Senior Clinical Photographer - Photography Led Dermatology Clinic Lead

Job description

Job overview

Job overview

1. Responsible for the clinical photography undertaken for the Clinical Photography Led Dermatology Clinic service for the Royal Wolverhampton and Walsall Hospital Trusts and when required, at any site where Clinical Photography services are provided by the Trusts.
2. Ability to use location and studio lighting in a variety of photographic situations to accurately record a clinical condition is essential. Provide illustrative advice and recommendations to medical staff to ensure that clinical conditions are recorded using the most appropriate views / techniques to enable satisfactory assessment of such clinical conditions.
3. Photography of all clinical conditions including specialist techniques such as wet dermoscopy using polarized and non-polarised patient contact techniques as well as non-contact dermoscopy. Cross lighting, mole mapping, UV and IR photography as required.

Main duties of the job

1. Responsible for the clinical photography undertaken for the Clinical Photographer Led Dermatology Clinic service for the Royal Wolverhampton and Walsall Hospital Trusts and at any site where Clinical Photography services are provided by the Trusts.
2. Accurately capture clinical and non-clinical stills and video images. Provide advice to users, as and when necessary, regarding illustration solutions.
3. Use professional judgement and experience to interpret complex information from clinical request form, provide clinicians with high quality clinical photographs and videos for all specialist areas such as, Dermatology, Orthodontics, Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery. These images will be used for clinical assessment, patient records, teaching, publication and research.

Hold full professional membership of the Institute of Medical Illustrators and AHCS registration.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Hold full professional membership of the Institute of Medical Illustrators and AHCS registration.
2. Continue to develop professional skills through appropriate training and development. Maintain an up-to-date CPD portfolio to satisfy the requirements of the Institute of Medical Illustrators. This is a mandatory requirement to maintain continued CAMIP Registration.
3. Photography of all clinical conditions including specialist techniques such as wet dermoscopy using polarized and non-polarised patient contact techniques as well as non-contact dermoscopy. Cross lighting, mole mapping, UV and IR photography as required.
4. Use of a variety of DSLR equipment and mobile devices, risks, consent, storage, data protection, patient positioning, infection control, backgrounds, lighting, camera settings, dermoscopy, labelling, choice technique to image different conditions.
5. Use of specialist equipment - invasive and noninvasive.
6. Accurately capture stills and video images of clinical conditions and non-clinical requests. Provide advice to users, as and when necessary, regarding illustration solutions.
7. Post capture processing of images using specialised software for image manipulation, page layout and digital asset management. This will include; page layout of templates, colour correction, cropping, exposure etc and uploading onto the Clinical Web Portal.
8. Knowledge of the standard view requirements for clinical photography in specialised areas through an extensive understanding of anatomy, physiology and medical terminology.
9. Ability to use location and studio lighting in a variety of photographic situations to accurately record a clinical condition is essential. Provide illustrative advice and recommendations to medical staff to ensure that clinical conditions are recorded using the most appropriate views / techniques so enabling satisfactory assessment of such clinical conditions.

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

• BSc in Medical Illustration, or a Degree or HND in Photography together with Graduate Certificate in Clinical Photography
• Must have attained level of education to include GCSE English Language, Mathematics and a science or art subject.
• Evidence of recent CPD of ongoing professional training required to maintain up to date skills.

Desirable criteria

• City & Guilds Certificate in Diabetic Retinal Screening
• Registered Medical Illustration Practitioner [RMIP] AHCS registered
• Full professional membership of Institute of Medical Illustrators (IMI)

Professional Registration

Essential criteria

• Be able to demonstrate a wide range of experience in both clinical and non clinical illustration / photography techniques
• Detailed knowledge of legislation pertaining to clinical photography, in particular consent, copyright, data protection and NHS corporate ID
• Experience in managing staff.
• Advanced knowledge of digital imaging capture, manipulation and output.
• Interpret clinical request forms and use appropriate views to illustrate the condition
• Experience of video capture and processing and output using digital non-linear editing systems

Desirable criteria

• Detailed knowledge and applied skills of clinical illustration including dermatology, intra-oral, and Fundus photography.

Flexible Working - As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Qualifications - Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant's qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider. Furthermore, a sample of all applicants' qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.

Visa/Sponsorship Information

In line with UKVI requirements, the Trust is unable to sponsor any applicants for Skilled Woker Visas who do not meet the minimum eligibility requirements including applicable salary thresholds and concessions. Before applying, please ensure that you have the right to work in the UK, or that the role is eligible for sponsorship. For more information, please visit: