Occupational Therapist
5 days ago
Step into a role where your expertise as an Occupational Therapist truly makes a difference. At Toowoomba Hospital, you'll enjoy working with a diverse caseload, flexible weekend shifts, and the support of a collaborative multidisciplinary team—all while helping patients regain independence and improve their quality of life.
What your day will look like….
Each day will see you bringing your advanced clinical expertise to a diverse caseload, where you'll assess, plan, and deliver tailored interventions that support patients in regaining independence and quality of life. You'll collaborate closely with clients, families, and colleagues to optimise outcomes, contribute to service development, and mentor junior team members. Your role will also involve shaping practice through evidence-based decision making, quality initiatives, and professional education—ensuring both patients and the occupational therapy team thrive.
Let's talk about you
Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:
- Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
- Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
- Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.
- Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.
- Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.
Why Us?
Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect. DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.
Benefits
- Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
- A diverse work culture
- Career development
- Professional development opportunities
- Education opportunities, Study and Research
- Paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discounted Private Health Insurance
- Fitness Passport
- Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility
- Generous Salary Sacrificing
Next step….
Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.
Find out more about us
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