What your day could look like
As a Senior Occupational Therapist (Acute), you'll play an important role in helping patients achieve the best possible outcomes during their hospital stay. You'll combine advanced clinical practice with leadership, collaboration and continuous improvement, working alongside a supportive multidisciplinary team to deliver care that makes a real difference.
Every day, you'll contribute by:
Supporting patients to maximise independence, recovery and safe discharge outcomes.
Working closely with families and healthcare teams to coordinate high-quality, patient-centred care.
Leading initiatives that improve service delivery, quality and patient experiences.
Mentoring clinicians and students to strengthen capability and support future workforce growth.
Let's talk about you!
You're someone who combines clinical expertise with compassion and sound judgement. You thrive in fast-paced environments, build trusted relationships, and are motivated by helping people achieve meaningful outcomes. Whether you're supporting a patient through a complex admission, guiding a colleague's development, or identifying a better way of working, you take pride in creating positive impact every day.
Here's what will help you thrive in this role:
Current Occupational Therapy registration with AHPRA.
Strong experience delivering occupational therapy services in acute healthcare settings.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills with patients, families and multidisciplinary teams.
Ability to lead service improvements, support others and apply evidence-based practice.
You'll stand out from the crowd if you have:
Experience mentoring clinicians, students or emerging practitioners.
Advanced training or demonstrated expertise in acute clinical practice.
Above all, you'll bring compassion, integrity, dignity, innovation and courage to the care you provide and the relationships you build.
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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