Aged Care Registered Nurses' Payment to reward clinical skills and leadership – Round 2

This grant program provides aged care employers funding to provide additional payments of up to $6,000 (GST not applicable) to eligible Registered Nurses working in aged care. 

This round will accept applications for Registered Nurses who were employed by the same eligible employer (see section 3 of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines for eligibility details) during the entire eligibility period of 1 November 2022 to 31 October 2023. Applications for this grant opportunity must be submitted by the employer. Employers should discuss this grant opportunity with their employees prior to the submission of the application.

To be eligible to receive a payment under this grant opportunity, Registered Nurses must hold general registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia – Nursing (nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au)) as a Registered Nurse (Division 1).

Registered Nurses must have been employed by the same eligible employer for the full period of 1 November 2022 to 31 October 2023 to receive the 12-month payment, or have been employed by the same eligible employer for the full eligibility period of 1 May 2023 to 31 October 2023 to receive a 6-month payment.

Applications for Registered Nurses eligible for either 12-month or 6-month periods can be lodged at the same time.

Successful applicants must make full payment of grant funds to eligible Registered Nurses within 8 weeks after receiving the grant funds.