Clinical Photographer - Wolverhampton, United Kingdom - The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

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Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Providing Clinical Illustration services including Graphic design, Animation and print to group of major general hospitals, as well as a wide range of Clinical photography and video services, we also provide specialised imaging to all clinical specialities including (but not limited to) Dermoscopy, dermatology, Tele dermatology, orthodontics, ophthalmology, diabetic retinal screening and ENT etc.

The department is an integrated clinical support department offering a formal, emergency on call service to our clinical users.

As well as clinical services we also deliver a wide range of photography and video services to support training, education and promotional projects throughout the Trusts that are part of this very varied job.

We offer excellent training and personal development opportunities to progress your career.

You will need to work without supervision and as well as having good organisational skills have the following:
BSC in Medical Illustration or equivalent

A degree in photography plus a Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Photography
AHCS registered
An outstanding, current portfolio
Excellent Photoshop and IT skills
Experience with professional page layout software
Excellent communication skills
Full driving licence / own transport desirable

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 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.

Accurately capture stills and video images of clinical conditions and non-clinical requests. Provide advice to users, as and when necessary regarding illustration solutions.

The post holder will need to be able to communicate information concerning consent, confidentiality, distribution, copyright, and security, This will include having to accommodate patient's views and preferences with regard to cultural and religious differences.

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

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.

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 Orthodontics, Maxillofacial, Dermatology and Plastic Surgery.

These images will be used for clinical assessment, patient records, teaching, publication and research.

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 Clinical Web Portal.

Edit video using digital non-linear editing systems.

Undertake Ophthalmic imaging techniques such as Fluorescein Angiography and Optical Coherence Tomography and Diabetic Retinopathy Screening.

Follow department policies and protocols, and the Professional Code of Conduct of the Institute of Medical Illustrators to ensure a high standard of work and professional attitude is maintained at all times.