An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Photographer to join our small, friendly Medical Illustration Team at The Christie. We are a primarily oncology related service, covering colorectal, urology, gynaecology and plastic and reconstructive surgery. This role involves providing clinical photography of the treatment and condition of patients in the studio, wards, clinics and in the operating theatre; you will use standardised representational photographic techniques for diagnostic, record, teaching, publication and research purposes, ensuring patient safety and wellbeing whilst involved in their care.
You will be expected to hold a degree in clinical photography or equivalent experience sufficient to be registered on the Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS). We invite applicants who are enthusiastic, motivated and are dedicated to putting the patient at the centre of all their decisions during the working day. You will be working as a valued member of our team to provide comprehensive, standardised high quality clinical photography, following protocols to ensure the condition has been accurately interpreted.
To undertake clinical and non‑clinical photography and video across the Christie site. To communicate complex information to professionals and patients or carers. Typically, this will involve explaining issues surrounding the use of clinical images; such as levels of permission, confidentiality, distribution, copyright, security, data protection and Caldicott Guidelines.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year.
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kelsey Thomson Job title: Medical Illustration Manager Email address: Kelsey.thomson1@nhs.net Telephone number: 0161 446 8197 the-christie.illustration@nhs.net
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