Physiotherapist - Graduate

Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 56,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development funding

EAP

Private health insurance discounts

Fitness Passport

Job summary

Darling Downs Health invites applications for a Graduate Physiotherapist in Toowoomba. You will kick-start your career by gaining clinical capability across diverse rotations, learning from experienced clinicians and contributing to better health outcomes in a supportive team.

You will deliver evidence-based physiotherapy, work with patients and families, and develop professional confidence while managing a varied caseload in a busy clinical setting.

Qualifications

• Eligibility for professional registration as a Physiotherapist and a recognised physiotherapy qualification.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with patients, families and colleagues.
• Commitment to evidence-based practice, ongoing learning and professional development.
• Well-developed organisation and time-management skills, with the ability to work effectively in a busy clinical setting.

Responsibilities

• Delivering evidence-based physiotherapy services that support safe, effective and person-centred care.
• Working closely with patients, families and multidisciplinary teams to achieve meaningful health outcomes.
• Managing a diverse caseload while building clinical judgement, prioritisation and professional confidence.
• Contributing to service improvement, quality initiatives and learning opportunities that strengthen patient care.

Skills

Strong communication

Team collaboration

Evidence-based practice

Prioritisation

Education

Eligible for physiotherapist registration

Recognised physiotherapy qualification

Job description

Kick-start your physiotherapy career in Toowoomba, where you'll build clinical capability across diverse rotations, work alongside experienced health professionals, and make a meaningful difference to patients every day. This is an opportunity to grow your confidence, expand your skills, and contribute to better health outcomes in a supportive team environment.

What Your Day Could Look Like

As a Graduate Physiotherapist, you'll help people regain movement, independence and confidence while building your own professional skills in a supportive clinical environment. From delivering care across varied patient groups to learning from experienced clinicians and multidisciplinary colleagues, you'll contribute to positive outcomes that make a real difference for patients and communities.

Every Day, You'll Contribute By

• Delivering evidence-based physiotherapy services that support safe, effective and person-centred care.
• Working closely with patients, families and multidisciplinary teams to achieve meaningful health outcomes.
• Managing a diverse caseload while building clinical judgement, prioritisation and professional confidence.
• Contributing to service improvement, quality initiatives and learning opportunities that strengthen patient care.

Let's talk about you!

You're a compassionate and motivated clinician who is eager to learn, grow and make a difference. You value collaboration, welcome feedback and bring integrity, courage and professionalism to everything you do. You're driven by those rewarding moments when your support helps someone move more freely, regain independence or return to the activities that matter most to them. More than starting a profession, you're building a career dedicated to improving lives while continually developing your clinical expertise.

Here's What Will Help You Thrive In This Role

• Eligibility for professional registration as a Physiotherapist and a recognised physiotherapy qualification.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with patients, families and colleagues.
• A commitment to evidence-based practice, ongoing learning and professional development.
• Well-developed organisation and time-management skills, with the ability to work effectively in a busy clinical setting.

You'll stand out from the crowd if you have experience across a variety of clinical placement settings and/or a strong understanding of regional healthcare delivery.

Above all, you'll bring compassion, integrity, dignity, innovation and courage, helping create positive experiences and outcomes for every patient you support.

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.

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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