Staff nurses across facilities from one platform
Fill the 3am aged-care vacancy before the facility calls a rival agency.
Broadcast the open RN shift by SMS, check the AHPRA registration hasn't lapsed, clock the nurse in with GPS, and invoice the facility at its contracted rate, all before the next roster goes out. All-in from $58/mo on Starter with the Rostering & Payroll app, replacing ShiftCare + Xero + Deputy. The plans themselves run $0 to $69/mo.
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Reference material for clinicians and practice owners
Nurses Award MA000034 Rates Explained
Which of MA000034, MA000100, MA000018 and MA000027 covers each worker on an agency roster, and the four decisions that set an hourly rate.
Founder GuideStart a Health Practice
8-step founder guide, AHPRA, structure, ABN/GST, PII, premises, billing rails, software stack, first patients.
Operator GuideAHPRA Registration Guide
15 regulated professions, registration types, CPD, PII, recency of practice, renewal calendar.
ReferenceMedicare & Private Health
Seven claim rails (Medicare, HICAPS, Easyclaim, DVA, WorkCover, CTP) plus MBS items and Section 19(2).
ReferenceNDIS Price Guide Explained
Support categories, therapeutic item codes, travel claiming, cancellation rules, plan management.
CompliancePII & Run-Off Cover Guide
AHPRA minimums by profession ($2M–$20M+), MDO vs commercial cover, claims-made traps, retiree run-off.
InteractiveGap Fee & Medicare Rebate Calculator
Interactive, set your fee, see Medicare rebate, gap to patient, per-service vs bulk-billed economics.
Key takeaways
5- Built for AHPRA-registered nursing agencies, track Nursing & Midwifery Board registration expiry, AHPRA number, and indemnity insurance renewal per nurse with automatic 60-day expiry alerts.
- Multi-facility shift scheduling across hospitals, aged care, community nursing and clinics, one calendar handles practice nurses, agency nurses and aged-care placements, with nurse-to-patient ratio flags before publishing the roster.
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- SCHADS Award (Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010) pay calculations including SCHADS travel-time rules between client visits, no more manual award-rate spreadsheets.
- Free plan covers 10 invoices/month and 250 contacts; Starter is $29/month ($290 a year billed annually) and Growth is $69/month ($690 a year), billed in AUD with no per-nurse seat fees.
- Per-facility invoicing with GST handled correctly (most nursing services are GST-free under Subdivision 38-B of the GST Act) and timesheets that export straight to payroll for SCHADS-compliant pay runs.
Everything You Need
Purpose-Built for Nursing Staffing Agencies
From shift management to AHPRA compliance, OneBookPlus replaces the spreadsheets, WhatsApp groups, and disconnected tools slowing your agency down.
Multi-Facility Shift Management
Schedule nurses across hospitals, aged care homes, and clinics from one dashboard. See availability, assign shifts, and manage last-minute replacements without juggling spreadsheets.
AHPRA & Compliance Tracking
Track AHPRA registration, police checks, WWCC, immunisation records, and mandatory training for every nurse. Get alerts before anything expires so your agency stays audit-ready.
Timesheet Management
Nurses clock in and out per shift with GPS verification. Timesheets are generated automatically, grouped by facility, and ready for approval, no manual data entry.
Per-Facility Invoicing
Generate GST-compliant invoices per facility from approved timesheets. Bill different rates for different facilities, shift types, and award levels, all calculated automatically.
SCHADS & Nurses Award Rates
Built-in support for SCHADS Award and Nurses Award pay rates, including penalty rates, overtime, and shift allowances. Pay runs calculate correctly the first time in the Rostering & Payroll add-on ($29/month, charged on top of your plan).
Nurse Pool & Availability
Maintain a pool of available nurses with their qualifications, preferred facilities, and availability windows. Fill open shifts fast by matching requirements to your pool.
Facility Contracts & Rate Cards
Store contract terms, agreed rates, and billing rules per facility. When timesheets are approved, invoices use the correct rate card automatically, no manual lookups.
SMS Shift Notifications
Broadcast open shifts to qualified nurses via SMS. Nurses confirm availability with a reply. First to confirm gets the shift, no phone tag, no WhatsApp groups.
Free plan available · No credit card · Onboard your first nurse pool in minutes
Free booking page included
Your nursing business gets a booking page. Free.
