The second round of applications for the Aged Care Registered Nurses’ Payment are now open.
Eligible registered nurses working in aged care may receive up to $6000 in payments, consisting of a core payment and an additional payment.
Aged care providers must apply on your behalf through the Commonwealth Grant Connect website by 20 December. If they do not make an application on your behalf, the monies for either period will not be forthcoming.
The payment is only for registered nurses, not enrolled nurses. When this bonus was announced in 2021, ANMF opposed the payment being only available to RNs. Since then our national ANMF work value case in the Fair Work Commission has achieved a 15 per cent award rate pay increase and the same dollar equivalent for aged care registered and enrolled nurses and personal care workers effective from 30 June.
Please note, since round 1 the Department of Health and Ageing have made the following changes:
- Registered nurses who are employed through agencies/brokers are now ineligible.
- A tiering system will be used to determine amounts for part time workers (see table 1 and 2)
Core payment
You 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
- 1 May 2023 to 31 October 2023 to receive the 6-month payment.
Applications for either the 12-month or 6-month period payment can be lodged at the same time.
Table 1: Part time payment tiers – core payment
| Hours worked per week | Employed for 12 months between 1 Nov 2022 and 31 Oct 2023 | Employed for 6 months between 1 May 2023 and 31 Oct 2023 |
| Less than 8 hours per week | $350 | $175 |
| 8 hours but less than 15 hours per week | $1,000 | $500 |
| 15 hours but less than 25 hours per week | $2000 | $1000 |
| 25 hours but less than 30 hours per week | $2,700 | $1,350 |
| 30 hours but less than 35 hours per week | $3,300 | $1,650 |
| 35 hours or more per week | $3,700 | $1,850 |
Additional payment
Registered nurses will only receive one additional payment for meeting at least one of these three criteria:
- work in a rural or remote area (classified MMM 3-7)
- hold a relevant formal postgraduate qualification (graduate certificate or higher)
- take on additional leadership or training responsibilities in their workplace.
Table 2: Part time payment tiers – additional payment
| Hours worked per week | Employed for 12 months between 1 Nov 2022 and 31 Oct 2023 | Employed for 6 months between 1 May 2023 and 31 Oct 2023 |
| Less than 8 hours per week | $200 | $100 |
| 8 hours but less than 15 hours per week | $600 | $300 |
| 15 hours but less than 25 hours per week | $1,000 | $500 |
| 25 hours but less than 30 hours per week | $1,600 | $800 |
| 30 hours but less than 35 hours per week | $2,000 | $1,000 |
| 35 hours or more per week | $2,300 | $1,150 |
If you’re eligible, please speak with your employer to ensure they are applying on your behalf before 20 December.
You may wish to use this Word template letter when raising your matter.
If you’re eligible for payment and your employer is not making an application on your behalf or you’d like ANMF assistance, please contact member assistance.
