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Job overview
Medical Photographer Fixed Term – 12 Months An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the busy Medical Photography Department at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting time for our department and the future development of our service as we have recently moved to a new hospital with a purpose-built photographic studio.
Main duties of the job
Based at The Royal Liverpool we provide a wide range of medical photographic services working for a variety of specialties such as Tissue Viability, Dermatology, Breast, Orthopaedics, Vascular and Infectious Diseases, working alongside Consultants, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and other clinicians from both medical and surgical directorates. The service also contributes to medico – legal services, by providing general photography, and videography for trust wide services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic, and qualified medical photographer who is friendly, self-motivated, conscientious, and able to work independently as well as part of a team. The candidate will offer excellent interpersonal and communication skills and have the technical ability to join our team, with working knowledge of Photoshop and a thorough understanding of digital technology.
The postholder will need to have a degree in Medical Photography or a degree in Photography plus relevant clinical experience, with excellent organisational skills, a flexible approach, and the ability to work professionally and sympathetically, in a fast-paced environment.
Skills in time management and prioritising workloads are essential, whist supporting the senior photographer. Cross site working is also required on rotational periods.
For more information, please contact Jackie Soden 0151 706 2886
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Photographic and video skills including clinical, commercial & PR using conventional and digital imaging technology
- Good IT skills including working knowledge of the following Apple Macintosh computer programmes Photoshop, QuarkXpress and PowerPoint
- Photographic laboratory skills including mono, colour and E6 processing
- Experience / knowledge of Digital Image Asset Management Systems
Desirable
- A knowledge and understanding of other professions within the NHS and professions within a medical illustration services department
- A good knowledge of medical terminology and anatomy
- Commitment to deliver high quality clinical photographic service
Experience
Essential
- Experience in a clinical photographic section of a medical illustration department yielding the experience and skills identified below.
Desirable
- Teaching hospital experience
- Experience of working with a multidisciplinary medical illustration department comprising clinical photographers, medical graphic designers, reprographic and multimedia productions
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Medical Illustration or equivalent
- State registered medical Illustration practitioner
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This advert is for Clinical Photographer with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Health science services role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (NA). The application deadline is 16 Aug 2026.
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