Stop paying a website subscription you do not need, and skip the up-front designer quote. Every OneBookPlus nursing agencie gets a branded booking page on the free plan. Want it on your own domain like a proper business website? The Website Builder app is $29/mo and we host it for you.
your-business.onebookplus.com.auoronebookplus.com.au/book/your-businessyourbusiness.com.au: your own branded domain, hosted by us24/7 emergency callout booking
A facility logs an urgent overnight RN vacancy at 9pm through your branded page. The request lands in your dashboard tagged urgent, ready to broadcast to your nurse pool before the morning roster.
Branded with your colours, logo & licence
Brand color picker in settings. Logo upload. Trade licence number shown on every page so customers know you're legit.
Show service prices upfront
RN agency rate from $68/hr (Nurses Award + agency loading). Sleepover allowance $59.55/shift. Customers see prices before booking, kills the price-shopping phone calls.
Mobile-first: looks great on phones
Your booking page is built mobile-first, so a customer searching on a phone can book without pinching to zoom.
Bring your own domain: we host the site
Already own yourbusiness.com.au? Add the Website Builder app ($29/mo) and point your domain at the site we host for you, through a guided DNS and SSL wizard. We don't sell domains, keep yours wherever you registered it.
Local SEO baked in
Schema.org markup for nursing services + suburbs you cover. Google finds you for 'nursing agency in [suburb]' searches.
Nursing agencies website cost, typical
What nursing agencies pay for a website
- From $24/mo
Website builder
Squarespace's cheapest plan billed monthly, verified 2 August 2026. Wix publishes no fixed Australian rate.
- $15 to $40/mo
Web hosting + SSL
Bundled in builders; separate if custom site
- $1,500 to $3,000
Designer (one-off)
Only if you want a custom-built site
- From US$10/mo
Bookings on Calendly
Per seat, billed in US dollars, verified 2 August 2026. Separate from your website.
Typical recurring total
~$39 to $64/mo
+ US$10/mo per seat if you add Calendly for bookings, billed in US dollars, and $1,500 to $3,000 up-front if you hire a designer
With OneBookPlus
Included on every plan
- Branded booking page, free plan
- Hosting + SSL, free plan
- 24/7 customer self-booking, free plan
- Connect your own domain with the Website Builder app, +$29/mo (BYO)
Your total
$0 to $29/mo
See it in action
The screens between one patient and the next.
These are real product screens: the visit schedule by carer, the recipient profile with a care plan, and the client list with funding at a glance. Tap any screen to zoom in.
Visit schedule by carer
Who's seeing whom, when, for how long, where. Tap a visit to see client notes, care plan and medication schedule.

Recipient profile with care plan
Client's goals, risks, medications, next-of-kin, funding info: all in one place, compliant-ready.

Client list with funding at a glance
Every care recipient with their funding type and key details: filterable, with each record opening to visit history and notes.

Simple Workflow
How OneBookPlus Works for Nursing Agencies
From registering your first nurse to invoicing facilities, four steps to a better-run agency.
Register nurses & facilities
Add your nursing pool with AHPRA numbers, qualifications, and availability. Set up client facilities with contract terms, rate cards, and shift requirements.
Schedule & fill shifts
Create shifts at each facility. The system matches qualified, available nurses. Broadcast unfilled shifts via SMS. Nurses confirm with one tap.
Track time & compliance
Nurses clock in/out with GPS verification. Timesheets are generated per facility. Compliance documents are tracked automatically: expired credentials trigger alerts.
Invoice & get paid
Approved timesheets become GST-compliant invoices, calculated at each facility's contracted rates. Send invoices, track payments, and export for your accountant.
Broadcast your first SMS shift the day you sign up
Who it's for
Built for every nursing agency
Whether you place 5 nurses or 500, OneBookPlus scales with your operation.
Hospital Staffing Agency
Supplying RNs and ENs to public and private hospitals on short-term and ongoing contracts. Needs multi-facility scheduling, credential tracking, and fast shift filling.
Aged Care Nursing Agency
Placing nurses in residential aged care facilities to cover shifts, vacancies, and surge demand. Needs AHPRA tracking, facility rate cards, and per-facility invoicing.
Small Boutique Agency
A handful of specialist nurses placed at select facilities. Needs simple scheduling, compliance tracking, and professional invoicing without enterprise complexity.
Multi-Region Agency
Operating across states with hundreds of nurses and dozens of facilities. Needs centralised visibility, bulk shift management, and award-compliant payroll across jurisdictions.
What a five-tool stack costs each month
Named tools, at each vendor’s own cheapest published plan, and ours underneath. Vendor pricing changes, so check each one before you decide.
Or use OneBookPlus
$58/mo
Everything in the list above, on one bill.
