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Clinical Photographer/Trainee Clinical Photographer

Job details
Posting date: 30 May 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: Band 5 & Trainee Band 5 (Year 1=£24,206 & Year 2=£25,935)
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 29 June 2024
Location: Oxford, OX39DU
Company: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6347485/321-CORP-6347485-B5

Summary

A Vacancy at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


As a Clinical Photographer, you will be providing a high-quality photographic service for one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. You will work as part of a progressive, collaborative team providing standardised clinical photographs for medical records, teaching and publication.
In addition, you will provide corporate and public relations photographs for the Trusts Communications Team that can appear on the Trust’s social media channels, the BBC, Oxford Mail and beyond.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. OMI primarily cover the John Radcliffe, Churchill and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre which are within walking distance of each other.


As part of the application process, you are required to email pdfs of your best work (or a link to your online portfolio) to emily.arthur@ouh.nhs.uk We are looking to see an up-to-date folio with a wide range of photographic skills that show attention to detail, technical expertise and a variety of lighting techniques.

Clinical Photographers provide comprehensive, standardised high quality clinical photographs which form as part of patients’ medical records, (and with consent) teaching and publication.

Day to day, Clinical Photographers work either from a dedicated clinical photography studio, on the wards, in surgical theatre or outpatient clinics. No two days are the same.

Clinical Photographers photograph a range of clinical subjects such as (but not limited to):
• Dermatological conditions
• Chronic wounds
• Non-accidental injuries / safeguarding enquiries
• Dental / facial reconstructions
• Photographs during surgical procedures
• Pre and post operative surgery

Clinical Photographers at Oxford Medical Illustration also provide high quality public relation images for the Trusts communications team and external partners such as:
• Corporate events
• Award ceremonies
• Staff Portraits
• Good news stories
• Recruitment campaigns
• Stock imagery for the design team



Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk



The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.



Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

The job description provided applies to qualified Clinical Photographers. If you are applying as a Trainee, you will receive a percentage of the band 5 salary and undertake on the job training (fully funded by Oxford Medical Illustration) to gain a Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Photography as a condition of employment. Upon completion of the training we can guarantee a permanent contract.

We would like to see the following in Trainee applications:
• A degree in a photography related field (a requirement for the Post Graduate Certificate)
• An ability to demonstrate how you have previously worked with compassion and care within a work environment
• Entry level knowledge and understanding of the role and skills required to be a successful Clinical Photographer through self-lead research
• Examples of in depth computer literacy with a comprehensive knowledge of digital photography and image management software
• Any experience in a Clinical Photography department or working with patients in an NHS setting or related field

For more information about a career as a Clinical Photographer and the benefits of working in the NHS, please see supporting information.


This advert closes on Sunday 23 Jun 2024