Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Photographer
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 18 months (B5 Annex 21)
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full time - 37.5 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 040-HS014-0525
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Clinical Photography & Medical Illustration, Block 7
- Town
- Newport
- Salary
- £30,420 - £37,030 B5 Annex 21 70% top end B5 12 months,75% top end B5 for 6 months
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Trainee Clinical Photographer
Band 5
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed. Please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01497 745805 option 3.
If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
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.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.
Job overview
The Aneurin Bevan UHB Clinical Photography department are an award winning and forward thinking team that provide a high standard photography, video and graphic design service.
We are looking for two dedicated individuals seeking an exciting career in Clinical Photography. You will be based at our main department at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, and gain exposure to many specialities including: Dermatology (inc TeleDermoscopy), Maxilliofacial, Orthodontics, ENT, Plastic Surgery, Tissue Viability, Theatre and much more.
The successful candidates will undertake an 18 month on the job training programme designed specifically to provide a sound knowledge and skill base to develop their career.
As a Trainee Clinical Photographer (Band 5 Annex 21) you will be working towards gaining skills and experience to be competent in meeting the duties and responsibilities detailed in this job description. This will enable you to be eligible to apply for a qualified Band 5 Clinical Photographer position.
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.
This is an 18-month fixed term contract starting on Monday 1st September 2025 and ending on Friday 26th February 2027.
Any queries please contact Ceri Llewellyn, Head of Service on 01633 234187.
Main duties of the job
This post is a fixed term/secondment for 18 months to meet the needs of the service.
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 specialities within the organisation. Working in a variety of clinical environments, the post holder will use a combination of standardised and non-standardised photographic techniques.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
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 and Knowledge
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 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.
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.
- Show a desire for further personal and professional development and qualifications.
- Demonstrate organisational skills.
Desirable criteria
- 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.
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.
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
- Ceri Llewellyn
- Job title
- Head of Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01633 234187
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