Aged care jobs in New South Wales

As vital members of the aged care industry, Aged care workers are involved in the direct care of residents on a physical, personal and emotional level. An entry level role in this industry is an Assistant in nursing/Personal care worker, and you further your career prospects through obtaining additional qualifications and experience.

We have longstanding relationships with over 400 aged care homes across Australia, in metro, regional, rural and remote areas of the country.

Across New South Wales, we have work available in:

• Central Coast
• Coffs Harbour
• Illawarra region
• Grafton
• Hunter region
• Newcastle
• Northern Rivers region
• Regional areas such as: Bathurst, Leeton, Orange and Wagga Wagga
• Sydney and surroundings
• Wollongong
• Yamba

and more!

There are a lot of variances when it comes to pay rates, as aged care casual rates depend on your position, experience level and shift times that you work. New South Wales casual pay rates are as follows:

• AIN: $38 - $75 per hour
• EN: $40 - $81 per hour
• RN: $50 -  $120 per hour

Incentives, allowances and bonuses are applicable for certain areas and contract placements. Reforms in aged care have led to pay rises for aged care workers in recent years, with more developments to come. A full breakdown of aged care worker salaries can be found on our blog.

We have a scheme where we offer nurses who have less than 6 months experience a trial period within a residential aged care home. If you have less than 6 months experience or have an aged care certificate, please get in contact to see what your options are available to you.

To work as an AIN/PCA with us you need to have at least a Cert III/IV in Ageing Support/Individual Support/Health Services Assistance. To work as an EN you will need a Diploma of Nursing and an AHPRA registration, and to work as an RN you need a Bachelor of Nursing degree and an AHPRA registration.

We are recruiting aged care positions 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 4 weeks - 3 months in rural, regional and remote areas of the country and permanent positions are salary based, with you being employed directly by the home.

Yes, we offer continuous online training via our Learning Management System (LMS) at no cost to you. This will always remain free to use. We regularly updated our portal to reflect new legislation and practices.

We are always looking for:

• Assistant in nursing/personal care workers
• Enrolled nurses
• Registered nurses
• Clinical care coordinators
• Care managers
• Facility managers
• Quality and education managers
• Director of nursing

Working on a short term or ad-hoc basis, can mean you:

• Structure your work day/week to your schedule
• Through our contract roles, you can explore areas of the country whilst getting paid for it, with free travel and accommodation included.
• Decide what work/life balance looks like to you
• Receive a higher hourly rate than if you were a permanent employee