Job summary
We are recruiting for a Trainee Clinical Photographer who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
As a Trainee Clinical Photographer you will provide support to the Department of Clinical Photography & Illustration (DCPI).
Contributing to the delivery of a day-to-day operational cost effective and efficient service including clinical photography, non-clinical photography, video and illustration (graphic design), to the Trust and other allied agencies.
The Trainee Clinical Photographer supports all clinical specialities including Plastic Surgery, Dermatology, Oral Surgery, ENT and Paediatrics (including sudden infant death and non-accidental injury), taking photographs in the studio, operating theatres, mortuary, outpatient clinics and on the wards.
Illustration (graphic design) and video have now become a major part of the DCPI's remit, and the Clinical Photographer will be expected to fully participate in this work using industry standard software e.g. Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
To support the department in the delivery of a comprehensive and professional Clinical Photography and Illustration service.
Training in-house will be provided in all aspects which the photographer is not fully conversant with.
Responsibilities include participating in the delivery of a comprehensive clinical photography service to all specialties using standard operating procedures, adapted from the Institute of Medical Illustrators (IMI) National Guidelines and ensuring ethical practices are followed.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in photography or equivalent.
- Ability to travel easily between sites
Previous Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in photography
Desirable
- Relevant experience in clinical photography
- Relevant experience in graphic design
- Relevant experience in video
Skills
Essential
- Competent in digital photography
- Advanced keyboard and computer skills (desktop publishing, word processing, spreadsheet creation and image manipulation.)
- Flexible in order to prioritise workload and respond to urgent requests e.g. theatre calls, meeting the needs of the service
- Empathy to patients when dealing with sensitive issues e.g. child abuse and when obtaining images of an intimate nature
- Good communication and interpersonal skills. Good organisational skills and attention to detail
- Committed to producing the highest quality clinical photography to agreed national protocols (IMI guidelines), departmental guidelines and an agreement to undertake any additional study to maintain CPD and the upkeep of their professional registration
Desirable
- Competent in illustration (graphic design)
- Competent in video
Knowledge
Essential
- Good knowledge of digital photography
Desirable
- Good knowledge of illustration (graphic design)
- Good knowledge of video
- Good knowledge of relevant and current legislation, including those relating to patient confidentiality and consent e.g. GDPR
- Good knowledge of medical terminology, physiology and anatomy
Other requirements
Essential
- Participates in the DCPI out of hours on-call service
- Frequent interruptions to respond to demand led service where requests are unpredictable
- Responds to urgent theatre / A&E calls, prolonged studio activity and attendance at court as an expert witness
- Supports the DCPI Manager in achieving departmental, divisional and Trust objectives
- Maintains quality and standards within the department
- Uses initiative when required e.g. when working in other Trust location and/or when Senior Clinical Photographer and DCPI Manager are unavailable
- Ensures that work passing through the department is of a highly professional nature and that the rules of confidentiality are adhered to at all times
- Ensures and observes all appropriate legislation and professional guidelines are met e.g. Health and Safety, Fire, patient confidentiality, Child Protection Act and Copyright and Patients Act
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in photography or equivalent.
- Ability to travel easily between sites
Previous Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in photography
Desirable
- Relevant experience in clinical photography
- Relevant experience in graphic design
- Relevant experience in video
Skills
Essential
- Competent in digital photography
- Advanced keyboard and computer skills (desktop publishing, word processing, spreadsheet creation and image manipulation.)
- Flexible in order to prioritise workload and respond to urgent requests e.g. theatre calls, meeting the needs of the service
- Empathy to patients when dealing with sensitive issues e.g. child abuse and when obtaining images of an intimate nature
- Good communication and interpersonal skills. Good organisational skills and attention to detail
- Committed to producing the highest quality clinical photography to agreed national protocols (IMI guidelines), departmental guidelines and an agreement to undertake any additional study to maintain CPD and the upkeep of their professional registration
Desirable
- Competent in illustration (graphic design)
- Competent in video
Knowledge
Essential
- Good knowledge of digital photography
Desirable
- Good knowledge of illustration (graphic design)
- Good knowledge of video
- Good knowledge of relevant and current legislation, including those relating to patient confidentiality and consent e.g. GDPR
- Good knowledge of medical terminology, physiology and anatomy
Other requirements
Essential
- Participates in the DCPI out of hours on-call service
- Frequent interruptions to respond to demand led service where requests are unpredictable
- Responds to urgent theatre / A&E calls, prolonged studio activity and attendance at court as an expert witness
- Supports the DCPI Manager in achieving departmental, divisional and Trust objectives
- Maintains quality and standards within the department
- Uses initiative when required e.g. when working in other Trust location and/or when Senior Clinical Photographer and DCPI Manager are unavailable
- Ensures that work passing through the department is of a highly professional nature and that the rules of confidentiality are adhered to at all times
- Ensures and observes all appropriate legislation and professional guidelines are met e.g. Health and Safety, Fire, patient confidentiality, Child Protection Act and Copyright and Patients Act
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.
