Specialist Speech And Language Therapist

NHS Highland; Oban; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Highland in Oban is seeking a dynamic therapist to join a friendly team delivering a service to children and adults with communication and feeding difficulties. The post involves working across digital platforms, schools, and community settings, with a supportive supervisory structure and opportunities to develop your own areas of interest.

You will manage your own clinical caseload, require at least 3 years post‑graduate experience, and contribute to a patient‑centred service within a rural

Qualifications

• 3+ years post-graduate experience as a therapist.
• Experience providing services to children and adults with communication and/or eating/drinking difficulties.
• Experience delivering services across digital platforms, schools, community hospitals and wider community settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide a service to children and adults with communication and/or eating/drinking difficulties.
• Manage own clinical caseload with ability to work independently and flexibly.
• Work across digital platforms, schools, and community settings.

Skills

Therapist

Independent working

Adaptable

Job description

Advertised location: Oban
Advertised salary: Band 6 (£43,231 - £52,679)
Employment type: Permanent

Are you interested in living and working amidst the stunning natural beauty of Scotland’s West Coast and Islands?

Are you a therapist with at least 3 years post grad experience who is keen to develop skills within a comprehensive service provided by an enthusiastic and friendly team of therapists and assistants?

We are seeking a dynamic therapist who will provide a service to children and adults with a variety of communication difficulties and /or eating and drinking difficulties. This service is delivered across digital platforms, within schools, community hospitals and wider community settings across a stunningly beautiful rural area.

We can offer professional supervision, a supportive team structure with admin provision, and scope to develop your own areas of interest. Membership of the Paediatric ASD Diagnostic Team is a feature of this post.

You will demonstrate a broad range of clinical skills, knowledge and experience. Training available where required. You will have responsibility for your own clinical caseload and must have the ability to work independently and flexibly.

Informal enquiries to: Elspeth MacKinnon; tel: [phone] ; email: [e-mail]

• Effective from 1st April 2026, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reduced from 37 to 36 hours. Part-time hours will be adjusted on a pro-rata basis. There will be an increase in the hourly rate to ensure that pay remains unaffected.
• Applications are welcome from Gaelic speakers. / Tha fàilte air tagraidhean bho luchd‑labha…
• Posts close at midnight on the indicated date

NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

We employ over 10,700 people, making us one of the biggest employers in the area. As an organisation, we make a very significant contribution to the local economy.

Our staff are also important members of our communities. Our greatest asset is our workforce, and the way we go about our work comes from the values and behaviours we demonstrate on a daily basis. As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and social care values.

Care and compassion

Dignity and respect

Openness, honesty and responsibility

Quality and teamwork

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.