Calvary Health Care Pay Rates 2026: Hospital, Aged Care & Support Staff Pay
What Calvary Health Care workers should be paid in 2026 — the Health Professionals and Support Services Award floor by classification, casual loading, penalties, and where the Calvary Health Care enterprise agreements sit.
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Who covers Calvary Health Care workers — award or agreement?
Calvary is a Catholic not-for-profit that runs public and private hospitals, residential aged care homes, retirement communities and home care services across most states and territories. That spread means its workforce covers nurses and midwives, allied health, personal care workers, hospital support staff and home care workers.
Calvary bargains separately for hospitals, aged care and home care, and by state — our corpus holds a large set of Calvary agreements (below). The awards underneath are the Aged Care Award 2010, the Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2020 and the Nurses Award; the first two are tabled below.
The federal awards relevant to Calvary Health Care roles:
- Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2020 (MA000027)
- Aged Care Award 2010 (MA000018)
- Nurses Award 2020 (MA000034)
Workforce snapshot. In its 2024-25 report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Little Company Of Mary Health Care Limited declared 17,810 employees across 12 reporting entities — 23.6% casual and 79.5% women, with 497 in management roles. Source: WGEA 2025 Public Data File, data.gov.au (CC-BY 3.0 AU).
Health Professionals and Support Services award floor (1 July 2026)
The Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2020 (MA000027) adult minimums for the roles that sit on it are:
| Classification | Permanent | Casual (incl. 25%) |
|---|---|---|
| Support services Level 1 (cleaning, kitchen hand) | $26.97/hr | $33.71/hr |
| Support services Level 2 (orderly, catering assistant) | $28.03/hr | $35.04/hr |
| Support services Level 3 (ward support, admin/clerical, pathology collector) | $29.11/hr | $36.39/hr |
| Support services Level 4 (cook, senior admin) | $29.45/hr | $36.81/hr |
| Support services Level 5 (trade-qualified, team senior) | $30.45/hr | $38.06/hr |
| Support services Level 6 | $32.09/hr | $40.11/hr |
| Support services Level 7 | $32.67/hr | $40.84/hr |
| Health Professional Level 1 — pay point 1 | $30.89/hr | $38.61/hr |
| Health Professional Level 1 — 4-year degree entry | $33.51/hr | $41.89/hr |
| Health Professional Level 2 — pay point 1 | $39.31/hr | $49.14/hr |
| Health Professional Level 3 — pay point 1 | $45.89/hr | $57.36/hr |
Nurses and midwives are on the Nurses Award 2020 instead — current classification and pay-point figures are on our Nurses Award pay rates page. Weekend, shift and public holiday penalties apply on top of the figures above.
Source: Fair Work Commission modern awards pay database, current-operative rates (1 July 2026 annual wage review). Casual figures add the 25% casual loading.
Aged care award floor — direct care (1 July 2026)
After the aged care work value case, the Aged Care Award 2010 (MA000018) direct-care ladder (personal care workers, assistants in nursing, care team leaders) is:
| Classification | Permanent | Casual (incl. 25%) |
|---|---|---|
| Direct care level 1 — Introductory | $32.61/hr | $40.76/hr |
| Direct care level 2 — Direct Carer | $34.42/hr | $43.02/hr |
| Direct care level 3 — Qualified | $36.23/hr | $45.29/hr |
| Direct care level 4 — Senior | $37.68/hr | $47.10/hr |
| Direct care level 5 — Specialist | $39.13/hr | $48.91/hr |
| Direct care level 6 — Team Leader | $40.58/hr | $50.72/hr |
The FWC publishes these direct-care rates weekly; hourly figures are the weekly rate ÷ 38, matching the Fair Work pay guide presentation.
Source: Fair Work Commission modern awards pay database, current-operative rates (1 July 2026 annual wage review). Casual figures add the 25% casual loading.
The Calvary Health Care enterprise agreements
Enterprise agreements set rates above the award, with their own classification structures and allowances. Current Calvary Health Care agreements in our corpus (16 in total):
- Calvary Health Care – Aged Care Australian Capital Territory Enterprise Agreement 2023-2028 — approved May 2026, nominal expiry 30 June 2029.
- Calvary Health Care – Bruce Private Hospital – Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2024 – 2028 — approved May 2026, nominal expiry 28 February 2029.
- Calvary Health Care - Aged Care South Australia - Enterprise Agreement 2023-2027 — approved September 2025, nominal expiry 30 June 2028.
- Calvary Health Care – Tasmania Private Hospitals – Health Professionals and Support Services Employees Enterprise Agreement 2025 — approved October 2025, nominal expiry 1 September 2027.
- Calvary Health Care – Bruce Private Hospital – Health Professionals and Support Services Enterprise Agreement 2024-2027 — approved November 2024, nominal expiry 30 June 2027.
- Calvary Health Care – Home Care Services – Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2023–2026 — approved February 2025, nominal expiry 30 June 2027.
- Calvary Health Care – John James Private Hospital – Nurses and Midwives Enterprise Agreement 2024 – 2026. — approved February 2025, nominal expiry 28 February 2027.
- Calvary Health Care and ANMF SA – Adelaide Private Hospitals – Nurses and Midwives’ Enterprise Agreement 2024 — approved March 2025, nominal expiry 31 December 2026.
Plus 8 more — search "Calvary Health Care" in our agreements database.
We don't reproduce agreement dollar figures here — the agreement covering your site, state and stream is the document to read. Find your agreement, then your classification, then your pay point, and compare it with your payslip. The award tables on this page are the floor every one of these agreements must beat.
Common health and aged care pay issues at Calvary Health Care
The patterns worth checking on a Calvary Health Care payslip:
- Frozen pay points — increments that should step annually but don't, especially after payroll migrations.
- Stream misclassification — admin, ward-support and collector staff left at Level 1–2 while doing Level 3 work.
- Unpaid handover — clinical and shift handover before and after rostered hours is work time.
- Weekend and night loadings dropped when rosters change or systems are replaced.
What to do if your pay looks wrong
Match your payslip to your classification in the agreement (or the award tables above), and price any gap with our back-pay calculator. Raise it in writing with payroll or your manager first — most underpayments are fixed at that step. Unresolved, the Fair Work Ombudsman (13 13 94) recovers underpayments at no cost, up to six years back, and your union can run the claim for you. Not sure which instrument covers you? Ask our AI advisor with your role and location.
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General information and estimates only — not legal, financial or tax advice. Always check your specific award, agreement or contract, or a qualified professional, before you rely on the result.
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