Join Darling Downs Health as an Occupational Therapist in beautiful Toowoomba and make a real difference in the lives of children and young people. In this rewarding role, you'll work within a supportive multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality occupational therapy and mental health services. You'll help optimise psycho-social outcomes for children and families facing complex mental health challenges, while contributing to education, outreach, and service improvement initiatives across the region. If you're passionate about empowering young people and thrive in a collaborative environment, we'd love to hear from you.
What Your Day Will Look Like….
Based in Toowoomba, you'll work closely with children, young people, and their families to provide tailored occupational therapy and mental health interventions that truly make an impact. Your day will involve collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, and coordinating care for complex cases. You'll also share your expertise through consultation and education with other services and agencies, and contribute to community outreach programs across the Darling Downs Health region. Every interaction is an opportunity to support recovery, build resilience, and create positive outcomes for those who need it most.
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.
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Occupational group
Health - Mental Health Clinicians