Senior Medical Photographer Teledermatology

Job overview

This is a specialist clinical photographer’s post that has lead responsibility for CUH’s Teledermatology service. This is a 1 year maternity cover position.

The service operates from within the hospital setting and at several outreach clinics within GP practices and the Ely Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC).

The specialist photographer will be responsible for lesion photography and dermoscopic imaging for patients with suspected skin cancer and other skin conditions. You will also be responsible for managing the Teledermatology Photography team and will work closely with the service management for skin.

Main duties of the job

Teledermatology Service

The Teledermatology service is led by Medical Photography and the Skin Service (Dermatology and Plastics), providing patients in the community with a more efficient and accessible pathway to treatment/discharge for suspected skin cancer and other skin conditions.

Outreach clinics will be administered by the Dermatology team and carried out by the photography team in clinical settings off-site.  The photographs taken will be an accurate record of the patient’s condition and used by the Skin Consultants to provide a diagnosis and/or treatment plan.

You will be a part of the clinical photography team, working alongside the clinical photographers and video editor, but will have particular responsibility for the Teledermatology team’s image requirements. You will have regular correspondence with Skin Consultants, Operational Management and Administrators, and provide standardised photography and dermoscopy of patients.

You will be responsible on a day-to-day basis for the output of the section in terms of both quality and timely delivery of clinical photography, providing advice and training as necessary, both at CUH and the outreach clinics.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Medical Photography

The clinical photography service includes routine clinical photography and video records, both in the studio and on location, photography and video in clinical trials, photography and video of operative and post mortem procedures, gross specimens, personal injury photography and photography of stillbirths. Media Studio provides a comprehensive photography, design and video service with senior photographers taking responsibility for the maintenance and deployment of specialist skills.

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can only apply for this post as a secondment and must have the approval of your current line manager before applying.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 4th December 2024

Interviews are due to be held on 17th December 2024

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.