Occupational Therapist Advanced - Clinical Leader (Allied Health Acute Medical)

Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service is seeking an Advanced Occupational Therapist – Clinical Leader to lead the Acute Medical team in Toowoomba, Queensland. This role emphasizes high-level clinical care, service innovation, and mentorship of a dedicated team. The ideal candidate should possess advanced reasoning skills and a commitment to delivering compassionate, patient-centered care. Join a diverse workplace that values respect and inclusion while enjoying competitive benefits and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive wages

Professional development opportunities

Paid parental leave

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Discounted Private Health Insurance

Work-Life Balance

Qualifications

• Advanced clinical reasoning and compassionate care are essential.
• Ability to collaborate with medical teams for safe patient discharges.
• Experience in designing evidence-based interventions.

Responsibilities

• Manage a diverse and complex caseload with a focus on patient care.
• Contribute to service planning and quality improvement.
• Mentor emerging therapists and engage with patients and families.

Skills

Compassion

Integrity

Dignity

Innovation

Courage

Job description

Ready to lead with purpose and make a real impact in acute care? Darling Downs Health is seeking an Advanced Occupational Therapist – Clinical Leader to join the Acute Medical team at Toowoomba Hospital. This is your chance to deliver high-level clinical care, shape service innovation, and mentor a passionate multidisciplinary team—all while improving outcomes for patients with complex needs.

What Your Day Will Look Like…

You'll lead with purpose, managing a diverse and complex caseload that demands advanced clinical reasoning and compassionate care. Whether you're designing evidence-based interventions, collaborating with medical teams to enable safe discharges, or mentoring emerging therapists, your work will be deeply human-centred and intellectually rewarding. Expect to contribute to service planning, quality improvement, and cross-disciplinary innovation while engaging with patients, families, and colleagues to deliver holistic, high-impact care. Every moment will be an opportunity to lead, learn, and uplift.

Let's talk about you!

• 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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