Trainee Clinical Photographer - Portsmouth, United Kingdom - Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
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Portsmouth, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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To provide a comprehensive professional cost effective, efficient clinical & general photographic, service to the Trust and other users. To ensure high quality work is produced to the required deadlines which meets the clients requirements. To assist in the smooth running of the department by undertaking other technical duties. Following training, assesses and undertakes own workload of patients/clients and maintains associated records.


Clinical duties (following suitable training): To ensure correct level of patient consent has been given when obtaining photographic recordings of patients, and that this level of consent is not breached when image requests are made by clinicians. To undertake routine clinical photography within the department studio, outpatient clinics, wards and theatre adhering to the Trust and Department guidelines and policies on photographic standardisation and patient confidentiality. To undertake complex photographic procedures including clinical trials, serial photography intra-oral photography and the photography of surgical procedures. To use specialist digital photographic software and hardware and to support the training of others in its use.

To photograph potentially disturbing medical cases/patients including in theatre, outpatient departments and in the mortuary. To participate in and support the research and development activities within the Trust and for national organisations. To be proactive in introducing new equipment, systems and working practices within the department.

To ensure that all patient information relating to their clinical images are kept up to date within the department database ensuring that the clients have the patient images within their required deadlines, and that the patient images are either printed or uplifted to the departments patient database within the departments time limit.


Non-clinical duties (following suitable training): To undertake routine non-clinical photography for use in promotional material, displays, reports, training manuals and publications. This may include photography in the studio, or other Trust / non-trust locations of people, specimens, equipment, buildings, medical or other procedures. (These lists are not exhaustive.) To ensure that all record keeping relating to non-clinical work is accurate and up-to-date. To provide a reprographic service to the Trust by photographing hard copy or the scanning of slides and other images as required by clients.

To produce and/or edit scientific posters for clinical staff within the Trust. To produce simple design work using specific software as required. To be actively involved in the videography projects which the department undertakes.


Training:
To undertake a suitable Post-graduate qualification in clinical photography.

To undertake Trust mandatory and statutory training. To maintain professional competence and be aware of relevant technical and professional developments in photography.


General:

To ensure suitable standards and high quality work are set and maintained, including the developing implementing and maintaining of quality working systems.

To ensure maximum productivity within allocated resources.


To ensure and advise that adequate photographic and related stocks are maintained within the department so that the service does not suffer from supply shortages.

To work collaboratively as part of the Medical Photography and Illustration Department team.


Health and safety:
To ensure a safe working environment and patient protection by maintaining adequate levels of safety, security and confidentiality in adherence with Trust and department policies


Please Note:

The above list of duties and responsibilities is indicative only and other duties may be required from time to time according to the changing requirements and needs of the Medical Photography and Illustration service provided.

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