The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Team Leader for Medical Photography

The closing date is 27 May 2025

Job summary

Here at the Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospital an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Medical Photography Team Leader to become a key role within our Medical Photography department within Radiology. We require someone who has excellent organisational and Interpersonal skills and who can continuously improve themselves and help others to do so within the department. The successful candidate will be able to lead a team, support the service and be proactive in developing service and staff development. We are a challenging and fast paced service and require someone who can step into this role with confidence, professionalism and the ability to motivate themselves and others. We are looking for someone who can uphold our trust values & behaviours and play a crucial role in delivering excellent care. Are you caring, ensuring this is in the heart of all you do? Are you willing to contribute to help improve aspects of the care being delivered and to improve yourself? Are you respectful of others and treat people the way they would expect to be treated? Are you able to provide a high standard of work, for both patients and the services we provide? Then you just might be the candidate we are looking for. We are a 4 site trust and as part of your role you may be required to work across all 4 sites (Pinderfields, Pontefract, Community Diagnostic Centre and Dewsbury). The Mid Yorkshire Trust has excellent travel links to Leeds, Sheffield, Doncaster and Bradford. We are close to both the

Main duties of the job

Main duties To take responsibility for the leadership, strategic and operational management to the Department of Medical Photography service under the direction of the Radiology Service Manager. Responsibility of providing a comprehensive, cost effective high quality clinical and non-clinical photographic service for patient record, research, teaching and publication to clinicians and other health care professionals.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, car lease and home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Date posted

13 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

000339

Job locations

Pinderfields Hospital

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Job description

Job responsibilities

To always maintain a high technical and professional standard within Photography and Videography including correctly positioning patients to obtain the optimum image.

In conjunction the Radiology Service Manager, contribute to the development of the Photography service and delivery of a strategic vision for the department.

To have the responsibility for ensuring that all photography including complex and graphic photography procedures are carried out by the team in accordance with the departmental systems of work and protocols and the relevant consent has been obtained from the patient/staff/member of public.

To discuss any questionable requests with the referring clinician.

To work without supervision performing a full range of high quality, appropriate photographic examinations as requested by clinicians across all four sites.

To actively develop high standards of patient care in self and others, ensuring Trust policies and protocols are widely communicated and are implemented e.g., infection control.

To undertake graphic/distressing photographs for the purpose of patient care documentation and have excellent hand-eye coordination.

To be able to interpret a wide range of photographs and escalation any significant findings to the relevant referrer

To frequently review the Quality of the images taken by the team and discuss any concerns with the team.

To ensure adequate photography cover is provided for theatres, Inpatients, A&E patients and Outpatients.