The leading Melbourne Aged Care Nursing Agency

Since 2010, Chris Barnard Nursing Agency has been helping aged care providers across Melbourne and Gippsland care for their residents. As your partners in quality care provision, we work alongside you to fulfill your staffing needs.

Our experience means we understand your workforce requirements and the challenges around delivering consistent and continuous care. Our reliable staffing solutions give you greater flexibility, helping ensure you meet your obligations while controlling your costs. Plus, we’re friendly and fun to work with. We know each of our clients by name, so you’ll always speak to someone who treats you as a person, not a number!

The leading Melbourne Aged Care Nursing Agency

Since 2010, Chris Barnard Nursing Agency has been helping aged care providers across Melbourne and Gippsland care for their residents. As your partners in quality care provision, we work alongside you to fulfill your staffing needs.

Our experience means we understand your workforce requirements and the challenges around delivering consistent and continuous care. Our reliable staffing solutions give you greater flexibility, helping ensure you meet your obligations while controlling your costs. Plus, we’re friendly and fun to work with. We know each of our clients by name, so you’ll always speak to someone who treats you as a person, not a number!

Why Chris Barnard?

Exceptional Service

We know aged care staffing can be fraught with challenges. Our team is dedicated to making the process smooth and stress-free, so you can get on with caring for people’s loved ones.

Reduced Risk

We understand that risk management is vital in aged care. Our experienced members are ready to “hit the ground running”, helping ensure you’re never short of skilled nurses and carers.

Our Human Heart

At Chris Barnard Nursing Agency, people are our focus. We get to know the needs of your business, so we can connect you with skilled, caring staff who’ll reflect your values and professional standards.

Aged Care Expertise

Our aged care focus means we have a proven record of filling aged care roles successfully. Whether you need a permanent facility manager, a contract cleaner or a PCA to fill a shift, our team can help.

The Ideal Size

As a boutique business, we’re large enough to provide the services of a big agency while maintaining the personal touch. We plan to stay that way, so we can keep delivering the exceptional customer service our reputation is built on.

Proven Quality

Our quality commitment has seen us win multiple Australian Achiever Awards for Excellence in Customer Service in Australian Retirement and Care Services. We also hold ISO accreditation for our management systems.

Our Melbourne and Gippsland Aged Care Staffing Solutions

At Chris Bannard Nursing Agency, we can connect you with qualified, hand-picked people for all aged care roles, including:

  • Facility Managers/Directors of Nursing
  • Clinical Care Coordinators/Care Managers
  • Registered Nurses
  • Enrolled Nurses
  • Personal Care Assistants
  • Medical Escort Services
  • Food Service Assistants
  • Laundry Assistant
  • Cleaners

Complete Aged Care workforce solutions!

Our friendly team is on hand to provide job-ready aged care personnel throughout Melbourne and Gippsland. We can help you with:

Unplanned sick leave and annual leave coverage, contract staff for planned annual leave, training, and clinical rotations & permanent recruitment.

Our Aged Care service areas in Melbourne

Here’s what our clients tell us about why they choose us for their aged care workforce needs.

Linda Roster Co-ordinator

The service that Chris Barnard Nursing Agency supplies is always outstanding. They are morally and ethically fantastic.

Angela Director of Nursing

They are a boutique nursing agency which I think is good. They are easy to deal with, honest and friendly, and always very focused on customer service.

Mary-Anne Staffing & Compliance Coordinator

I have found that the team at Chris Barnard Nursing Agency bend over backwards to meet our needs.

Janet Facility Manager

They have always provided us with a very reliable and very trustworthy service. They continually and without fail, provide an open and transparent approach to their service, and this makes them really stand out from others.

Anna Facility Manager

We always get exceptional service from Chris Barnard Nursing Agency. Everything is always delivered on time and without any problem. Their adaptability and flexibility makes them so easy to work with.

Kendal Roster Coordinator

I find them excellent to deal with. They have gone to great lengths for me to find the right people for the work I need done. Their Commitment really makes them stand out from the others.

Rachel Roster Coordinator

Chris Barnard Nursing Agency are the only Agency I know who will always deliver as promised. If I ever need staff at short notice, these are the people I contact. They run a great business with friendly, professional and experienced staff.

Marylin Group Quality Manager / Aged Care Facility Manager

Chris Barnard Nursing Agency is a highly professional and collaborative workforce management organization, with allocations consultants that understand the vulnerable nature of our residents as they always made significant effort to ensure to send well trained staff and to maintain continuity of care.

Nadia Roster Coordinator

Chris Barnard Nursing Agency is an all‐round good business that I have been very happy with. I have dealt with them for over a year now. They are so easy to deal with and have great processes.

Emily Facility Manager

I think their willingness to meet our needs and provide a high standard of customer service is fantastic. Their quick response, with prompt call-backs, is appreciated. They go above and beyond for us and make the process easy and streamlined. We now use Chris Barnard Nursing Agency for ninety eight percent of our staffing needs.

Nicole Director of Nursing

I have always found them pleasant and accommodating. They go out of their way to provide good service, which is very personal as well as professional. Their staff are of high quality, and they are able to send highly trained specialist staff whenever required. Our regular staff have been happy with the staff they have sent us, which has not happened with other agency staff.

We‘re always looking for compassionate and caring nurses, carers and student nurses to join our fun and friendly team. Sound like you?