Qualified Clinical Photographer or Trainee Clinical Photographer inPreston inPreston PUBLISHED
WED 20 NOV 2024
The position is full-time (37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday) and encompasses responsibilities such as capturing and editing clinical images, managing teledermatology clinics, and ensuring high-quality standards. Applicants should possess strong interpersonal and organisational skills, along with a willingness to engage in challenging situations, including bereavement photography. The work will be conducted in diverse settings such as wards, theatres, and outpatient departments, where adherence to strict imaging protocols and informed consent processes are essential.
"Smile" isn't something our patients need to do for you to take their photograph, however you will need to have a friendly smile to put your patients at ease if you wish to become a clinical photographer in our small but perfectly formed team. We have two new posts to help with our growing telederm service and are looking for qualified clinical photographers to join our team .
We provide a comprehensive clinical photography service to all specialities offering a varied and diverse workload.
As a band 5 clinical photographer you will hold a degree in photography alongside a post graduate certificate in Clinical Photography or equivalent, professional membership of the Institute of Medical Illustrators and be registered with the AHCS.
For those candidates who don't meet these criteria, we will consider applicants with a degree in photography or equivalent for a training position whilst you undertake the relevant clinical photography qualification under Annex 21. You will be required to become AHCS registered and maintain yearly registration on completion.
The post is full time, 37.5 hours Mon - Fri although this is open to change if service demands change.
If you are enthusiastic, pro-active with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, please ring to have an informal chat about what we can offer you.
Please note, interviews for this role will be held face to face.
Based over two sites at the Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley District Hospital, you will partake in the daily and weekly rota, be required to work on your own and as part of a team to help provide clinical photography for a range of specialities across the Trust. These include but aren't limited to, dermatology, plastics, maxillo-facial, orthodontics, tissue viability, gynaecology, radiology, oncology, major trauma and oculoplastics.
You will be working on wards, in theatre, outpatients and a studio setting, using standardised procedures to capture accurate images of clinical conditions. Post producing and uploading images onto our digital imaging system, ensuring accuracy and high standards are met.
You will also help provide a comprehensive Telederm service to ensure the Trust meet the criteria for the skin cancer pathway.
About us
For full information please see the attached job description.
Duties will include, but not limited to:
- Perform a range of clinical photography for medical records, teaching, ,medical research and publication requirements. This will include challenging situations such as non-accidental injury and bereavement photography.
- Using professional judgement and experience to interpret complex information from the clinical request form
- Run Telederm clinics, editing and uploading the images within a restricted time frame
- Downloading, editing and quality checking images before uploading onto Fotoweb or eDerma systems.
- Ward, theatre, outpatient and studio photography.
- Use of Adobe Bridge/Photoshop and digital imaging software.
- Have a knowledge of medical conditions, terminology, and anatomy
- Gaining relevant and informed consent
- Safe storage of images following information governance protocol
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