Sanctuary Recruitment is Australia’s leading aged care consultancy
Sanctuary partners with private and not-for-profit aged care providers across Australia to deliver people solutions that support the long-term needs of the service provider, and that match the values and skillset of the candidate.
Whether we are recruiting for a permanent, temporary or contract position, our consultants undertake the sourcing, attraction and recruitment of candidates in adherence with rigorous ethical standards, and uphold and promote the values outlined in The Aged Care Charter of Rights.
We recruit for permanent, temporary and contract positions at every level of the aged care industry, and manage the recruitment process for each role from start to finish. Our approach to recruitment is thorough, consultative, and proactive. We are committed to ensuring that only the most suitable, qualified candidates are presented.
Explore our areas of expertise
Permanent
Our qualified consultants recruiting permanent positions have an innate understanding of the Australian aged care landscape and hold meaningful, long-standing relationships with our clients and candidates.
Recruiting clinical care coordinators up to directors of nursing, we support those candidates at any stage of their managerial aged care journey.
From consultation to after-care, they are engaged and well-informed about industry updates and standards, ensuring accurate identification of talent to role alignment.
Temporary
Our team of metro temp consultants specialise in identifying experienced assistants in nursing, support workers, enrolled nurses and registered nurses for casual roles in urban areas of Australia.
Sanctuary’s thorough credentialing process certifies candidates meet experience and character requirements, resulting in the delivery of high-quality aged care services..
Our nurses are immediately available, alleviating staffing shortages and fulfilling care minutes.
Contract
Recruiting qualified, experienced, and compliant staff who are ready to commence work is the main focus of our regional and remote team.
We work with multiple aged care providers to identify localized aged care professionals in regional, rural and remote locations as well as those for travel nursing assignments across Australia.
Regional and remote candidates have a minimum of twelve months of Australian aged care experience and are thoroughly assessed prior to commencing work.
Our scope
We recruit for roles at every level of the aged care industry and deliver a holistic recruitment service expansive of the entire aged care workforce. At each level, we offer a headhunting and executive search capability to source exceptional passive candidates.
Our approach
We support clients through the entire recruitment process, from position brief through to placement and after-care experience. We connect each client to a dedicated recruitment consultant, who will offer personal, ethical service to deliver successful and sustained placements.
Our standards
Aged care professionals employed by Sanctuary for temporary and contract assignments have access to an easily navigated rostering system and 24/7 Sydney-based consultancy availability.
Continued learning & development is a value we practise to ensure our temporary and contract employees are demonstrating high performance. For the aged care professionals employed by Sanctuary, we support with an education platform for ongoing learning at no cost to the employee.
Our commitment to compliance
As an aged care recruitment agency, we have a responsibility to protect the providers we partner with and the professionals we place. Our onboarding and compliance processes are designed to meet current regulatory requirements and industry best practice across the aged care sector.
Zipline partnership
We have partnered with Zipline, a trusted compliance solutions provider that manages frontline worker compliance. Through Zipline, we are able to:
- Automate verification of documents
- Reduce administrative time checking and chasing documents
- Receive immediate notifications on AHPRA conditions
- Implement realtime alerts when documents are approaching expiry
- Provide our workers with modules to refresh their knowledge and keep up to date with industry changes
The Sanctuary experience
Build your team with the support of Sanctuary
If you have a permanent, temporary, or short-term contract position, we welcome assisting in attracting and retaining exceptional aged care professionals for the role.
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Sanctuary 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.
We are actively hiring for the following aged care roles:
- Assistant in nursing or personal care workers
- Enrolled nurses
- Registered nurses
- Clinical care coordinators
- Care managers
- Facility managers
- Quality and education managers
- Director of nursing
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 clinical governance standards that ensure all of our aged care professionals meet your needs and values.
We have long-standing relationships with residential aged care providers covering every state in australia, in metro, regional, rural & remote locations.
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 represent Sanctuary. 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.
We are experts within the aged care recruitment industry and pride ourselves on being Australia's leading aged care recruitment consultancy.