One agency. Every kind of nursing cover.
From a single urgent locum shift to a fully managed homecare plan — Excell Healthcare delivers clinical-grade staffing across hospitals, retirement villages and private homes.
Not sure what you need? Let our matchmaker decide.
Answer three quick questions and we'll tell you the right nurse type, the right course pathway, and the expected response time. Most agencies make you guess — we don't.
Built around four clear service lines
Each service is delivered to the same Excell standard — screened staff, clinical facilitation, and a 24-hour consultant on the end of the phone.
Locum Nursing Staff
Pre-vetted, skills-checked locum nurses available at short notice for shifts, weekends and crisis cover across private hospitals.
- ICU, CCU, Theatre, Maternity, General & Psychiatric nurses
- Same-day confirmation for urgent shift cover
- Standby candidate for every booking
- Transport arranged during staffing crises
Permanent Recruitment
End-to-end permanent placement — from shortlisting and interviewing to credentialing and onboarding into your facility.
- Transparent recruitment policy shared with every client
- Background, criminal and reference checks
- Skills assessment by our clinical facilitator
- National reach through our 41,000+ nurse database
Homecare & Retirement
Patients receive care in the comfort of their own home by qualified nursing staff — day care, night care and live-in care.
- Day care, night care and live-in care options
- Staff trained and working to regulatory practice
- Continuous training, clinical visits and assessment
- Background and criminal screening on every carer
- Backup staff always available for emergencies
- Wellness days delivered per calendar
Palliative & Oncology Care
Compassionate palliative care and oncology support delivered by nurses trained in symptom control and end-of-life dignity.
- Palliative care training for carers and family
- Post-operative care and rehabilitation support
- Oncology patient care
- Administration of intravenous treatment
- Care workers with ICU up-skilling
- Wound care short courses on offer
A day in the life of a booking
What actually happens from the moment you call us? Here's the five-step journey of every Excell placement — visible, transparent, and unlike anything else in the industry.
You call the 24-hour desk
A real consultant answers — never voicemail, never a call centre. They take down the specialty, shift and patient context.
We shortlist from 41k nurses
Our consultant searches our vetted database — filtering by specialty, location, SANC currency and your facility's previous preferences.
You confirm the candidate
You receive a candidate profile — SANC verified, references checked, facilitator signed-off. One tap to confirm and we lock the booking.
Nurse arrives oriented
Our nurse arrives already oriented to your unit's policies, alarm systems and reporting lines — not dropped in cold.
Facilitator follows up
Our clinical facilitator phones you AND the nurse after the shift to review performance — closing the loop on quality.
Care that follows the patient home
Excell extends the same clinical rigor into homes, retirement villages and residential clinics — with a full suite of extended services that wrap around the patient.
Palliative care training
Theory and practical training for carers and families supporting patients with life-limiting illness at home.
Post-op & rehab
Structured post-op support and active rehabilitation assistance to help patients recover safely at home.
Lift & transfer training
Safe lifting, transfer and mobilisation of elderly patients to prevent injury to carer and patient.
Oncology patient care
Compassionate oncology support delivered by nurses trained in symptom control and chemotherapy safety.
IV treatment administration
Safe IV therapy administration — antibiotics, fluids, blood products and parenteral nutrition.
ICU up-skilled carers
Care workers who have completed our ICU up-skilling course, available for high-acuity home placements.
Wound care courses
On-demand wound care training and wound management services for patients, retirement villages and clinics.
Background screening
Every nurse and carer completes background, criminal and reference checks before placement.
Transparent pricing — we publish what others hide
Most nursing agencies refuse to share rates until you sign a contract. We think that's old-fashioned. Here are indicative rates — final pricing is confirmed per booking based on specialty and shift length.
From — general enrolled nurse, day shift, urban facility. Specialty loading applies for ICU/Theatre.
- Minimum 4-hour booking
- Same-day confirmation
- Standby nurse included
- Clinical facilitator follow-up
Most popular for hospital locum cover — Registered Nurse, 12-hour day or night shift, urban KZN/Western Cape.
- Day, night or weekend rates
- Includes orientation & induction
- Free re-booking within 30 days
- Priority standby candidate
- Clinical facilitator quality review
For facilities with ongoing staffing needs — pre-negotiated rates, dedicated consultant, priority access to nurse pool.
- Dedicated account manager
- Locked-in monthly rates
- Priority over ad-hoc bookings
- Quarterly clinical audit included
- SLA-backed response times
All rates exclude VAT. Travel surcharge applies outside main metro areas. Final pricing confirmed per booking.