Clinical Photographer Band 5 Cardiff, Wales
Job description
Working with a team of clinical photographers in the Photographic Section of Medical Illustration, to provide a wide range of photographic and clinical video support to the staff of Cardiff and Vale UHB.
We are looking for a versatile and enthusiastic qualified clinical photographer to join our busy team providing a comprehensive photography and video service to the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. Based primarily at the University Hospital of Wales but with major commitments to University Hospital Llandough, the department delivers a fast, high-quality clinical and non-clinical service to a wide range of clients using digital photography and video technology. Our major users include ophthalmology, dermatology, wound healing and the breast care team.
You will need to be highly motivated, conscientious, a quick learner and a good communicator. You must be able to work alone as well as being a committed team player. The successful candidate will have a good range of clinical photography skills, (studio and location based) and have the strong desire to develop their knowledge and skills even further, the department supports and encourages development of its staff.
Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board is the largest Health Board in Wales and one of the largest in the UK. It provides healthcare to a population of around 500,000 people in the Cardiff and Vale area.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is “Caring for People, Keeping People Well”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Operational
To undertake clinical photography and clinical video assignments to the highest standards, across a wide range of clinical specialities, including but not exclusively dermatology, ophthalmology, wound healing, paediatrics and trauma and orthopaedics.
To competently interpret requests for photography / video to provide clinicians with high quality images for patient care, triaging, diagnostic, teaching, publication and research purposes.
Undertake clinical photography in accordance with departmental protocols and procedures, using standardised representational photography and non-standardised techniques.
Undertake patient photography in a range of clinical settings, including clinics, on the wards, in operating theatres, and in the photography studio, adhering to the local standard operating procedures applicable to each clinical area. Ensure patient care, dignity and well-being is maintained during the photographic procedure, adapting photographic practice to meet individual needs, including but not exclusively, cognitive disorders, cultural and religious considerations, physical and sensory impairments.
Competently and creatively handle general photographic assignments e.g. PR photography, architectural photography and other forms of general photography. in support of the public relations, teaching and research activities of Cardiff & Vale UHB.
Ensure the quality of all photography produced within the department is of a highly professional nature and ensure it adheres to national and local policies and legislation. Including but not exclusively, consent, confidentiality, copyright and data protection, from the photographic request through to image storage and output.
Contribute to the maintenance of quality control of own work and across the section and oversee the work of any trainees working with them.
Produce high quality digital images using advanced technical skills in computerised image manipulation, ensuring that reproduction is accurate and in accordance with departmental procedures, being aware of the need for a defined audit trail.
Communication
Understand all relevant issues regarding patient consent for illustrative recording and able to provide advice about appropriate policy, techniques and image management to UHB staff.
Ensure patients understand why photographs / video is being requested, the process of consent for imaging and how the recordings may be used and securely stored.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team to deliver patient centred care.
Advise clients, from all levels, on the most appropriate use of photography and clinical video techniques and resources.
Liaise with clients and Senior Photographers, when appropriate, in interpreting photographic briefs to meet client’s needs across Cardiff & Vale UHB.
Contribute to developing and the implementation of protocols for photography and video capture and workflow, including research projects.
Assist the Head of Photography in the forward planning, development and promotion of the Service as a whole and assist in the implementation of new technologies and techniques as appropriate
To be conversant with modern trends in clinical, scientific and technical photography and illustrative procedures and to keep abreast of technological development within the photographic field.
Administration
Undertake day-to-day management of stock levels.
To utilise administrative and relevant image database systems, ensuring accurate data input and controlling access to the information in line with the Data Protection Act /GDPR, and contribute to the auditing of these records.
Ensure the cost-effective use of all UHB resources.
To be responsible for planning own workload making short term adjustments in order to prioritise requests.
Maintain membership of the Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS) voluntary register.
Supervision and Training
Act as Team Leader in the absence of the Senior Photographer / Team Leader, making day-to-day operational decisions in conjunction with the Head of Photography and Video and other Senior Clinical Photographers.
To assist in the on-job training of Trainee Clinical Photographers undertaking the Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW), Clinical Photography Training Programme.
