Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To shadow Medical Photographers and also participate in all aspects of clinical and scientific photography of adults and children in a variety of locations including studio, ward, clinic, operating theatre, and mortuary.
• Responsible for undertaking training in all aspects of medical photography for diagnosis, case records, education, research, and publication across a wide range of specialities and disciplines.
• There is an expectation that the Trainee will enrol on a graduate clinical photography qualification, so that they are able to become registered with the Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS) on completion of the course.
• With assistance from Medical Photographers, to ensure a high level of photographic quality so that images are medically and legally valuable i.e. confidence with studio lighting, capturing accurate exposures, correct colour balancing, etc.
• With assistance from Medical Photographers, to utilise the most appropriate photographic and lighting techniques to best demonstrate the patient’s condition i.e. flat lighting and cross lighting.
• To complete administrative tasks, booking jobs, assisting with patient’s request, etc.
• To utilise image processing software and layout design software such as Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Bridge, for post‐production processes.
• To utilise word processing software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for production of teaching material and reports.
• Meet the needs of demand‐led clinical photography work e.g. attending urgent requests such as theatre, paediatrics, and non‐accidental injuries.
• Ensuring that photographs taken in operating theatres and trauma situations are taken with speed, dexterity, and accuracy to ensure that the patients’ treatment is not delayed or disrupted.
• To photograph medico‐legal client’s to the specifications of the requesting legal firm e.g. using measurements, specific lighting techniques, etc. Also, ensuring images are captured with accuracy and are a true likeness to the presented condition.
• To participate in video production assignments including pre‐planning, production, filming, editing, and post‐production.
• To competently and creatively handle general photographic assignments e.g. PR photography, still life, portraiture, and other forms of general photography.
• Meet the needs of outpatient work including undertaking dental/intraoral photography within Health and Safety requirements e.g. safe insertion of glass mirrors/retractors and use of appropriate sterilisation techniques.
• Co‐ordinate with ward staff so that in‐patients are prepared and dressings removed in advance of attending the ward.
• Provide a service in sometimes difficult and distressing circumstances, such as trauma, burns, terminally ill patients, sexual or physical abuse, still births, specimens, and post‐mortem examinations.
• When qualified and AHCS registered, participate in Teledermatology clinics, providing an accurate, efficient, and timely photographic service for the newly implemented patient pathway cancer referral system.
• To keep abreast of technological development and modern trends in clinical, scientific, and technical photography.
• To assist in the implementation of new technologies and techniques as appropriate. For example looking at how certain patient conditions can be photographed/lit in new and innovative ways.
• To be responsible for understanding patient consent and its application within the field of Medical Photography.
• Ensuring that patients understand the nature of the photographic procedure and consequences of image consent.
• Understand and be able to communicate information concerning consent levels, confidentiality, distribution, copyright, security, data protection, and Caldicott guidelines. This will include accommodating patients’ cultural and religious preferences and showing sensitivity, especially when communicating with patients with disability or anxiety.
• Understand and keep up‐to‐date with guidance in relation to the confidentiality of patients and the images, footage and information held about them on Medical Photography systems and databases.
• Develop good working relationships with clinicians and others to help ensure their current and future needs are met.
• To maintain an up‐to‐date Continuous Professional Development (CPD) portfolio, as recommended by the Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS).
• To work at the West Middlesex University Hospital site and other remote sites if necessary. 
• Work outside office hours occasionally (for example evening and weekend events, major incidents requiring photography).