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Healthcare
Brisbane
Hire Aged Care Enrolled Nurses in Brisbane
Aged care facilities depend on enrolled nurses who can deliver hands-on clinical care reliably, shift after shift. This page covers what aged care enrolled nurses do across Brisbane's residential and community aged care sector, what the role pays, and how we keep qualified ENs matched to the facilities that need them.
Brisbane & Surrounds
Temporary, Contract & Permanent
Clinical & Patient-Facing Role
High Demand
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If you’re an AHPRA-registered enrolled nurse with aged care or transferable clinical experience, register with us and we’ll match you with Brisbane aged care roles that suit your skills and availability.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
Aged care enrolled nurses provide direct clinical care to residents in residential aged care facilities and community aged care settings, working under the supervision of a registered nurse.
The role includes medication administration (for ENs with medication endorsement), wound care, personal care support, clinical observations and assisting with care planning. It’s a genuinely hands-on clinical role, ENs spend the bulk of their shift directly with residents rather than in a supervisory capacity.
In Brisbane, demand for aged care ENs spans residential aged care facilities, home care providers and community aged care programs. The sector has faced sustained workforce pressure for several years, and award wage increases for aged care nurses, including enrolled nurses, are being phased in through 2025 and 2026, reshaping pay expectations across the industry. Facilities that move quickly on qualified candidates are the ones that fill shifts.
Our healthcare recruitment guide for aged care and NDIS in Brisbane covers the current hiring landscape in more detail, including how award changes are affecting recruitment timelines and what facilities can do to stay ahead of shortages.
What We Screen For
Current AHPRA Registration
All candidates must hold current, unrestricted registration as an Enrolled Nurse with AHPRA, with no conditions that would affect their ability to practise in an aged care setting.
Demonstrated Aged Care or Clinical Experience
Candidates should have hands-on experience in aged care, or transferable clinical experience from acute, community or rehabilitation settings.
Medication Administration Endorsement
ENs with a medication endorsement are highly regarded, since this significantly broadens the scope of care they can provide on shift.
Wound Care and Personal Care Competency
Confident, hands-on competency in wound care and personal care support is core to the role, given the proportion of direct resident contact involved.
Clinical Observation and Reporting
The ability to monitor resident wellbeing, recognise changes and report accurately to the supervising RN is a core part of the role.
Compliance and Documentation Standards
A sound understanding of Aged Care Quality Standards, incident reporting and accurate clinical documentation is expected from day one.
Licenses and Tickets
- AHPRA Registration. Required
- National Police Check. Required
- NDIS Worker Screening Check. Required for NDIS-funded settings
- First Aid and CPR. Required
- Medication Endorsement. Highly regarded
- Manual Handling Certification. Often required by facility policy
Where We Place Aged Care Enrolled Nurses
Aged care ENs are a consistently requested clinical role across Brisbane. Facilities are often managing shift gaps against a backdrop of genuine workforce shortage, and the difference between a facility fully staffed and one running short shows up immediately in resident care.
Agency Nursing
We supply qualified aged care ENs to cover rostered shifts, leave gaps and fluctuating occupancy levels without the overhead of direct employment.
Temporary Staffing
When you need a qualified EN on shift fast to cover an unplanned absence or short-notice gap, we move quickly to source and screen suitable candidates.
Permanent Recruitment
For facilities building a stable clinical team, we source and place permanent aged care ENs who bring the clinical capability and reliability the role demands.
$65,000 – $80,000
per yearPay Rates for Aged Care Enrolled Nurses in Brisbane
Aged care enrolled nurse salaries in Brisbane typically range from $65,000 to $80,000 per year, depending on experience, facility and shift pattern. Award wage increases from the Aged Care Work Value Case are being phased in across 2025 and 2026 for enrolled nurses as well as registered nurses, progressively lifting base rates across the sector and should be factored into current hiring budgets.
Hourly and shift-based rates for agency and temporary placements are quoted separately and reflect shift type, after-hours and weekend penalties, and facility-specific requirements. ENs with medication endorsement or additional wound care credentials typically attract rates at the upper end of the range.
Our nursing jobs in Brisbane guide covers broader nursing salary trends across the sector if you’re benchmarking aged care EN rates against other clinical settings.
Core Industry
Healthcare and Medical Brisbane
Aged care enrolled nurses work across residential aged care, home care and community aged care settings, providing the hands-on clinical care that allows facilities to deliver safe, compliant resident care around the clock.
