Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to lead and manage the clinical photography services at Newcastle Hospitals. This role is ideal for a qualified Clinical Photographer with strong leadership experience to enhance our medical photography services and inspire others to perform at their best.
- Interview Date: 17 September 2025
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37 hours 30 minutes/week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
Leading a team of skilled clinical photographers, technicians and administration staff, the post holder will ensure the provision of accurate, ethical and timely visual documentation for clinical, diagnostic, educational and legal purposes.
About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
o Freeman Hospital
o Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
o Newcastle Dental Hospital
o Newcastle Fertility Centre
o Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
o Northern Genetics Service
o Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Overall responsibility for an effective and efficient management, development, and provision of the service
- To implement Departmental, National, Local and Trust policies and directorates, which affect the service to the Trust.
- To assist the Clinical Board and departmental management team with all aspects of their area(s) of responsibility and take the lead in specific delegated areas.
- Manages a team of photographers, technicians and administration staff who provide a full range of clinical and non-clinical services to consultants, patients, and a range of clinical services across the organisation.
- Provides an out of hours on-call service (evenings & weekends) across hospital sites.
- Managing the development and expansion of the medical photography department to meet Trust wide needs.
- Maintain an up to date Continue Professional Development (CPD) portfolio to satisfy the requirement of the Health Professions Council and Institute of Medical Illustrators
- Provides images for use in assessments, treatments, or social care of the patient.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Overall responsibility for an effective and efficient management, development, and provision of the service
- To implement Departmental, National, Local and Trust policies and directorates, which affect the service to the Trust.
- To assist the Clinical Board and departmental management team with all aspects of their area(s) of responsibility and take the lead in specific delegated areas.
- Manages a team of photographers, technicians and administration staff who provide a full range of clinical and non-clinical services to consultants, patients, and a range of clinical services across the organisation.
- Provides an out of hours on-call service (evenings & weekends) across hospital sites.
- Managing the development and expansion of the medical photography department to meet Trust wide needs.
- Maintain an up to date Continue Professional Development (CPD) portfolio to satisfy the requirement of the Health Professions Council and Institute of Medical Illustrators
- Provides images for use in assessments, treatments, or social care of the patient.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- BSC in Medical Illustration
- Registration as a registered Medical Illustrator Practitioner
Desirable
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Training plus extensive post graduate experience to MSc level
- Fully conversant and leads in matters surrounding confidentiality, consent, and data protection in medical photography.
- Competence with all SLR camera formats
- Fully up to date with information technology and multi media
- Knowledge and experience of a wide range of computer skills and software programs.
- Experience of working in a photographic environment.
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
Desirable
- Training and experience in research and audit.
- Experience mentoring and training junior members of staff
- Experience of working independently in outlying clinics
- Experience in running a Trust wide Medical Photography service.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Proven leadership and interpersonal / communication skills with experience of change management and practice development.
- Ability to work outside the photographic studio.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills particularly persuading, negotiating and influencing skills to manage change and service improvement.
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate skills / knowledge regarding all aspects of medical photography.
Values I Behavioural I Attitudes
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- BSC in Medical Illustration
- Registration as a registered Medical Illustrator Practitioner
Desirable
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Training plus extensive post graduate experience to MSc level
- Fully conversant and leads in matters surrounding confidentiality, consent, and data protection in medical photography.
- Competence with all SLR camera formats
- Fully up to date with information technology and multi media
- Knowledge and experience of a wide range of computer skills and software programs.
- Experience of working in a photographic environment.
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
Desirable
- Training and experience in research and audit.
- Experience mentoring and training junior members of staff
- Experience of working independently in outlying clinics
- Experience in running a Trust wide Medical Photography service.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Proven leadership and interpersonal / communication skills with experience of change management and practice development.
- Ability to work outside the photographic studio.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills particularly persuading, negotiating and influencing skills to manage change and service improvement.
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate skills / knowledge regarding all aspects of medical photography.
Values I Behavioural I Attitudes
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
