The sum of money paid depends on the role for which you refer your friend.

The finder’s fee is paid to the existing team member when the new team member completes their 6 months qualifying period.

We are offering:

• $5,000 for General Managers
• $3,000 for Care Managers
• $2,000 for Registered Nurses
• $1,500 for Enrolled Nurses, Chefs and Lifestyle Coordinators
• $1,000 for Carers and all other roles

You will be paid the agreed sum of money, depending on the role they have taken, after your friend has completed the qualifying period of six months

If the job vacancy is available online or listed on a Current Vacancies flyer, you can go HERE to view Opal's current vacancies and select the desired vacancy.

• At the bottom of every job listings is a button to click on 'Refer a Friend'.
• Fill in the necessary details
• The link with the selected job will be sent to the referred candidate

If the job vacancy is not listed and cannot be found online, please CLICK HERE and fill in the application form so we may work out if we have some job opportunities for the referred applicant.

We always aim to find an opportunity for great people and since they are your friend we will do our upmost to meet their interest and preferences.

When the candidate applies for the role they should indicate on the application that they were referred by a friend.

At the end of the application in the section of “how did you hear about this opportunity?” choose “Team Member referral” option and fill in the necessary details.

Each successfully referred candidate will be tracked and must pass the qualifying period of six months. 

When you or your friend click the the 'refer a friend'  option in the application form you have to note who you are referring or who the person is that is referring you.

If a team member refers it will ask them for their details including name, email, current care community and employee number.

The referred candidate's application will be flagged in our system with the following message: "This applicant has been referred by another employee".  This will enable us to credit the team member with the referral.

There are no limits to the number of people you can refer

Print our an Opal Recruitment Referral Program Flyer for your team room - download here

You can download and print the A3 Refer a Friend Poster to put up in your team room

Yes, everyone is required to have a current police check to work in aged care. If you do not hold a valid check Opal HealthCare can organise this for you as part of the recruitment process.

We also conduct two (2) reference checks and a medical check which may include pre-employment drug testing.

Opal HealthCare offers formal career pathways across all areas of care, hospitality and lifestyle.  You can search for a huge range of jobs in aged care and progress your aged care career at Opal HealthCare through a number of pathways supported by our professional development and training programs.

Yes Opal HealthCare has a number of training programs in place to support your career pathway in aged care.

Such programs and support include:

• Induction and on the job training
• Online learning
• Scholarships Program  - where internal team members are financially supported by us towards further studies
• Traineeships
• Graduate Registered Nurse Program
• Internal leadership programs for new, emerging and existing leaders
• Australian College of Nursing membership discounts

Yes Opal HealthCare offer sponsorship for Registered Nurses only. We offer 482 sponsorships with a pathway to 186 permanent residency.