Medical Photographer

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Wakefield is seeking a Medical Photographer to join their Radiology department. The successful candidate will have a BSc in Medical Illustration or a relevant degree, alongside the IMI PEC or a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Illustration. In this challenging role, you will capture clinical photographs, demonstrate extensive clinical skills, and support training for others, all while upholding trust values and delivering excellent patient care. This position offers various staff benefits and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance

Employee health and wellbeing services

Childcare vouchers

Qualifications

• Demonstrate extensive range of clinical photography skills.
• Show confidence and professionalism in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to continuously improve and help others.

Responsibilities

• Digitally capture accurate clinical photographic images of patients.
• Recognize medical conditions and surgical procedures for documentation.
• Participate in training of undergraduate medical photographers.

Skills

Excellent organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Clinical photography skills

Education

BSc in Medical Illustration or relevant degree

IMI PEC or Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Illustration

Job description

Here at the Mid Yorkshire Trust an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Medical Photographer to become a key role within our department here at Radiology. We require someone who has excellent organisational and Interpersonal skills and who can continuously improve themselves and help others to do so within our department. The successful candidate will have a BSc in Medical Illustration or a relevant degree plus the IMI PEC or a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Illustration. Equivalent qualifications considered, also trainee applications will be considered. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an extensive range of clinical photography skills.

We are a challenging and fast paced service and require someone who can step into this role with confidence, professionalism and the ability to motivate themselves and others. We are looking for someone who can uphold our trust values & behaviours and play a crucial role in delivering excellent care. Are you caring, ensuring this is in the heart of all you do? Are you willing to contribute to help improve aspects of the care being delivered and to improve yourself? Are you respectful of others and treat people the way they would expect to be treated? Are you able to provide a high standard of work, for both patients and the services we provide? Then you just might be the candidate we are looking for.

Main duties of the job

• Digitally capture accurate, clinical photographic images of patients in the studio, on the wards and operating theatres around the hospital on a daily basis.
• Have the expertise to recognise medical conditions and surgical procedures and demonstrate the visual appearance for documentation.
• Undertake appropriate photographic examinations as requested by clinicians, referring questionable requests to a senior medical photographer.
• Respect patient dignity and cultural differences during photographic sessionsli>
• Insert appropriate oral retractors and/or mirrors to facilitate dental, oral surgery and facial maxillary photography.
• Produce photographic evidence for the police accompanied by written police statements.
• Undertake medico-legal requests for solicitors.
• Participate in the training of undergraduate medical photographers.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers,home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Job responsibilities

• BA(hons) in Photography
• Non Clinical photography

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Person Specification

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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.