Employer FAQs

We are recruiting for most medical and healthcare occupations in the following fields of specialisations: registered nurses and midwives, medical practitioners, surgeons, medical technicians, health diagnostic and promotion professionals, health therapy professionals and health and service welfare managers.

We also recruit for very niche roles outside of the above-mentioned industries, including other specialist roles for regional areas of Australia, with focus on, but not limited to, international candidates requiring employer-sponsorship.

Healthcare Staffing is a one-stop shop for a seamless system of recruiting overseas candidates. We specialised in sourcing and attracting experienced medical professionals, technicians, and managers within but not limited to the Australian skills shortage occupation list.

We have medical recruiters who strategically source for suitable candidates and manage the entire recruitment process, so you may focus on the daily run of your core business. In cases of employment offer requiring visa sponsorship, we also have in-house registered migration agents who can provide guidance, review, and submit applications for sponsorship, nomination, and visa on your company’s behalf and the new recruit’s.

No, we are also recruiting local applicants. Since most of our hiring client companies have the urgency to fill vacant positions, we still prioritise suitable local candidates who are immediately available. Also, we only consider overseas applicants when we could not find suitable candidates onshore.

All of our job requirements are for full-time, permanent roles. Currently, we do not have a labour-hire agreement in place to facilitate the direct hiring and sponsorship for deployment to client companies on certain projects

There are three (3) stages of the 457/TSS work visa (employer sponsorship) process, and a dedicated registered migration agent form our office can assist you with the entire process.

1. Standard Business Sponsorship (SBS): The company applies for SBS. Once approved, this has a 5-year validity where you can employ and nominate as many qualified overseas employees as you require in your business. 
2. Nomination: The employer-sponsor nominates a position or positions. Once approved, but remained unused, these nominations lapse after a year.
3. Visa: The successful recruit/new hire applies for a 457/TSS visa under the approved nominated position (i.e. visa validity may be from 3 months up to 4 years, and may be extended to immediate family members).

Yes, we can. Our healthcare recruiters have successful experience in sourcing for suitable candidates, both locally and overseas, for medical occupations requiring specific skills, qualification, and experience. Our successful international recruits are mostly from the UK, Ireland, South Africa, Philippines, Singapore, India, and Malaysia. For more detailed inquiry on our recruitment services, contact us with a job description of the open role.

If you have not recently sponsored any foreign workers, Healthcare Staffing, through Konnection,  has the legal expertise to advise and assist your company with the process of applying for (or renewing expired) ‘standard business sponsorship’ (SBS) to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP). Our full time registered migration agents (RMAs) can initially assess and guide you through to employer-sponsorship eligibility based on the minimum requirements set by DIBP e.g. salary, training, etc. Contact us to request to speak with one of our RMAs today with your particular company circumstance and sponsorship needs.

Some of the company obligations set out in relevant legislation on employer-sponsorship under subclass TSS Visa/457 Temporary Work (Skilled) Visa applicants and subclass 187 Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme visa (RSMS) include:

• Satisfy the minimum pay required for employment sponsorship
• Local equivalent terms and conditions of employment
• Provide training to Australians and permanent residents, and consistently meet training benchmark
• Store records and updates on changes to employment conditions
• Not recover from, transfer, or charge certain costs to another person
• Pay travel costs to facilitate sponsored workers to leave Australia when needed
• Not engage in discriminatory recruitment and employment practices
• Cooperate with inspectors