Medical Photographer

Medical Photographer

Closing date is 30 July 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Medical Photographer to join our Clinical Illustration Service at King's Mill Hospital. We are expanding to meet the evolving needs of our patients and clinicians, and we're looking for a talented, motivated individual to become part of our growing team.

About the Role:

• King's Mill Hospital
• Newark Hospital
• Ashfield Health Village
• Mansfield Community Hospital

• Dermatology and Teledermatology
• Wound photography
• Ophthalmology imaging
• PR and promotional photography

You’ll be contributing to high-quality patient care by producing accurate, consistent, and clinically valuable images.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated.

At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs -

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

• Post graduate certificate in clinical photography or equivalent experience
• A high level of photographic ability
• An imaginative, innovative and creative mind
• Excellent standard of appearance and presentation to reflect the high-profile nature of this role
• Ability to work with all professions throughout the Trust and with colleagues in partner organisations involved in the management or provision of health and social care services
• Experience in using a professional photographic studio
• Experience of interacting with patients and their families/carers in an acute setting
• Experience of working in photography within a hospital/clinical environment
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to use initiative, organise self and service workload
• Have professional membership with the Institute of Medical Illustrators (IMI)
• Basic telephone and computer skills, including Word, plus experience with specific software packages such as Adobe Photoshop
• Competence in using specialist clinical photography cameras for example OCT, Fundus camera and dermoscopic cameras
• Understanding of legislation pertaining to consent, data protection and copyright etc
• Proactive to take on new responsibilities and have the confidence to work alone on projects or to work as part of the wider team

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust