Senior Clinical Photographer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical Photographer to join our small, friendly Medical Illustration Team at The Christie. We are a primarily oncology related service, covering colorectal, urology, gynaecology and plastic and reconstructive surgery. This role involves providing clinical photography of the treatment and condition of patients in the studio, wards, clinics and in the operating theatre; you will use standardised representational photographic techniques for diagnostic, record, teaching, publication and research purposes, ensuring patient safety and wellbeing whilst involved in their care. You will be responsible for the day to day management of the clinical photography team as well as monitoring clinical photography and video workflows.,

• To be responsible for ensuring the consistent quality of all photography produced within the department. That the condition has been accurately interpreted and the correct lighting technique has been used to ensure it is medically and legally valuable and to the correct professional standard.
• To undertake clinical and non-clinical photography across the Christie site.
• To plan the workflow of the photographers on a daily basis ensuring availability of equipment and resources.
• To communicate complex information to professionals and patients or carers. Typically, this will involve explaining issues surrounding the use of clinical images; such as levels of permission, confidentiality, distribution, copyright, security, data protection and Caldicott Guidelines.
• To be an active panel member in any recruitment and selection process.
• To be the lead for video production for the department from conception to completed item including liaising with consultant staff, senior managers and other healthcare professionals.
• To be involved in the training and supervision of junior members of staff
  
  You will be expected to hold a degree in clinical photography or equivalent experience sufficient to be registered on the Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS).
  
  The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.