Medical Photographer

NHS Professionals Limited; Southampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A national health service provider is seeking a Medical Photographer to provide high-quality photographic services for Dermatology. The role involves capturing clinical images, supporting healthcare teams, and managing photography equipment. The ideal candidate will have a BSc in Medical Illustration and at least 5 years of experience, along with specific technical skills in medical photography. Competitive benefits and flexible shifts are offered.

Benefits

Career progression opportunities

Flexible shifts

Wellbeing resources

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years as a post-graduate medical illustration practitioner.
• Specialist photographic techniques including Dermoscopy and Ophthalmic Photography.
• Experience in operating theatre photography.

Responsibilities

• Capture high-quality, accurate photographs of patients for Dermatology.
• Support clinical teams with relevant images for assessments and reports.
• Maintain and manage medical photography equipment.

Skills

Understanding of clinical photography techniques

Experience with Adobe Creative Suite

Ability to manage photographic equipment

Education

BSc Medical Illustration or equivalent qualification

Registered Medical Illustration Practitioner

Tools

Apple Mac

Windows operating systems

Job description

The Medical Photographer will provide high-quality photographic services to support the Dermatology ward, capturing images of patients upon admission and before discharge. The role includes supporting the wards with clinical imaging needs, ensuring accurate and timely documentation of patient conditions. This position plays a vital role in supporting clinical teams, contributing to patient care, and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards. The ideal candidate will possess technical expertise in medical photography, attention to detail, and a strong understanding of clinical safety requirements.

Main duties of the job

• Capture Medical Images: Take high-quality, accurate photographs of patients for Dermatology ward, documenting conditions upon admission and before discharge.
• Support Clinical Teams: Work closely with medical and nursing staff to capture relevant images for clinical assessments, reports, and patient care records.
• Cross-Site Support: Provide imaging services across multiple wards and clinics as required, ensuring timely and efficient delivery of photographic support.
• Ensure Compliance: Adhere to all statutory, regulatory, and hospital guidelines, ensuring patient confidentiality and compliance with data protection laws.
• Equipment Management: Maintain and manage medical photography equipment, ensuring it is in good working condition and available when needed.
• Documentation and Record Keeping: Accurately file and catalogue images in patient records, ensuring correct tagging and archiving for future reference.
• Collaborate with Multidisciplinary Teams: Communicate effectively with doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to ensure photographs meet the clinical requirements and contribute to patient care.
• Professional Development: Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in medical photography techniques, ensuring the application of best practices in clinical imaging.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job responsibilities

Capture Medical Images: Take high-quality, accurate photographs of patients for Dermatology, documenting conditions upon admission and before discharge.

Support Clinical Teams: Work closely with medical and nursing staff to capture relevant images for clinical assessments, reports, and patient care records.

Cross-Site Support: Provide imaging services across multiple wards and clinics as required, ensuring timely and efficient delivery of photographic support.

Ensure Compliance: Adhere to all statutory, regulatory, and hospital guidelines, ensuring patient confidentiality and compliance with data protection laws.

Equipment Management: Maintain and manage medical photography equipment, ensuring it is in good working condition and available when needed.

Documentation and Record Keeping: Accurately file and catalogue images in patient records, ensuring correct tagging and archiving for future reference.

Collaborate with Multidisciplinary Teams: Communicate effectively with doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to ensure photographs meet the clinical requirements and contribute to patient care.

Professional Development: Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in medical photography techniques, ensuring the application of best practices in clinical imaging.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc Medical Illustration or equivalent qualification
• Registered Medical Illustration Practitioner, Academy of Healthcare Science (AHCS)
• Evidence of ongoing CPD in a range of specialist medical photography to masters equivalent level.
• Recognised management qualification

Experience

• 5 years minimum as post graduate medical illustration practitioner.
• Specialist photographic techniques including Dermoscopy, Orthodontic Photography and Ophthalmic Photography (Fundus, Fluorescein Angiography, ICG angiography, Slit Lamp).
• Experience in operating theatre photography
• Apple Mac and Windows operating systems
• Experience using Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office.
• Managing Other Staff.
• Research and Audit.
• Clinical Trials
• Infra-red and ultraviolet photography.

Skills

• Ability to demonstrate a wide knowledge and understanding of specialist clinical, ophthalmic, orthodontic and standardised photographic techniques and protocols - including Dermoscopy, Fluorescein Angiography and the use of specialist equipment
• Proven ability in producing standardised and demonstrative clinical photographs. Able to produce high quality and truly representative clinical images and provide robust Image Management across the Trust
• Able to provide high quality standardised clinical images for use as part of clinical trials.
• Proven ability in producing Public Relations photographs.
• Extensive knowledge of developments in photography, video, graphic design, digital imaging, multimedia and associated technologies to advance the service in the most effective way.
• Knowledge of using and learning new equipment and techniques as part of Clinical Trials and departmental Audits.
• Highly computer literate with sound knowledge and experience of photographic manipulation and image management software.
• Responsible for the storage, security, confidentiality and copyright of patient photographic and video images and data across the Trust
• Video Production
• Web Design
• Emergency First Aid trained
• Evidence of writing protocols/standards
• Evidence of effective team working across professional and organisational boundaries

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.