Medical Photographer
- NHS
- Full Time
- Sutton-in-Ashfield
- 29970.00 - 36483.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
Join our dynamic team of Medical Photographers and make a meaningful impact in clinical settings across King's Mill Hospital, Newark Hospital, and Ashfield Health Village. Your expertise in medical, ophthalmic, and PR photography will be crucial in capturing high-quality images for clinical assessment, records, teaching, publication, research, and evidence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Clinical Photography:Perform day-to-day clinical photography, including ophthalmic imaging such as fluorescein angiography, red-free, color fundus, and ocular coherence tomography. Maintain and manage the digital patient database.
- Non-Accidental Injuries:Undertake photography for non-accidental injuries, providing statements to the police and testifying in court if required.
- Medico-Legal Evidence:Capture images for medico-legal and police evidence, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality.
- Complex Imaging:Conduct complex clinical photography and videography as requested by consultants for various purposes.
- Team Collaboration: Work closely within a team to obtain photographs in dermatology and diabetic foot clinics weekly, and capture images of ward and clinic patients.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document
About us
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.
Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document
Person Specification
Person Specification
Essential
- HND, City and Guild or equivalent in photography.
- A high level of photographic ability with a proven track record
- An imaginative and creative mind
- Excellent standard of appearance and presentation to reflect the high profile nature of this role.
- Ability to work with all professions throughout the Trust and with colleagues in partner organisations involved in the management or provision of health and social care services.
Desirable
- Some knowledge of desktop publishing
- Highly developed interpersonal, communications and organisational skills.
- Skills in effective team working.
- Basic telephone and computer skills, including Word, plus experience with specific software packages such as Adobe Photoshop
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton In Ashfield
NG17 4JL
