Senior Clinical Photographer - Photography Led Dermatology Clinic Lead

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

Continue to develop professional skills through appropriate training and development. Maintain an up-to-date CPD portfolio to satisfy the requirements of the Institute of Medical Illustrators. This is a mandatory requirement to maintain continued CAMIP Registration.

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.

Use of a variety of DSLR equipment and mobile devices, risks, consent, storage, data protection, patient positioning, infection control, backgrounds, lighting, camera settings, dermoscopy, labelling, choice technique to image different conditions.

Use of specialist equipment invasive and noninvasive.

Accurately capture stills and video images of clinical conditions and non-clinical requests. Provide advice to users, as and when necessary, regarding illustration solutions.

Post capture processing of images using specialised software for image manipulation, page layout and digital asset management. This will include; page layout of templates, colour correction, cropping, exposure etc and uploading onto the Clinical Web Portal.

Knowledge of the standard view requirements for clinical photography in specialised areas through an extensive understanding of anatomy, physiology and medical terminology.

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 so enabling satisfactory assessment of such clinical conditions.