About Barton Care — Melbourne Nursing Agency
A nurse-led agency built on the values of compassion, dedication, and continuity of care.
Who We Are
Founded in Melbourne and headquartered in Oakleigh, Barton Care is one of Australia's leading healthcare staffing agencies. With a team of over 600 healthcare professionals, we provide registered nurses, enrolled nurses, personal care assistants, and facility support staff to aged care homes and hospitals across Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania, and the ACT.
Our name is inspired by Clara Barton, the pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross. Her unwavering commitment to caring for others is the standard we hold ourselves to every single day.
Registered NDIS Provider
Barton Care is a registered provider under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). We supply qualified Disability Support Workers to NDIS participants and provider organisations across Victoria.
Our NDIS workers complete mandatory screening including NDIS Worker Screening Checks, National Police Checks, and role-specific Learn2Care training modules covering disability awareness, person-centred care, and NDIS Practice Standards.
As a registered provider, Barton Care meets the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission's requirements for worker screening, incident management, and complaint handling — giving participants and plan managers confidence that every worker we place meets the highest standards of safety and quality.
Learn2Care
Our in-house eLearning platform, Learn2Care, offers 27 purpose-built courses across 4 care streams — aged care, home care, NDIS, and core compliance — making us one of the only agencies in Australia with this capability.
Every Barton Care staff member completes mandatory Learn2Care certification before their first shift. The platform is also available to the public, with all 11 Core compliance courses offered free. New courses are added regularly.
Staff Compliance Portal
Our Staff Compliance Portal gives client facilities real-time access to every Barton Care worker's credentials, checks, and training certificates. In an era of tightening regulatory scrutiny from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, this transparency isn't a nice-to-have — it's essential.
Facilities can log in anytime to verify compliance, generate audit-ready reports, and see proactive alerts for expiring credentials. It's one of the reasons leading providers trust us with their workforce.
Instant Verification
AHPRA, police checks, WWCC, vaccinations, Learn2Care certs — all in one place.
Always Current
Credentials updated in real time as they are renewed or expire.
Audit-Ready
Download individual profiles or generate facility-wide compliance reports.
Facility-Specific
See only the staff assigned to your facility. Filter by role or expiry date.
ReadiCare ARC™ — Compliance & Governance Platform
ReadiCare ARC is our AI-powered Aged Care Compliance & Governance Platform. Organised around three pillars — Assess, Report, Comply — it helps facility managers, GMs, and boards stay ready for the Strengthened Quality Standards and Aged Care Act 2024.
Where the Staff Compliance Portal verifies individual worker credentials, ReadiCare ARC assesses the whole facility's regulatory readiness. Different problems, different tools. Essentials is free forever; Premium is $199 per facility per month with a 6-month free trial.
Our Approach: Facility-Focused Care
Most agencies send whoever is available. We do things differently.
Dedicated Team Assignment
We assign a dedicated team of nurses and carers specifically to YOUR facility — not a random pool of casuals.
Familiar Faces, Better Care
Your assigned staff get to know your residents by name, understand their needs, and build genuine relationships.
Quality & Continuity Improves
Consistent staffing leads to better outcomes — fewer incidents, higher satisfaction, and real continuity of care.
Unlike traditional agencies that treat staff as interchangeable, our facility-focused model means your residents see the same caring faces shift after shift. That consistency is what separates good care from exceptional care.
The Barton Story
Clarissa “Clara” Harlowe Barton (1821–1912) was a pioneering American nurse, teacher, and humanitarian. During the Civil War she earned the name “Angel of the Battlefield” for her tireless work tending to wounded soldiers, often at great personal risk. In 1881 she founded the American Red Cross and led it for over two decades.
Clara Barton believed that care should never be withheld because of circumstance. She organised supply chains, mobilised volunteers, and set standards for compassionate, organised healthcare delivery that endure to this day.
Barton Care was founded on these same principles. We are a nurse-led organisation — our leadership team are registered nurses who understand the realities of the job. We believe every aged care resident and every hospital patient deserves consistent, high-quality care delivered by people who genuinely care.
Where We Operate
Barton Care provides staffing solutions across five states and territories.
Our Melbourne Staffing Services
Specialist staffing solutions for aged care facilities and hospitals across Melbourne and regional Victoria.
Ready to Experience the Barton Difference?
Whether you need reliable staffing for your facility or you're a healthcare professional looking for your next role, we'd love to hear from you.