Nursing

Resources and FAQs

Ontime Healthcare has been working with Nurses and Mental Health Specialists since 1998. Whether you’re just commencing or well established in your career, you may find the following resources including websites, articles, editorials useful.

Nursing Resources

InTouch Magazine – News from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (SA Branch)

In Practice – Stories for Nurses, Midwives and Personal Care Assistants

FAQs

All employees undergo a rigorous recruitment process to ensure all staff have the relevant qualifications and checks before they begin working for us.

Key requirements for Nurses:

  • Evidence of AHPRA registration (with no restrictions)
  • Evidence of working in Australia for at least one year
  • Evidence of working as a registered or enrolled nurse for at least one year

 

Key requirements for PCAs and Support Workers:

  • As a minimum, Personal Care and Support Workers will have a Certificate 3 in:
    • Individual Support (Home and Community)
    • Individual Support (Ageing)
    • Individual Support (Disability)
    • Completion of first year in Bachelor of Nursing
    • Evidence of working in relevant industry for at least 6-12 months

We have the capacity to tailor individual requirements to our clients. Chat with the team to talk about what you need and we will endeavour to assist where possible.

All staff are required to complete annual mandatory training in order to work for Ontime Healthcare and engagement in ongoing professional development is encouraged.

Training for PCAs includes manual handling, basic life support, fire and emergency procedures, hand hygiene and mandatory reporting (elder abuse).

Training for nursing staff includes infection control, occupational violence and advanced life support in addition to those listed above.

Ontime Healthcare do not permit staff to work if trainings are expired and the database in use ensures compliance with this.

Yes, all Ontime Healthcare staff are vaccinated against COVID-19 and influenza in line with government requirements. No staff member can be onboarded without these and are automatically suspended if they expire.

Ontime Healthcare can provide you with compliance documentation if requested.

We are staffed 365 days a year between 5:00am to 11:00pm.

Please call the office on (03) 9948 0898 or send an email to info@ontimehealthcare.com.au and one of our team will be able to help.

No, but we will ask you to sign a service level agreement that protects our workforce and intellectual property. It simply outlines the roles and responsibilities of each of us once a worker is engaged.

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We offer temporary and permanent staffing solutions to home and community, disability, correctional, hospital and residential aged care settings.

Head Office: (03) 9948 0898
15-31 Pelham St, Carlton VIC 3053 Australia

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