Occupational Therapist

2 days ago


Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia Department of Health - Queensland Full time $90,000 - $120,000 per year

Ready to make a meaningful impact in people's lives every day? Join us as a Occupational Therapist - Senior with the GARSS Day Therapy team, delivering excellent clinical care across the Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service. Based mainly in Toowoomba, this role offers the opportunity to collaborate within a dynamic multidisciplinary team while supporting patients across multiple facilities.

What your day will look like….

In your day as an Occupational Therapist - Senior, you'll expertly manage a complex caseload, delivering high-quality clinical services with autonomy and evidence-based precision. You'll collaborate closely with clients, families, and multidisciplinary teams, using your advanced communication and leadership skills to drive service improvements and support professional development. Through active involvement in research, education, and quality initiatives, you'll help shape the future of Occupational Therapy within Darling Downs Health while embodying its core values every step of the way.

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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