Start freeNo credit card · Free forever · Cancel anytime
Example walkthrough
Thursday, filling a roster and billing the facility
An illustrative walkthrough of a typical agency rostering day
You open the dashboard first thing and see today's shifts laid out across the facilities you staff, including the handful left unfilled by overnight cancellations. You broadcast the open shifts by SMS to the qualified nurses in your pool.
Most come back covered within the hour. The one that does not is an endorsed EN shift, so you filter the pool by qualification and availability, find the matches, and send a direct SMS to those nurses instead of the whole list.
With the roster covered you check the compliance dashboard. It shows which registrations are approaching renewal and which police checks or immunisation records are close to expiring, and you send the reminders straight from the platform.
At lunch you review last week's approved timesheets against the verified clock-in and clock-out records, then generate the facility invoices, each billed at that facility's contracted rates rather than a single flat rate you have to remember.
By the end of the day the shifts are completed, the timesheets have generated themselves, and the new nurses you onboarded have their credentials recorded and verified against the roster rules, so tomorrow's allocations only offer them shifts they are actually cleared for.
How we compare
OneBookPlus vs nursing agency software
See how we compare to the tools nursing agencies typically use.
| Feature | OneBookPlus | ShiftCare | Deputy | Skedulo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-facility shift scheduling | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AHPRA compliance tracking | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| GPS-verified timesheets | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Per-facility invoicing | Yes | No | No | No |
| SCHADS & Nurses Award rates | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| SMS shift broadcasting | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Nurse pool & matching | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Facility rate cards | Yes | No | No | No |
| CRM & contact management | Yes | No | No | No |
| Free plan available | Yes | No | No | No |
| Price | From $0/mo | $9+/mo per user | $6.75+/mo per user | Subscription |
Built for Australian Nursing Agencies
100%
AHPRA & compliance tracking built-in
$0
Free plan to get started
1 app
Rostering, timesheets and invoicing in one place
Digital
Timesheets captured per shift, no paper
One day, written by itself, an illustrated day of an Australian nursing agency run on OneBookPlus
An illustrated day, not real customer data. Scroll through it from morning to 5pm: the AI receptionist answers and books a missed call, the work runs from the app, the GST invoice is sent on the spot, payment lands and the books balance themselves, a review invite is queued for the next daily run, and the day closes with the ledger already written.
6:35am
While you're on the roster
The two-nurses-sick call you'd have missed.
Two nurses call in sick at Banksia Aged Care. The DON rings you first, while you're elbow-deep in today's roster.
AI Receptionist
Answered. Logged. Broadcast.
The AI answers in two rings, logs both shifts and broadcasts them by SMS to fourteen qualified nurses, before you've opened email.
Shifts covered
Filled before handover.
Two nurses confirm from their phones. Credentials verified, rate card applied, the card is ready for your sign-off.
From your desk
The facility invoice sends itself.
Approved timesheets roll into Banksia's weekly invoice at their contracted rates. One tap sends it with a pay link.
While you fill tomorrow
Paid, and the timesheets are already matched.
The payment lands, the books update themselves, and $200.00 GST is set aside for BAS.
Reputation on autopilot
The review ask, once the shifts are covered.
After a crisis turned routine morning, the AI asks for a review. No chasing, no awkward ask.
The day closes itself
Forty-two shifts run, two emergencies gone.
Forty-two shifts ran and two emergencies vanished. The book did the rest.
$0
collected
0
admin tasks done by AI
0
evenings lost
An illustrated day, not real customer data. AI Receptionist is a $79/mo add-on that needs AI Companion ($25/mo, included on Growth), and AI Companion is what sends the review invite as well. The rest of the day is the app itself.
Nursing agency pricing
Four plans. All built for nursing agencies.
Flat monthly price, no per-nurse seat tax, so your bill doesn't balloon when the pool grows from 20 to 200. No contracts, no setup fees. Cancel any time.
Free
$0/forever
Place your first nurses today, no credit card.
- 10 invoices/month, 250 contacts
- Nurse pool + AHPRA expiry alerts
- Shift scheduling across facilities
- PIN kiosk clock-in and timesheets
- Branded facility booking page
- Kiosk runs on any tablet at the station, no logins for staff
Starter
$29/mo
Replaces ShiftCare + Xero + Deputy for a busy single-region agency.
