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Overview
Make a real difference in people’s lives as an Occupational Therapist with Darling Downs Health. Based in Toowoomba and working across the Darling Downs region, you’ll join a supportive multidisciplinary team within the Transition Care Program—helping clients regain independence and thrive after hospital care. This is your chance to grow professionally while delivering compassionate, evidence-based therapy in a diverse and rewarding environment.
What Your Day Will Look Like
You’ll work closely with clients to assess their needs and deliver tailored occupational therapy that supports recovery and independence. Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team will be central to your role, as you contribute your expertise to holistic care planning and service improvements. Whether mentoring students, refining clinical protocols, or travelling across the Darling Downs to extend care, each day brings variety, purpose, and connection.
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 and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity. DDH is committed to providing a protected, 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 steps
Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.
Additional information
Occupational group: Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support
Seniority level: Entry level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Health Care Provider
Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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📌 Occupational Therapist
🏢 Darling Downs Hospital & Health Service
📍 Toowoomba Regional