Job Description
Recruitment Consultant - Locum & Permanent Nursing
Sydney preferred | Hybrid working | Base salary ranging from $85,000 - $95,000 + competitive performance incentives
We're looking for an experienced Recruitment Consultant who knows the locum nursing market and wants to help build something exceptional.
You'll join a supportive, ambitious team that values collaboration, high standards and long-term relationships.
You'll take ownership of established nursing desks with robust growth potential while helping us expand into new markets and develop a high-performing healthcare recruitment team.
This is an opportunity to make a genuine impact, shape the future of the business and progress into a senior or leadership position as we grow.
The opportunity
You'll manage the full recruitment cycle, connecting qualified nurses with hospitals and aged care facilities across metropolitan, regional, rural and remote Australia.
Your portfolio will include:
Shift-by-shift metropolitan placements
Temporary hospital and aged care contracts
Regional, rural and remote placements
Permanent clinical placements
Alongside managing established business, you'll have the autonomy and support to develop new client relationships, enter new markets and potentially build a permanent clinical recruitment desk.
What you'll be doing
Growing and managing established locum nursing desks
Developing new nursing markets, client accounts and revenue opportunities
Recruiting locum nurses for hospitals and aged care facilities
Filling urgent shifts and short- and long-term temporary contracts
Managing metropolitan, regional, rural and remote placements
Building trusted relationships with healthcare organisations and nursing professionals
Sourcing, screening and placing suitably qualified clinical professionals
Maintaining strong candidate engagement, availability and retention




Responding confidently to urgent workforce requirements
Identifying opportunities for permanent clinical placements
Achieving agreed activity, placement and revenue goals
Maintaining accurate recruitment and compliance records
Contributing to a collaborative, accountable and high-performing team culture
What you'll bring
Direct locum nursing recruitment experience is essential for this position.
You'll have:
A successful track record of placing locum nurses in hospitals and aged care facilities
Experience managing shift-by-shift requirements and temporary contracts
Demonstrated success growing an established recruitment desk
Experience developing new markets, desks or client accounts
Knowledge of metropolitan, regional, rural and remote nursing placements
A strong understanding of the Australian healthcare recruitment market
Proven business-development and relationship-management skills
Excellent communication, negotiation and organisational abilities
A proactive, commercially minded and results-focused approach
The confidence to work autonomously while contributing positively to a close-knit team
Experience recruiting clinical professionals for permanent positions would be highly regarded but is not essential.
Why join us?
Competitive performance incentives designed to meaningfully reward your success
Flexible hybrid working, combining office collaboration with working from home
Established nursing desks with significant growth potential
The autonomy to develop new clients, markets and service areas
The opportunity to build a permanent clinical recruitment desk
Clear progression into senior and leadership positions
The chance to help shape and grow a strong, successful recruitment team
A supportive environment where people share knowledge, celebrate success and hold themselves to high standards
Please note that applicants must have direct locum nursing recruitment experience to be considered.

📌 Recruitment Consultant - Locum & Permanent Nursing (New South Wales)
🏢 HealthOne Consults
📍 New South Wales