Quality Officer

Join a purpose-driven team improving patient care across the Darling Downs. Based in Toowoomba, this role champions better clinical outcomes by guiding staff through meaningful quality improvement. If you’re passionate about safer, smarter, more connected healthcare, this is your chance to make real impact in a supportive regional setting.

What Your Day Could Look Like

As a Quality Officer, youll help strengthen how care is delivered across our health service. From supporting teams to use data meaningfully, to driving improvements that enhance safety and experience, youll collaborate widely and contribute to outcomes that matter for our community.

Every Day, Youll Contribute By

• Turning data and audit insights into clear, practical actions that lift the quality of care.
• Coaching and supporting staff to build confidence in improvement tools and continuous improvement practices.
• Guiding services through progress tracking, problem‑solving and sustainable change.
• Preparing purposeful reports and communications that inform decisions and strengthen clinical governance.
  
  

Lets talk about you!

Youre someone who loves helping people do their best work. You communicate with clarity, bring others along with you, and turn complexity into meaningful improvement. You take pride in seeing teams grow, systems strengthen, and care become safer — all while living the values of compassion, integrity, dignity, innovation and courage.

Heres What Will Help You Thrive In This Role

• Capability in interpreting and applying quality improvement methods and principles.
• Strong analytical, written and interpersonal skills to support teams and leaders.
• Confidence working with quality, safety or clinical data to guide improvements.
• A current drivers licence and ability to travel as required.
  
  

Youll stand out from the crowd if you have experience supporting clinical governance, rural or regional health services, and/or additional training in improvement or health systems.

Most importantly, youll be motivated by strengthening care for our communities and shaping improvements that last.

Together, your work will help deliver safer, more connected care — guided by the values we live every day.

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. Its complex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless.

Whether youre a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, youll see your impact firsthand. Here, youll find opportunities that simply dont 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 youre ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, wed 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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