Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Photographer
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- 18 months (Fixed term training contract from 1st September 2025 until 26th February 2027 due to funding)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (08:30 - 16:30 Monday - Friday 30 minute Lunch Break)
- Job ref
- 110-HS016-0625
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Glamorgan Hospital
- Town
- Pontyclun
- Salary
- £30,420 - £37,030 per annum - Annex 21 applies - 70% Year 1 & 75% Year 2
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Trainee Clinical Photographer
Band 5
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB Medical Illustration department provide a high standard photography, video and graphic design service.
We are looking for a dedicated individual seeking an exciting career in Clinical Photography. Based at our main department at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, you will gain exposure to all aspects of clinical photography undertaking clinical photography in many specialities across CTMUHB such as Dermatology, Maxillofacial, Ophthalmology, ENT, Tissue Viability, Theatre and many more.
The successful candidate will undertake an 18 month training programme designed specifically to provide a sound knowledge and skill base to develop their career. As a trainee you will undertake the Level 7 Diploma in Clinical Photography, which will require you to commit to additional hours outside of the working day to complete the qualification.
Main duties of the job
To work in a team of clinical photographers to produce clinical photographs / video to aid patient care, diagnosis, teaching, research, and publications.
The post holder will provide a range of photographic knowledge and skills to support a variety of multidisciplinary teams, across a range of clinical specialties within the organisation. Working in a variety of clinical environments, the post holder will use a combination of standardised and non-standardised photographic techniques.
Salary details : Band 5 Annex 21 70% year 1 and 75% Year 2
This is an 18-month fixed term contract due to funding, starting on Monday 1st September 2025 and ending on Friday 26th February 2027.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one tea
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Possess an Honours degree or equivalent qualifications, in photography or a relevant media related subject that has a focus on photography. Alternatively, learners must have sufficient relevant professional photographic work experience.
- Evidence of background research into the medical illustration profession and NHS.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of work in a public/service environment.
- Experience of work in a medical photography department.
- Membership with the professional body for clinical photographers, the Institute of Medical Illustrators.
- Demonstrate photography skills in a range of subject matter, e.g. still-life photography and portraiture. Demonstrate control of lighting on location and in the studio.
Skills and attributes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate a good level of technical skill in digital photography
- Demonstrate photographic skills in different environments including studio and on location.
- Demonstrate skills in composition and visual perception
- Show a good level of computer literacy, particularly with digital imaging software.
- Demonstrate good communication skills in a variety of settings and with a range of people
- Demonstrate ability to work as a member of a team.
- Demonstrate organisational skills.
- Show a desire for further personal and professional development and qualifications
Desirable criteria
- Wide range of technical knowledge
- Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B1) are Desirable for this Role
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Soraya Nasrat
- Job title
- Medical Illustration Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 443480
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