Medical Photography Assistant

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; Reading; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Reading is seeking a Medical Photographer to join their team. This role involves delivering high-quality clinical and non-clinical photography, managing the printing and design services, and providing administrative support. The ideal candidate will have experience in photography and customer service, and be proficient in Adobe software. The position offers a dynamic work environment where you can enhance patient care and clinical documentation.

Qualifications

• GCSEs including English and Maths at Grade 4/C or above.
• Photography experience with an example portfolio.
• Courses attended for personal development.

Responsibilities

• Manage in-house print production services.
• Act as the first point of contact for the department.
• Produce high-quality printed materials using Adobe and Canva.

Skills

Photography experience

Customer service

Experience using Microsoft Office

Experience using Adobe Photoshop

Experience using DSLR cameras

Education

GCSEs including English and Maths

Driver's Licence

Tools

Adobe Lightroom

Adobe InDesign

Canva

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Medical Photography department. This post would suit someone passionate about photography with experience working within an office environment with a strong customer service focus.

The Medical Photography Department provides a comprehensive clinical and non-clinical photography, video, ophthalmic imaging, printing and design service to patients, staff, and departments across Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. The service supports patient care, clinical documentation, teaching, research, communication, and public relations.

The post holder will support the Medical Photographers in the delivery of high-quality clinical and non-clinical photography, reprographics, and administrative services. You will manage the in-house printing and design services, and staff portrait service. You will also act as the first point of contact for patients, visitors and enquiries, support non-clinical photography, and assist with uploading patient images to ensure the safe transfer, storage, and output of images across the Trust.

This role combines practical photographic, reprographic and design tasks with key administrative responsibilities to support the efficient running of the service.

Main duties of the job

Administrative and Front-of-House Support

• Act as the first point of contact for the department, greeting visitors, patients, and staff professionally and courteously.
• Answer the door, telephone, and departmental emails promptly, handling enquiries or directing them appropriately.
• Manage the departmental shared emails, ensuring requests and messages are logged, tracked, and actioned efficiently.
• Support the day-to-day running of the office, maintaining an organised, professional working environment.
• Order and monitor stock, print materials, and consumables for photography and reprographics equipment.
• Book appointments and maintain accurate administrative records.

Reprographics and Design

• Manage in-house print production services to support clinical, educational, and promotional materials across the Trust.
• Produce high-quality printed materials utilising applications including Adobe InDesign and Canva.
• Operate and maintain large-format printers, copiers, binders and laminators.
• Ensure all printed materials follow NHS branding and accessibility standards.

Photography

• Deliver high quality non-clinical photography service - including staff portraits, PR and event photography, architectural, and equipment photography.
• Management of the staff portrait service, including booking, capture, editing, upload and printing.
• Assist medical photographers by uploading and archiving patient images to the Electronic Patient Record and FotoStation system.

About us

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our "CARE" values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the role.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• GCSEs including English and Maths (Grade 4/C or above)
• Photography experience with example portfolio
• Courses / further study attended to demonstrate evidence of personal development
• Driver's Licence

Experience

• Experience working within an office environment
• Experience in customer service
• Experience using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
• Experience using Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom
• Experience of using DSLR cameras, lenses and flashguns
• Experience working in a healthcare or similar professional environment
• Experience working in a photography, design, or reprographics environment
• Experience using Adobe InDesign or Canva
• Experience using photographic studio lighting

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.