Employer The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS Site Royal Victoria Infirmary
Town 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
Salary £27,485 - £30,162 pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 08/10/2025 23:59
Interview date 20/10/2025
Band 4
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the busy dynamic photographic division of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Trust. The Medical Photography Department which is based in the Royal Victoria Infirmary provides a wide range of photographic services for the Trust / Outreach Clinics / Newcastle Hospitals at Cramlington, including evening and weekend working. To work effectively in a team of 23 with supervision and training to provide an efficient, reliable and high quality imaging service. We are seeking a friendly, enthusiastic, conscientious and motivated individual who is able to demonstrate the ability to work independently as well as within a multi-disciplinary team.
You must have excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills. Comprehension of photographic principles and application of theoretical and practical knowledge/skills alongside a clear working knowledge of Photoshop.
You will be based primarily within Clinical Photography but will also undertake Ophthalmic Photography, to efficiently provide a range of imaging services including retinal photography, anterior segment photography and optical coherence tomography (OCT).
You must have a HND in photography or equivalent is essential.
We would like to see a varied portfolio of photography work with evidence using Adobe Photoshop.
Main duties of the job
* Being able to provide a professional service maintaining the safety and well-being of the patients.
* To provide a photographic service to provide high quality images for clinicians to help diagnose conditions.
* Being able to provide good communication skills, be able to work autonomously and as part of a team and provide a flexible approach to working.
* Interview Date: 20 October 2025
* 24 hours/week
* You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
* To support in providing a professional cost effective, efficient clinical and non-clinical photographic service using digital technologies to service the Trusts three sites.
* To provide image management services.
* To provide a quality photographic service tailored to the needs of the department.
* To perform administrative and clerical tasks as necessary for the efficiency of the service.
Working for our organisation
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To support in providing a professional cost effective, efficient clinical and non-clinical photographic service using digital technologies to service the Trusts three sites.
* To provide image management services.
* To provide a quality photographic service tailored to the needs of the department.
* To perform administrative and clerical tasks as necessary for the efficiency of the service.
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE
* Competence with SLR cameras
* Competence with Abode Photoshop and other desktop publishing skills.
SKILLS
EXPERIENCE
* Experience of troubleshooting problems with software packages
* Previous experience of commercially working with Abode Photoshop and Colour Management
QUALIFICATIONS
* Photography HND or higher / or equivalent experience
Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Che-Wo Tang Job title Senior Medical Photographer Email address che-wo.tang1@nhs.net Telephone number 0191 2829186 Additional information
Richard Bell - Senior Medical photographer
richard.bell15@nhs.net
0191 2821854
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