Home-Based nurse and carer staffing agency

Aged care homes, private clinics, medical centres, disability providers and community care services that need cover for gaps in their rosters.

You charge the client an hourly rate for each shift and pay the nurse or carer a lower rate, keeping the margin. The monthly revenue shown is gross billings, so your actual take is only part of it.

• Understanding of nursing or care work (a clinical background helps)
• Recruiting and checking staff
• Rostering and quick problem-solving
• Building trust with facility managers

• Labour hire licensing: some states and territories require a licence, so check your state's rules
• Checking every worker's AHPRA registration, police check, NDIS worker screening or aged care requirements and immunisation records
• Employee or contractor status: check the rules carefully to avoid sham contracting, and look into award wages, super and payroll tax
• Cash flow: you usually pay staff weekly before clients pay your invoices
• Public liability, professional indemnity and workers compensation insurance, and your duty of care for the staff you place
• Check with your local council if you run the business from home

Startup costs are typically around $5,000 to $20,000, depending on your recruitment and screening setup, insurance and software. These are estimates only. Cash flow matters too, as you usually pay staff weekly before clients pay your invoices.

Monthly revenue is typically around $6,000 to $30,000, depending on how many shifts you fill and the clients you win. That is revenue before wages and costs. Hours start from around 20 per week.

Check whether your state or territory requires a labour hire licence. Also check each worker's AHPRA registration, police check, NDIS or aged care screening and immunisation records, employee versus contractor rules, insurance and any council rules for home businesses.