Senior Occupational Therapy Leader

Queensland Health; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development funding

Diversity & inclusion culture

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Darling Downs Health is seeking an Assistant Director of Occupational Therapy in Toowoomba. This senior role combines advanced clinical expertise with service leadership to shape high-quality care and mentor clinicians across the region.

You will drive service improvement, support complex clinical decisions and partner with multidisciplinary teams to ensure sustainable workforce planning and patient outcomes across our health service.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy.
• Current AHPRA registration.
• Experience providing supervision and leadership.
• Strong communication and change leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Delivering advanced occupational therapy expertise that supports safe, high‑quality outcomes.
• Providing professional guidance, supervision and capability development for clinicians.
• Leading quality improvement, innovation and evidence‑based initiatives.
• Partnering with leaders and multidisciplinary teams for service planning and workforce sustainability.

Skills

Advanced clinical expertise

Supervision and leadership

Change leadership

Communication skills

Education

Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Darling Downs Health is seeking an Assistant Director of Occupational Therapy in Toowoomba. This senior role combines advanced clinical expertise with service leadership to shape high-quality care and mentor clinicians across the region.

You will drive service improvement, support complex clinical decisions and partner with multidisciplinary teams to ensure sustainable workforce planning and patient outcomes across our health service.