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Assistant Medical Photographer | North Bristol NHS Trust

Posting date:	23 July 2024
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£25,147 - £27,596 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	22 August 2024
Location:	Bristol, BS10 5NB
Company:	North Bristol NHS
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	6489799/339-BKS4840

Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the dynamicMedical Photography DepartmentatNorth BristolNHSTrust


AssistantMedical Photographer   Band4   1.0WTE- 18 monthsfixed term


Would you like to start, or develop, your career in medical photography in a dynamic, supportive team based inthestate-of-the-artmedical photographyfacility in the Brunel Building.


We are seeking acompassionate,motivated individual with aHND/ NVQ level 4orfoundationdegree in photography, or equivalent relevantprofessionalexperience.


The Medical Photography department provides acriticalservice supporting excellent care across the Trust and you will be delivering a high-quality service including medical photography (studio/ward/clinic) and ophthalmic photography. Excellentcommunicationinterpersonal skills, and a thorough understanding of image management / digital technology is essential.


You will support the departmentusingyour photography and image management skills to enable clinical decision making and care. You will work with the medical photographersto deliver the service andmaintainthe IMI QAS level 2.


You will be able todemonstratean ability to work independently, and with the team, to agreed timelines.


North Bristol NHS Trust is a large regional centre of excellence dedicated to the development of all ourstaff;as such the successful candidate will be expected to developwhile in post.



• Undertake medical photography under the direction of the medical photographers andin accordance withlocal practice/policies.

• To support the medical photography and illustration department, with responsibility for image management within the Medical Image Management System (MIMS) and Job Management System (JMS) databases.
• To deliver a service in line with the departmental and Trust guidelines, abiding by all consent, confidentiality,and legal guidelines.
• To provide a photographicsupport servicefor non-clinical activities undertaken by the Trust following national and local standards.
• To support the multi-skilling work within the department to ensure an efficient service is delivered in line with departmental service level agreements.









Medical photography is a dynamic, supportive, caring team supporting the delivery of care across the entire Trust.

As a member of the team you will form an integral part in the patients's care pathway providing vital information, in the form of photographs and video of patients to help clinicians diagnose and monitor patients progress.

As a team we also support research, quality improvement and service evaluation through both data capture but also supporting the dissemination of findings through our poster printing service.

In Medical Photography every day is different.

Image Management

• File handling NEFF files to create standardised files,e.g.JPEGs, for uploading into the Medical Image Management System (MIMS)

• Assess images provided to ensureappropriate medicalphotography views are uploaded to MIMS and corresponding consent level recorded.

• Digital processing and finishing / printing of imagesfromthe Medical Image Management System (MIMS).

• Processing and managing images provided by others, from out of hours services, for upload intoMIMS

• Accurate data entry and updates within the Job Management System (JMS)

• Undertaking quality assurance checks within MIMS and JMS
• When applicable, print to standard templates for Trust, police, solicitors, Crown Prosecution Service.


Medical Photography

• Working within the medical photography team, unsupervised, within standard

• To provide a medical photography service, working unsupervised within departmental guidelines, adhering to standard views in studio or clinical environment where applicable.

• Assess situations andassistingpatients with dressing/undressing to ensureappropriate medicalphotography/video views are obtained.

• Provide studio, out-patient, clinic, and ward photography, workingindependently within departmental guidelines,to meet the clinical needs of the department,adhering to SLAs and agreedtimelines

• To provide medical video, within departmental studio unsupervised, adhering to standard clinical video protocols / SOPs, adhering toSLAsand agreedtimelines.




Non-Medical Photography

• Provide ophthalmic photography,adhering to SLAs and agreed timelines.

• Provide non-medical photography service,e.g.staff boards and PR, adhering to standard views in studio or clinical environment where applicable.

• Responsible for own actions working within department guidelines,policiesand procedures.

• Support the department inmaintainingthe quality assurance accreditation from the Institute of Medical Illustrators (IMI)

• Ensuring all specialist photography equipment isalways managed safely andsecurely.


Media

• Undertake public relations photography, including. in-house magazine, reports,research,and various associated projects.

• Photography for exhibitions and displays, booklets and posters.

• Staff group photography and presentations.

• Portraiture of trust staff for various use

• Non-medical photography for patient leaflets, teaching, research, posters etc.

• Accurate data entry within the Job Management System (JMS)
• Support income generation activities as appropriate

• Monitor the poster workload and undertake poster printing ensuring jobs are completed and charged withinappropriate timelines.


Multi-skilling

• Participate fully within the multi-skilling rota covering non-medical photography, medical image management, videoupload to MIMS, fundus/OCTand poster printing asappropriate.

• Competent to undertake fundus/ OCTphotography.





Training and personal development

• Maintain own competence within photography and associated information technology.

• Maintain own competence to enableappropriateparticipationin the multi-skilling rota delivering a safe,effectiveand efficientservice

• To be pro-active inmaintaininga Continuous Professional Development Plan.

• Provide training and supervision fornew staffto develop their competence as part of the departmental multi-skilling

Other
• Upholding policies in patient consent, confidentiality, data protection and human rights.

• Follow departmental and Trust policies and procedures.

• Managing work within specific deadlines

• Evening and weekend shifts as service developmentsrequire.

• Any reasonable request made by your line manager.









This advert closes on Tuesday 6 Aug 2024