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited invoices, shifts & timesheets
- SMS shift broadcasting to your pool
- Per-facility rate cards + invoicing
- SCHADS & Nurses Award rate tables
- Stripe payments + chase-up reminders
- Accounting, P&L & GST-free BAS reports
- 3 coordinator logins
No card · Drops to Free if you don't upgrade
Plus
$49/mo
Outgrowing the basics, unlimited contacts & bookings, advanced reporting.
- Everything in Starter
- Unlimited contacts & bookings
- Advanced reporting & analytics
- Batch invoicing
- Budget tracking
- 5 team logins
- 10 GB website media storage
Growth
$69/mo
For agencies running hundreds of nurses across states and dozens of facilities.
- Everything in Plus
- Unlimited facilities + nurse profiles
- Rostering & Payroll add-on available, $29/mo extra
- Bulk shift management across regions
- Police check / WWCC / immunisation registry
- SMS marketing to your nurse pool
- AI receipt and supplier-bill scanning
- 10 coordinator logins
Prices in AUD. Most nursing services are GST-free under Subdivision 38-B of the GST Act; Online card payments carry Stripe processing fees (1.7% + 30¢ AU cards) plus a 2.5% OneBookPlus platform fee. See the full plan comparison
Already on another tool?
Switching from ShiftCare, Deputy or Skedulo?
Switching is designed to fit in a single evening. Export your nurses, facilities and rate cards as CSV from your current tool, import them into OneBookPlus with the bulk importer, and you're rostering tomorrow's shifts before the first SMS broadcast goes out.
- 1Export your nurse pool + facilities CSV from ShiftCare or Deputy (5 min)
- 2Upload via the bulk importer, AHPRA numbers, qualifications and expiry dates auto-map (10 min)
- 3Set up per-facility rate cards and your SCHADS / Nurses Award penalty rules (15 min)
- 4Cancel your old per-user subscriptions tomorrow morning, coffee in hand
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Can’t get to the phone? Your AI can.
Your carers are with clients, enquiry calls wait, exactly when families need an answer now.
OneBookPlus
AI Receptionist · incoming call
“Looking into home care for Mum, who can I speak to?”
If you don't answer, the AI books it, Intake call · today 4:00pm, and texts a confirmation.
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ATO-ready from day one
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about staffing software for nursing agencies in Australia.
Does OneBookPlus track AHPRA registration for nurses?
Yes. Every nurse profile includes their AHPRA registration number, expiry date, registration type (RN, EN, NP), and endorsements. The system alerts you 90, 60, and 30 days before any registration expires so you never place a nurse with lapsed credentials.
Can I manage shifts across multiple facilities?
Absolutely. Each facility is a separate entity with its own rate card, shift requirements, and billing terms. You schedule and manage shifts across all facilities from one dashboard, with filtering and views per facility or across your entire operation.
How does per-facility invoicing work?
When timesheets are approved, OneBookPlus generates invoices grouped by facility. Each invoice uses that facility's contracted rates, including base rates, penalty rates, and allowances. Invoices are GST-compliant and include shift details, nurse names, hours, and totals.
Does it support SCHADS and Nurses Award rates?
Yes. We support both the SCHADS Award and the Nurses Award with built-in rate tables for base pay, penalty rates (weekends, public holidays, night shifts), overtime, and shift allowances. Invoicing uses these rates, and so do pay runs in the Rostering & Payroll add-on ($29/month with a 14-day trial), which is charged on top of your plan rather than included in it.
Does OneBookPlus lodge Single Touch Payroll (STP) to the ATO?
No. The Rostering & Payroll add-on ($29/month with a 14-day trial) runs your rosters and timesheets, works out pay with SCHADS and Nurses Award penalty rates, PAYG withholding, superannuation and leave accrual, and produces payslips and an ABA file for paying your nurses. It does not lodge STP pay-event reports to the ATO, so you still need to report each pay run through STP-enabled software. Superannuation is calculated and recorded with quarterly due dates and a mark-as-paid screen; we do not remit it through SuperStream.
Can nurses see their shifts and clock in from their phone?
Yes. Nurses get a mobile-friendly view of their assigned shifts, facility details, and can clock in/out with GPS verification. They can also view their timesheets, update availability, and upload compliance documents from their phone.
Is there a free plan for small nursing agencies?
Yes. Our free plan includes nurse and facility management, shift scheduling, timesheet tracking, and basic invoicing, enough for a small agency placing a handful of nurses. Upgrade as your operation grows.
About the author
Bishal Shrestha
Founder & CEO, OneBookPlus
Bishal spent a decade running digital projects for Australian small businesses before founding OneBookPlus. He writes and maintains these pages, and publishes what OneBookPlus does not do alongside what it does.
