Paediatric Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 7.2
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 03/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join the Combined Child Health team at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital. The role involves working with children aged 0-18 years who have complex communication, eating, and drinking difficulties. The post is part-time, covering [contact details removed] only, and offers excellent opportunities for professional development within a teaching hospital setting. The team is committed to staff development through regular meetings, supervision, and ongoing training.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £52,845 – £61,466 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job reference:
255167
Salary:
Band 7 (£52,845 - £61,466)
Job closing date:
03/09/2026
Job Type:
Allied Health Professions
Location:
Royal Aberdeen Childrens Hospital
Employment type:
Permanent
Hours Per Week:
7.2
Job posted date:
20/08/2026
Employer (NHS Board):
NHS Grampian
Department:
Speech & Language Therapy, Combined Child Health
Job Advert
Paediatric Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Combined Child Health - RACH
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join our team on a permanent basis. Clinical work will primarily be based within Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, however, the post holder will be expected to be flexible and provide cover to services within Grampian if required. All settings within Combined Child Health SLT have a well-established multi-disciplinary ethos. The post involves working with children with a range of complex communication, eating and drinking difficulties aged from 0-18 years.
Within the department of Speech and Language Therapy in Combined Child Health, we are committed to staff development through regular meetings, supervision and ongoing support and training. As RACH is a teaching hospital and has a wide range of specialist services (some covering the whole of the North of Scotland), we o
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