Worst Registered Nurse in Aged Care

- Peel Region of Western Australia
- Large Not For Profit Aged Care Provider
- CNs & CCCs encouraged to apply!

An open letter to the nurse who is about to throw in the towel.

You know who you are.

You’re the one who finishes a 12-hour shift with a pit in your stomach.

You get in the car and the first ten minutes of the drive home are silent, spent replaying the moments you had to rush, the conversations you had to cut short, the extra comfort you just didn't have time to give.

You’re the one who charts not just clinical data, but also a list of things left undone.

- The resident whose hand you couldn't hold for another minute.
- The family member whose question you answered correctly but without the warmth you wanted to convey.
- The colleague you saw struggling but couldn't stop to help.

You’re the one who feels a pang of guilt when you see idealistic students, remembering the passion you once had, wondering where it went.

You see the systemic problems, the paperwork, the pressure, and you have started to believe the problem is you. You think you're not fast enough, not resilient enough, not good enough.

You think this makes you the worst nurse in aged care.

We think it makes you the best.

It proves you still care. That pit in your stomach is less a sign of failure and more a mark of a true professional holding themselves to a standard the system has struggled to support. Rather than seeing your frustration as a weakness, we see it as a sign that your qualified conscience is perfectly intact.

Here's our question to you: What if you weren't failing? What if you were just in the wrong place, surrounded by the wrong structures?

Your passion isn't the problem. Your environment is.

So let's change that.

Our focus is singular: we exist to find the exceptional people in aged care and connect them with organizations that are genuinely committed to defining a better future.



We know the difference between a facility with a glossy brochure and one with a genuine, on-the-ground culture of support and respect for its clinical staff.

We know this because we are immersed in this sector. We spend our days talking to the C-suite leaders, the innovators, and the trailblazers who are changing the game. You can hear these conversations on our podcast. We have an unmatched network of industry executives and professionals, and we have been invited to share our expertise on workforce solutions at the highest levels. Our job is to know who is walking the walk.

This is one part job application and equal parts invitation to a completely confidential conversation.

Before you throw in the towel on a profession that desperately needs your high standards and your compassionate heart, talk to us.

Let us help you find your people. Let us help you find a place where you can be the nurse you set out to be.

Let's talk.

Anthony Nguyen
Founding Director | Aged Care Recruitment Experts (ACRE)
Host | Pioneers in Aged Care Podcast
Co-Host | All Things Aged Care Weekly Live Stream
*******@acrex.com.au | 0404 412 ***
https://www.youtube.com/@PioneersInAgedCarePodcast

If you haven’t heard of the Pioneers in Aged Care Podcast, check out the guests I’ve interviewed so far (all of whom have a presence in WA):

EP#4: Catherine Stoddart, CEO of Brightwater Care Group

EP#9: Sarah Saeedi, GM at Bolton Clarke
EP#13: David Cox, CEO of Curtin Heritage Living

EP#37: Charles Moore, CEO of BaptistCare
EP#38: Linda Mellors, former MD & CEO of Regis Aged Care
EP#49: Gretta Wallis. GM Quality at Amana Living
EP#50: Cassandra Tobin, GM Care Partnering at Silverchain
EP#52: Clare Grieveson, former CEO of Southern Cross Care WA
EP#56: Russell Bricknell, CEO of Juniper Aged Care
EP#60: Marie-Louise Macdonald, CEO of Freemasons WA
EP#64: Tim Nayton, CEO at Capecare
EP#76: Rory Fryters, CEO of Elderbloom
EP#80: Irene Mooney, CEO of MYVISTA

EP#97: Gavin Young, Chief Executive at Mercy Health

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