Read the founder bioHow this page was researched
The compliance and licensing statements above are taken from the bodies this page links to, including the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, AHPRA and the Fair Work Commission, so you can read the rule rather than take our word for it. Plan prices come from the OneBookPlus price registry, so the page and the checkout cannot disagree. Everything said about OneBookPlus describes what the product does today, and the page says so where it does not do something.
Your Complete Nursing Agency Workflow, From Client Intake to NDIS Claims
Running a nursing or home care agency means coordinating dozens of moving parts every single day, new client enquiries, care plan updates, rostering changes, medication records, and billing deadlines. OneBookPlus brings the entire workflow into one platform so nothing slips through the cracks, whether you manage five carers or five hundred.
Client Intake & Onboarding
Every new client starts with a structured intake process. Record their personal details, emergency contacts, GP information, and any existing care arrangements. Capture their NDIS plan number, funding category, and approved support hours directly in their profile. For aged care clients, log their Home Care Package level and assigned case manager. The intake form is fully customisable, add fields for mobility requirements, dietary needs, cultural preferences, or language spoken at home. Once the intake is complete, the client is ready for care planning without needing to re-enter information across separate systems.
Care Plans & Goal Tracking
Build individualised care plans tied to each client's funding and clinical needs. Define specific goals, such as increasing mobility, managing chronic conditions, or supporting daily living activities, and assign measurable outcomes to each. Care plans can be reviewed and updated at scheduled intervals, with version history maintained for audit purposes. Link each goal to the relevant NDIS support category or Home Care Package line item so that when your team delivers care, the billing connection is already established. Carers see the active care plan on their mobile device before every visit, ensuring continuity even when a different carer is rostered.
Visit Scheduling & Rostering
Schedule visits across your entire client base from one calendar view. Assign carers based on qualifications, availability, location, and client preferences. OneBookPlus flags conflicts automatically, if a carer is double-booked, driving an unrealistic distance between visits, or missing a required credential for a particular client, you see it before the roster is published. Recurring visits can be templated weekly, and one-off changes are handled with drag-and-drop adjustments. When a carer calls in sick, the system identifies qualified replacements from your available pool and lets you reassign with two clicks.
Progress Notes & Incident Reporting
After every visit, carers complete progress notes directly on their phone. Notes are structured with prompts for activities completed, client mood and wellbeing observations, any changes in condition, and follow-up actions required. For clinical services, nurses can record vital signs, wound assessments, and clinical observations in a format that satisfies AHPRA documentation standards. Incident reports are flagged separately with severity classification, immediate actions taken, and notification workflows that alert the coordinator and relevant family members.
Medication Tracking & Compliance
Maintain a complete medication register for each client, including dosage, frequency, prescribing doctor, and pharmacy details. Carers confirm medication administration during each visit using a digital sign-off that records the exact time, medication, and administering carer. Missed or refused medications are flagged immediately, creating an alert for the care coordinator to follow up. The medication history provides a full audit trail for compliance reviews, GP consultations, and family reporting.
NDIS Claims & Invoicing
When visits are completed and progress notes are submitted, OneBookPlus generates claim-ready records aligned with NDIS price guides. Each visit is mapped to the correct support item number, rate, and funding category based on the client's plan. For NDIS-managed clients, generate bulk payment requests formatted for the NDIS portal. For plan-managed clients, send invoices directly to their plan manager with all required line-item detail. For Home Care Package clients, generate monthly statements showing services delivered against their package budget. GST handling, travel claims, and cancellation charges are all calculated according to the applicable funding rules, removing the manual reconciliation that consumes hours every billing cycle.
Fill Shifts Faster. Bill Facilities Smarter.
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Authoritative sources
Where the regulatory and award facts on this page come from
Nursing in Australia spans national health regulators, modern awards, and sector-specific bodies. We cite the primary sources for every claim on this page so you can verify directly.
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) , the umbrella regulator for nurses, midwives, and the 14 other registered health professions.
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia , registration standards, scope of practice, and CPD requirements for RNs, ENs, and midwives.
- Fair Work Commission, SCHADS Award , sets pay rates by classification, broken-shift rules, sleepover rates, and travel-time entitlements for community nursing.
- ATO Single Touch Payroll (STP Phase 2) , mandatory real-time payroll reporting since 1 January 2022. Pay events are reported per pay run.
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission , the national regulator for aged care services (established 1 January 2019), applicable when nursing is delivered in an aged-care setting.
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