Team Leader, Clinical Photography - Central Clinical Services
Lead a responsive clinical photography service
We are seeking an experienced Clinical Photographer and supportive people leader to coordinate the Clinical Photography service across Counties Manukau. You will lead a small team of four Clinical Photographers, providing mentoring, professional support and day-to-day coordination across Middlemore Hospital and Manukau Health Park.
Alongside maintaining a clinical photography workload, you will coordinate delivery across theatres, clinics, wards and studio settings. The service predominantly supports the National Burns Service, Regional Plastics Service and other clinical services.
Opportunity for a permanent full-time role.
About the role
• Provide visible, supportive leadership, coaching and development for the team.
• Coordinate referrals, workloads, staffing, leave and site coverage across both locations.
• Balance planned and urgent demand and escalate capacity or service continuity risks.
• Provide technical guidance and maintain high standards of clinical photography and image management.
• Ensure practice meets consent, privacy, confidentiality, infection prevention, health and safety and records requirements.
• Build strong relationships with clinical services and support practical service improvement.
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About you
You will be a highly skilled photographer with sound clinical judgement and a calm, fair and collaborative leadership style. You will be comfortable managing changing priorities while supporting your team to deliver a consistent, patient-centred service.
• A photography, medical photography, clinical illustration or related qualification, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Substantial professional photography experience, including advanced digital photography, lighting, colour management and image processing.
• Clinical or medical photography experience, preferably in burns, plastics, surgical or acute care environments.
• Experience coordinating a team or service and mentoring, coaching and supporting colleagues.
• The ability to prioritise planned and urgent demand across multiple settings or sites.
• Excellent interpersonal, organisational and problem-solving skills, with strong knowledge of consent, privacy and safe clinical imaging practice.
Desirable: Formal leadership, management or coaching development, and experience in quality improvement, service development or equipment planning.
Working at Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
How to apply
If you value technical excellence, patient-centred practice and teamwork, please submit your CV, cover letter and a portfolio demonstrating relevant photography capability through the advertised recruitment process.
To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Nisha Karipoth on Nisha.karipoth@tewhatuora.govt.nz
