Your Rural & Remote

healthcare workforce

solution

Uncover the right healthcare professionals for short-term, medium-term and long-term contracts throughout Australia. Our team of experienced healthcare recruiters partner with you to understand your facilities needs to find the right people quickly.

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They know our hospital, so it makes it easier when you request a particular staff member. I like that the staff they have are skilled and efficient.

Andrew, Wolper Hospital

Rural and remote recruitment. Covered.

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Short-term placements

Utilise our large pool of highly qualified nurses and midwives to fill contracts in rural and remote locations.

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Medium-term placements

Find an experienced nurse of midwife that suits your medium-term role and can support the wider community.

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Long-term placements

With a specialised permanent recruitment team, we find highly qualified healthcare professionals from domestic and international pools.

Short-term placements

Utilise our large pool of highly qualified nurses and midwives to fill contracts in rural and remote locations.

Medium-term placements

Find an experienced nurse of midwife that suits your medium-term role and can support the wider community.

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Acute Care

Utilise our large pool of clinically diverse nurses, midwives and AINs to quickly fill shifts across Medical, Surgical and Acute areas. Paediatrics through to geriatric care, we have you covered.

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Aged Care

Find aged care experienced professionals with an agency team that prioritises person-centred care and meets the highest quality standards to protect our elderly residents in care facilities.

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Mental Health

With a recruitment team specialising in mental health nursing we find highly qualified Acute, aged persons, corrections, and youth mental health service professionals.

Midwifery

Find midwives who work collaboratively with your healthcare team, women and families to ensure safe and compassionate clinical care is delivered.

Critical Care

Be assured our Registered Nurses are experienced in delivering exceptional clinical care to critically ill patients while working collaboratively across ICU and Emergency and high care departments.

Acute Care

Utilise our large pool of clinically diverse nurses, midwives and AINs to quickly fill shifts across Medical, Surgical and Acute areas. Paediatrics through to geriatric care, we have you covered.

Aged Care

Find aged care experienced professionals with an agency team that prioritises person-centred care and meets the highest quality standards to protect our elderly residents in care facilities.

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Simple, reliable healthcare recruitment

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Australia-wide

Find healthcare professionals wherever you need them. We operate across Australia.

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Local experts

Dedicated rural & remote recruitment teams across Australia.

Responsive support

Support is available when you need it. Our team is always ready to help.

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Fill any role

Access our national database of 20k+ healthcare professionals to fill all rural & remote contracts.

Save money

Simplify your recruitment by utilising our complete workforce solution to save money.

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Find quality candidates

Utilise our nation-wide presence and recruitment experience to find specialised healthcare professionals who meet your requirements. We have a large pool of compliant and active nurses available to fill contracts.

Each candidate has been sourced through strategic marketing, referral programs, and word-of-mouth. They are then taken through our extensive screening process to ensure they meet our high training and competency standards.

Work with a dedicated account manager

You’ll have one point of contact who has an in-depth understanding of your healthcare facility. They’ll use their knowledge, and the backing of our allocators and recruiters, to provide support when you need it, ensuring you’re matched with the right staff for your facility - every time.

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Work with a dedicated account manager

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One stop for your recruitment needs

First Choice Care is part of a wider network of recruitment agencies called PeopleIN. With our network you can fulfil all your recruitment needs. If you’re looking to fill a role in admin, childcare, disability support, First Nations recruitment, and so much more just let our team know.

We’re your complete workforce solution, partnering with you to simplify and solve all your recruitment needs.

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Finding the right healthcare professionals at a global scale

Simplify your search for healthcare professionals with a dedicated international recruitment team, You + Aus, that is immersed in the global job market. We’re experienced at utilising our international programs to recruit nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals from the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, and more. 

This ensures our pool of healthcare professionals has the best people, ensuring that you always have the right person to fill your shifts.

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Supporting rural healthcare businesses Australia-wide

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First Choice Care is rated 4.9 out of 5.0 based on 464 reviews.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where do the candidates come from?
We source candidates from across Australia as well as Internationally. Our agency nurses are a vetted pool of qualified nurses and midwives who are ready to pick up Rural & Remote contracts. They are then vetted for each contract to ensure they match the requirements.

For permanent contracts, we seek healthcare workers locally and internationally. They are taken through our screening process and then vetted based on your requirements.
What minimum requirements do your candidates need to meet?
All of our nurses and midwives have a minimum of 2 years post-graduate experience, as well as venepuncture and cannulation experience/competency.

As well as this we have minimum qualifications for Rural and Remote Nurses in specific specialties:
Emergency: ALS certificate, ETEK Triage
Aged Care: NDIS Clearance (QLD)
ICU: ALS certificate
Maternity: Recent birth suite experience
Remote Area Nurse: ALS, ETEK Triage, REC, MEC / PALS / Imminent Birth
What scale of healthcare business do you recruit for?
Whether you’re a small or large healthcare facility we can help you. Our healthcare workers and agency nurses are ready to fill every staffing requirement you have.

We also have permanent recruitment available for businesses of all scales. Get in touch with us and find out how we can help you!
How long will it take to find candidates?
This depends on the role. If we are filling a Rural & Remote contract, we have a pool of qualified agency nurses ready to go immediately. Permanent contracts can vary depending on the location, the role, and the incentives on offer.
Can you provide international recruitment?
We have an experienced team of recruiters specialising in finding overseas candidates.

They regularly fill our pool of casual agency nurses with candidates from across the world. They also provide recruitment for permanent roles, looking for candidates locally and internationally who meet your requirements.

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If you’re looking for a steady pool of Rural & Remote healthcare staff to fill your short, medium and long-term contracts, then get in touch! We’ll help you find the right people.

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