Occupational Therapist - Senior

What your day could look like

As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you'll help people access quality care close to home while strengthening services across regional communities. Working with a supportive multidisciplinary team, you'll use your expertise to improve outcomes for patients and contribute to better healthcare experiences.

Every day, you'll contribute by:

• Delivering advanced occupational therapy services that support independence, recovery and wellbeing
• Working alongside patients, families and colleagues to achieve positive, person-centred outcomes
• Leading service and quality improvement initiatives that strengthen care delivery
• Coaching and supporting staff and students to build capability and clinical excellence

Let's Talk About You

You're an experienced Occupational Therapist who combines clinical expertise with genuine care for people. You build trusted relationships, make sound decisions in complex situations and enjoy helping others succeed. You're motivated by the opportunity to improve services, support rural communities and make a meaningful difference every day. More than meeting requirements, you want to create positive outcomes for patients, colleagues and the broader community.

Here's what will help you thrive in this role:

• Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy and current professional registration
• Experience managing complex caseloads with a high level of professional autonomy
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to lead quality improvement and service development initiatives

You'll stand out from the crowd if you have experience in rural or outreach healthcare and/or hand therapy experience.

Most importantly, you'll bring Compassion, Integrity, Dignity, Innovation and Courage to everything you do.

Why Join Darling Downs Health?

At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless. 

Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.  

Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region. 

Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:

• Maximise your take‑home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
• Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
• Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.

For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits

Your future is here. Where are you?

If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

Click “Apply Now” to submit your application and upload the requested documents.

Find out more about us!

Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:

www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

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