on a weekly pay cycle.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Yes, we offer continuous online training via our Learning Management System (LMS) at no cost to you for all of our Sanctuary community. This is regularly updated to reflect new legislation and practices.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t The short answer is yes. While we require six months of experience in aged care to consider you for any of our advertised aged care jobs, we offer nurses who have less than six months’ experience a trial period within a residential aged care home. \u00a0<\/p>\n If you have less than six months’ experience and are interested in applying for an aged care job with Sanctuary Recruitment, please get in contact to see what options are available to you.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t To be placed in an aged care job with Sanctuary Recruitment, you will need the following qualifications:\u00a0<\/p>\n We offer free online education and continuous training to ensure our nurses are compliant at all times and up to date with relevant legislation. We have an in-house HR team and a clinical governance lead that ensures all of our aged care professionals meet your needs and values.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t We conduct a thorough experience, education, and skills assessment before guiding each candidate through the compliance process to ensure each box is ticked. Only once this is completed are they then ready to work. This is regularly reviewed and any communication regarding changes to the process is efficiently communicated. We are also able to fulfill any individual home requirements.<\/p>\n City of Albury NSWRegistered Nurse Sydney NSWRegional Manager Personal Care Worker\/Assistant in Nursing Chefs and Cooks Coffs Harbour NSWPersonal Care Worker\/Assistant in Nursing City of Albury NSWRegistered Nurse City of Albury NSWPersonal Care Worker\/Assistant in Nursing Perth WARegistered Nurse Personal Care Worker\/Assistant in Nursing Regional NSWPersonal Care Worker\/Assistant in Nursing City of Albury NSWRegistered Nurse Registered Nurse Personal Care Worker\/Assistant in Nursing Director of Nursing City of Albury NSWRegistered Nurse Personal Care Worker\/Assistant in Nursing Sydney NSWRegistered Nurse Please call 02 8459 8101<\/a> to speak to one of our consultants<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubmit your CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\tGeneral FAQs\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Aged Care Registered Nurses needed for casual work in the Albury region, NSW. Overtime paid. Annual salary review.<\/p>Learn more \n <\/a>\n 360 Senior Recruitment Consultant -Aged Care<\/a>
Looking for your next role in recruitment? Sanctuary Recruitment, Australia’s leading aged care agency, is hiring!!<\/p>Learn more \n <\/a>\n Assistant in Nursing (Stanwell park)<\/a>
Sanctuary Recruitment are hiring AINs for aged care shifts in Stanwell Park, NSW<\/p>Learn more \n <\/a>\n Kitchen Hand\/Cook\/Chef Aged Care Contracts NSW<\/a>
Fancy a change of scenery? We have Kitchen Hand, Cook and Chef roles available across regional NSW. Must have Aged care experience.<\/p>Learn more \n <\/a>\n Assistant in Nursing (Coffs Harbour)<\/a>
Sanctuary Recruitment\u00a0are hiring AINs and RNs in Coffs Harbour<\/p>Learn more \n <\/a>\n Aged Care Registered Nurse<\/a>
Aged Care Registered Nurses needed for casual work in Albury and surrounding areas. Overtime paid. Annual salary review.<\/p>Learn more \n <\/a>\n Assistant in Nursing | AIN | Aged Care<\/a>
AINs needed for casual work in residential aged care in Albury and surrounding areas<\/p>Learn more \n <\/a>\n Registered Nurses | Residential Aged Care | WA<\/a>
We’re Hiring: Experienced Registered Nurses in Residential Aged Care<\/p>Learn more \n <\/a>\n Aged Care AIN Assistant in Nursing<\/a>
AINs needed for casual work in residential aged care in Yamba.<\/p>Learn more \n <\/a>\n AIN – Aged Care Contracts<\/a>
AINs needed for Contract Work in Regional NSW working in residential aged care.<\/p>Learn more \n <\/a>\n Aged Care Registered Nurse – Albury<\/a>
Aged Care Registered Nurses needed for casual work in Albury and surrounding areas. Overtime paid. Annual salary review.<\/p>Learn more \n <\/a>\n Registered Nurses – Regional Aged Care Contracts (WA Only)<\/a>
Sanctuary Recruitment is partnered with Regional & Remote aged care homes across WA scheduling Registered Nurses on fixed-term contracts.<\/p>Learn more \n <\/a>\n Aged Care AIN Assistant in Nursing<\/a>
AINs needed for casual work in residential aged care in Grafton.<\/p>Learn more \n <\/a>\n Director of Nursing<\/a>
Are you an experienced aged care leader ready to take the reins of a well-established residential facility in regional Queensland?<\/p>Learn more \n <\/a>\n Aged Care Agency Registered Nurse<\/a>
Aged Care Registered Nurses needed for casual work in the Lavington \/ Howlong area, NSW. Overtime paid. Annual salary review.<\/p>Learn more \n <\/a>\n Casual AIN Opportunities – Residential Aged Care | Maclean, NSW<\/a>
Join a supportive agency team and make a difference in your community!<\/p>Learn more \n <\/a>\n Registered Nurse – Aged Care<\/a>
Sanctuary Recruitment are hiring Registered Nurses for Aged Care shifts around Sydney<\/p>Learn more \n <\/a>\n \n \n\n\n\t\tLet us help you find your next aged care role\n\t<\/h3>\n\t
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