Senior Clinical Photographer – Photography Led Dermatology Clinic Lead: Sponsorship Available

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Job summary

Job overview

  1. Responsible for the clinical photography undertaken for the Clinical Photography Led Dermatology Clinic service for the Royal Wolverhampton and Walsall Hospital Trusts and when required, at any site where Clinical Photography services are provided by the Trusts.
  2. Ability to use location and studio lighting in a variety of photographic situations to accurately record a clinical condition is essential. Provide illustrative advice and recommendations to medical staff to ensure that clinical conditions are recorded using the most appropriate views / techniques to enable satisfactory assessment of such clinical conditions.
  3. Photography of all clinical conditions including specialist techniques such as wet dermoscopy using polarized and non-polarised patient contact techniques as well as non-contact dermoscopy. Cross lighting, mole mapping, UV and IR photography as required.

Main duties of the job

  1. Responsible for the clinical photography undertaken for the Clinical Photographer Led Dermatology Clinic service for the Royal Wolverhampton and Walsall Hospital Trusts and at any site where Clinical Photography services are provided by the Trusts.
  2. Accurately capture clinical and non-clinical stills and video images. Provide advice to users, as and when necessary, regarding illustration solutions.
  3. Use professional judgement and experience to interpret complex information from clinical request form, provide clinicians with high quality clinical photographs and videos for all specialist areas such as, Dermatology, Orthodontics, Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery. These images will be used for clinical assessment, patient records, teaching, publication and research.

Hold full professional membership of the Institute of Medical Illustrators and AHCS registration.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • BSc in Medical Illustration, or a Degree or HND in Photography together with Graduate Certificate in Clinical Photography
  • Must have attained level of education to include GCSE English Language, Mathematics and a science or art subject.
  • Evidence of recent CPD of ongoing professional training required to maintain up to date skills.

Desirable

  • City & Guilds Certificate in Diabetic Retinal Screening
  • Registered Medical Illustration Practitioner [RMIP] AHCS registered
  • Full professional membership of Institute of Medical Illustrators (IMI)

Professional Registration

Essential

  • Be able to demonstrate a wide range of experience in both clinical and non clinical illustration / photography techniques
  • Detailed knowledge of legislation pertaining to clinical photography, in particular consent, copyright, data protection and NHS corporate ID
  • Experience in managing staff.
  • Advanced knowledge of digital imaging capture, manipulation and output.
  • Interpret clinical request forms and use appropriate views to illustrate the condition
  • Experience of video capture and processing and output using digital non-linear editing systems

Desirable

  • Detailed knowledge and applied skills of clinical illustration including dermatology, intra-oral, and Fundus photography.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 25 October 2026

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