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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.

Speech and Language Therapy Assistant

Band 4 £30,353 - £33,016 (pro rata)

plus Distant Islands Allowance of £1,406 (pro rata)

Permanent Contract

37 hours per week

We are looking for a flexible and motivated assistant to join the Speech and Language Therapy Department based at the Western Isles Hospital. You will support the team in providing a service to children and adults with speech, language and communication impairments and eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties.

You will have experience working in a health, education or social care setting with children or adults with physical disability and/or communication impairment, including working with people who demonstrate behaviours that challenge. Ideally, you will have knowledge of typical child development and/or clinical conditions in adults. Basic knowledge of alternative and augmentative forms of communication such as Makaton, high- and low-tech communication aids is desirable.

You will be responsible for carrying out individual therapy programmes under the supervision of the Speech and Language Therapists. Duties will include keeping clinical records and undertaking other organisational and administrative tasks. Excellent communication and IT skills are required, and you must have the ability to work independently and show initiative. A car driver is essential due to the need to deliver care in a range of locations across Lewis and Harris.

The successful applicant will be required to register with the PVG (Protecting Vulnerable Groups) Scheme.

For further information regarding this post, please contact Lee Bolton, Speech and Language Therapy Professional Manager at lee.bolton@nhs.scot or Helen Morrison, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist at helen.morrison3@nhs.scot.

The successful applicant will be required to register with the PVG Scheme (Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme). This post is not eligible for relocation expenses.

All NHS Western Isles vacancies appear on the NHS Scotland website: apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk, along with a job description.

Tha beàrnan-obrach NHS Eilean Siar uile gu léir a' nochdadh air làrach-lìn NHS na h-Alba https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/, còmhla ri dealbh-obrach.

If you have any further queries, please contact Tel: 01851 762027.

Closing Date 5th January 2026