Job overview
We are recruiting for a Clinical Photographer who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Department of Clinical Photography and Illustration (DCPI), based at Lister Hospital in Stevenage, is pleased to offer this exciting opportunity and be a part of our experienced and motivated team.
To provide professional support to the DCPI.
Contributing to the delivery of a day-to-day operational cost effective and efficient service including clinical photography, non-clinical photography, video, and illustration (graphic design), to the Trust and other allied agencies.
You will be required to participate in an out-of-hours on-call service.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Photographer supports all clinical specialities including Plastic Surgery, Dermatology, Oral Surgery, ENT and Paediatrics (including sudden infant death and non-accidental injury), taking photographs in the studio, operating theatres, mortuary, outpatient clinics and on the wards.
Illustration (graphic design) and video have now become a major part of the DCPI’s remit and the Clinical Photographer will be expected to fully participate in this work using industry standard software e.g. Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
* Post-Graduate Certificate in Clinical Photography or equivalent.
* To be registered as a Medical Illustrator on the AHCS Register (Academy for Healthcare Science).
* Ability to travel between sites.
Desirable criteria
* Professional Member of the Institute of Medical Illustrators
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
* Relevant experience in clinical photography.
* Relevant experience in non-clinical photography.
* Relevant experience in graphic design.
Desirable criteria
* Relevant experience in video.
Skills
Essential criteria
* Competent in all aspects of clinical, non-clinical photography and graphic design.
* Advanced keyboard and computer skills (desktop publishing, word processing, database systems for clinical photography, spreadsheet creation and image manipulation.)
* Flexible in order to prioritise workload and respond to urgent requests e.g. theatre calls, meeting the needs of the service.
* Empathy to patients when dealing with sensitive issues e.g. child abuse and when obtaining images of an intimate nature.
* Good communication and interpersonal skills and organisational skills and attention to detail.
* Committed to producing the highest quality clinical photography to agreed national protocols (IMI guidelines), departmental guidelines and an agreement to undertake any additional study to maintain CPD and the upkeep of their professional registration
Desirable criteria
* Competent in video.
* Competent in the use of Waba MIM (Trust’s Medical Image Management System) WMP (Trust’s clinical photography mobile applications).
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Fully conversant in all aspects of relevant and current legislation, including patient confidentiality / consent, Data Protection, Child Protection, Access to Health Records and the Freedom of Information Act.
* Good knowledge of digital photography, video and graphic design
* Good knowledge of medical terminology, physiology and anatomy.