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Psychologist - Senior


Toowoomba

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Join a respected regional healthcare team in Toowoomba as a Senior Psychologist and use your expertise to make a meaningful difference across inpatient and outpatient services. You’ll work with people experiencing complex health challenges, lead quality improvements, support multidisciplinary care, and help shape better outcomes for patients, families and the wider community.

Job details

Position status Permanent,Temporary
Position type Part-time
Occupational group Psychology, Counselling & Social Work
Classification HP4
Workplace Location Toowoomba region
Job ad reference QLD/DD2608689967
Closing date 03-Sep-2026
Job duration For 12 months
Contact person Rachel Macready
Contact details (07) 4616 6349
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What your day could look like

As a Senior Psychologist, you'll play an important role in improving the wellbeing of people facing complex physical and psychological health challenges. From delivering advanced clinical care to guiding service improvement and supporting colleagues, you'll contribute to outcomes that strengthen patient care and build capability across the health service.

Every day, you'll contribute by:

  • Delivering evidence-based assessment and therapeutic support that helps patients and families achieve meaningful health outcomes.
  • Partnering with multidisciplinary teams to provide coordinated, person-centred care for complex presentations.
  • Leading service improvements that enhance quality, efficiency and patient experience.
  • Mentoring and supporting emerging clinicians, students and colleagues to strengthen professional practice.

Let's talk about you!

You're someone who combines clinical expertise with genuine compassion. You build trust quickly, communicate with confidence, and remain calm when managing complex situations. You take pride in helping people navigate difficult health journeys while supporting teams to deliver the best possible care. Guided by compassion, integrity, dignity, innovation and courage, you're motivated by making a positive and lasting difference in the lives of others.

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

  • Full registration as a Psychologist with AHPRA and relevant tertiary qualifications.
  • Extensive experience providing high-level psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
  • Strong communication and relationship-building skills across multidisciplinary environments.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead quality improvement initiatives and contribute to service development.

You'll stand out from the crowd if you have experience supervising clinicians or students and/or a strong background working with complex health, rehabilitation, paediatric, aged care or palliative care populations.

Most importantly, we're looking for someone who is passionate about improving health outcomes, supporting others to grow, and creating positive change through person-centred care.

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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Last updated
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