Nursing Recruitment Agencies Adelaide — Vetted Shortlist in 7 Days
AHPRA-checked nurses and midwives, interviewed and referenced, on your shortlist within 7 days, with a 90-day guarantee on permanent hires.
Get a quote Call 0477 567 567If you are comparing every nursing agency Adelaide has to offer, start with what you need verified. TQN Personnel recruits registered nurses, enrolled nurses, midwives and aged care nurses for hospitals, aged care homes, day surgeries and community providers across Adelaide. We check AHPRA registration and any conditions, the screening your setting requires and clinical references before you interview, so your time goes on choosing between good candidates. Learn more about our nursing recruitment service.
Trusted by teams across Australia
- RCSA Member
- Fully Insured & Workers-Comp Covered
- Public & Private Hospitals
- Aged Care
- Community & Home Care
- Mental Health
- Disability Services
From brief to shortlist
Brief us
Tell us the ward or service, the registration type, shift pattern and any specialty experience such as theatre, ICU, midwifery or dementia care.
Search & screen
We search Adelaide's nursing networks, interview for clinical experience and verify AHPRA registration, screening and immunisation records.
Vetted shortlist in 7 days
Within 7 days you receive a short list of referenced nurses, with notes on specialty, availability and preferred shifts.
90-day guarantee
If a permanent nurse you hire through us leaves or underperforms within 90 days, we re-place the role free of charge.
Why TQN Personnel
Nursing recruitment fails when the paperwork is checked last. We do it first: registration status and any conditions on the AHPRA register, aged care or NDIS screening where the setting needs it, and references from a nurse unit manager or clinical lead rather than a colleague. Then we look at fit, because a strong theatre nurse may not want community work, and an experienced aged care RN may be weighing up how the recent Nurses Award increases change their options. Jobs and Skills Australia lists care roles and nurses in the care sector among persistent shortages from 2021 to 2025, so we keep candidates warm and move quickly once you are ready to interview.
Inside the Adelaide talent market
Adelaide has a population around 1,469,163 and a labour force near 648,379.
Health Care and Social Assistance
Education and Training
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
Construction
Retail Trade
Edinburgh Defence Precinct
Lonsdale Industrial Precinct
Tonsley Innovation Precinct
Osborne Naval Shipyard
Technology Park Adelaide
Port Adelaide Enfield
Source: ABS
Nursing Roles We Place in Adelaide
- Registered Nurses (RN)
- Enrolled Nurses (EN)
- Midwives
- Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Nurse Unit Managers (NUM)
- Aged care RNs and care managers
- Mental health nurses
- Theatre and perioperative nurses
Credentials & checks we verify for nursing
- AHPRA registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board, including any conditions or notations
- Aged care screening: a police certificate less than 3 years old or an NDIS Worker Screening Clearance
- SA Working with Children Check for paediatric and maternity settings
- Immunisation records
- Right to work, confirmed through VEVO
- Clinical references from a nurse unit manager or senior clinician
Nursing hiring demand across Adelaide
Adelaide's hospital building program is lifting demand for nurses and midwives. A new specialist women's and children's hospital is planned beside the Royal Adelaide Hospital, and a new mental health precinct and cancer centre are under construction at Modbury Hospital, all of which will need experienced clinical teams.
New Women's and Children's Hospital
Specialist hospital planned near the Royal Adelaide Hospital, with birthing, theatres and paediatric and neonatal intensive care on one floor, creating long-term demand for midwives and specialist nurses.
source ↗Modbury Hospital mental health precinct and cancer centre
New mental health beds and a cancer centre under construction at Modbury Hospital in Adelaide's north-east, adding mental health and oncology nursing roles.
source ↗Recruitment licensing & compliance
Permanent nursing placements are not labour hire: the nurse joins your payroll and we charge a placement fee only when they start. Temp and contract nurses are a different arrangement, billed hourly, and in South Australia any provider of that kind of labour must be licensed. South Australia's labour hire licensing scheme, run by Consumer and Business Services, was widened to cover all industries from 29 January 2026, and newly covered providers had to be licensed by 29 July 2026 (SafeWork SA). TQN Personnel holds a South Australian labour hire licence and provides the number on engagement. For aged care settings, the Aged Care Act 2024 screening rules apply to workers engaged through labour hire as well as direct employees.
FAQs
What is the best nursing agency in Adelaide for my service?
The best fit is an agency that verifies registration, screening and clinical references before you interview, understands your specialty and replaces a permanent hire who does not work out. We check AHPRA registration first and back permanent placements with a 90-day guarantee.
Do nursing agencies in Adelaide check AHPRA registration?
They should, and we do it for every candidate. We confirm current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board on the AHPRA register, note any conditions or notations, and recheck before an offer if time has passed since the first check.
What screening do aged care nurses need in Adelaide?
The national aged care rules that commenced on 1 November 2025 apply in South Australia: each worker, whether employed directly or through labour hire, must hold either an NDIS Worker Screening Clearance or a police certificate issued within the past 3 years that records none of the precluding offences. We confirm which one each nurse has.
What does a registered nurse earn under the award?
From the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026, the Nurses Award minimum for a registered nurse level 1, pay point 1 (outside aged care) is $1,219.50 per week, or $32.09 an hour. Many Adelaide employers pay above the award under enterprise agreements.
Can you fill both permanent and contract nursing roles?
Yes. Permanent placements are charged as a one-off fee when the nurse starts. Contract and temp nurses are charged at an hourly rate that bundles pay, super, insurance and our margin, quoted before any assignment begins.