Band 6 - Senior Graphic Designer, Medical Illustration

A Vacancy at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

We are seeking for a Senior Graphic Designer to play a key role in helping to inform, engage and celebrate our staff community and patients by using your creative design skills to deliver campaigns and collateral which make a real impact.

You will be responsible for creating engaging designs print/production and e-distribution and have an eye for detail.

This will include supporting print and digital campaigns, producing designs, layouts and graphics, wayfinding solution design and signs, clinical form design, developing publications and a wide range of support and communication materials.

You will have a relevant qualification (HND or degree) and/or significant experience in graphic design, and will enjoy having a high level of autonomy as you work on projects from concept to completion.

You will support with the development of wayfinding, creating effective and use friendly navigation systems within hospital settings.

They will blend design, human psychology, and environmental planning to develop, intuitive, signage, maps, and environmental clues that help patient’s visitors and staff navigate with ease.

It’s an exciting time to join us – we’re a small, friendly team with big ambitions to punch well above our weight.

If you’re ambitious, passionate about making a difference and know how you can help deliver real impact for our communities then we would love to hear from you.

Manage the day-to-day design/illustration workload to meet the demands of the service. Make value judgements on the correct solutions, taking into account client, objectives and project planning. Follow procedures and protocols for design workflow.

Simultaneously, coordinate, prioritise and project managing workflow to tight deadlines (30-45 projects at one time).

Plan and coordinate clients, photographers, illustrators, printers and suppliers. Organise meeting, meet delivery within a specified timescale and within budget.

Manage design project budgets and ensure value for money, maintaining quality of design projects and delivery to ‘best fit for purpose’ standards. Setting and monitoring design standards for quality of work.

Manage and deliver a portfolio of projects from specification, design, production, print/sign buying and quality control.

Refresh and develop new templates for colleagues to work with independently.

Collaborate with architects, interior designers, facility managers, and stakeholders to create intuitive navigation solutions that enhance the overall patient and visitor experience to deliver wayfinding and sign solutions.

Implement brand guidelines, maintaining consistency and quality to ensure all branding is working within the organisation’s corporate identity. Be a key point of contact, advising colleagues and other partners on using the brand assets correctly and effectively.

With a new hospital planned for Watford, work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital and plans for a neighbourhood healthcare centre in Hemel Hempstead, this is an exciting time to join us.

We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.

Staff wellbeing and development are a priority, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.

Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.

We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance. www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking

If you have a disability or long-term health condition and require support or guidance please contact westherts.recruitment@nhs.net

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We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Develop user-centred wayfinding solutions tailored to patients, visitors, and staff, considering accessibility and inclusivity.

Work within the branding to ensure wayfinding designs of line with the hospital’s visual identity, ensuring materials, colours, fonts, and finishes that align with the hospital’s identity.

Support online/digital communications for the website, intranet, social media and e-newsletters, trust service publications, i.e., strategies/annual reports etc.

Liaise with other members of the department over work related issues and lend help, support and oversee work when required.

Liaise directly with client to gain a strong understanding of their project requirements. To advise them on the possible design solutions/outcomes and reach overall project. To relay the concept, create visuals, communicate ideas and view on the project, establishing a good trust relationship with the client and gain the cooperation of others.

Dealing effectively and courteously with department customers, receiving all types of Medical Illustration work. Advise customers on best possible solutions.

Support events, including preparing presentations, induction packs, event materials and displays etc.

To design a wide range of material for publication, printing, presentations and associated electronic media,

Visual communications for research in the form of graphs, Infographics, charts and diagrams.

This advert closes on Tuesday 2 Jun 2026