Job Description

Health Physicist - Radiation Safety Officer

Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Sets up all work and trains in all areas of radiation safety, including, but not limited to, machine-produced radiation and radioactive materials;
• Implements and evaluates tests, procedures, and reporting mechanisms to ensure proper radiation safety measures within the facility;
• Consults with facility medical staff and scientists, equipment vendors, and operations personnel to resolve very complex and unprecedented issues arising from clinical uses of radioactivity and radiation-producing equipment, research protocols, new X-ray equipment capabilities, applications, or environments;
• Plans and implements a radiation safety program for a clinically complex institution and its satellite clinics, which typically include clinical consultation and/or research functions;
• Represents the organization in agency and peer group committees, as well as the affiliated university, to develop new policies and procedures;
• Develops and recommends evaluation criteria and guidelines for assessing radiation safety programs;
• Communicates extensively with all regulatory agencies (i.e., the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), National Health Physics Program (NHPP), State Radiation Control Program, Joint Commission, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
• Serves as a contractor officer representative;
• Advises medical center administration on all aspects of health physics, including disaster planning for accidents involving radiation exposure or radioactive contamination;
• Oversees the use of all radioactive materials and radiation-producing machines within the research and clinical domains, responsible for ensuring the required audits, surveys, and QA evaluations of all radiation-producing equipment utilized across the Medical Center;
• Designs, implements, and evaluates strategies to improve radiation program assurance and quality management;
• Instructs personnel in the use of monitoring equipment, safe laboratory practices, decontamination methods, and related procedures;
• Provides initial education and training to new employees on safety procedures for all personnel using radioactive materials and/or radiation-producing equipment, and continuous training to existing employees, including physicians, nurses, biomedical engineers, technologists, etc.;
• Evaluates all areas of ionizing radiation use for proper security, shielding integrity, usage, and ventilation in appropriate areas.
• Develops, implements, and maintains written policies and procedures appropriate for the monitoring, use, and control of radioactive materials and radiation machines;
• Provides expert, comprehensive quality assurance oversight for imaging to a segment of a large, complex biomedical research facility; and
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8:00am-4:30pm. Work schedule is subject to change based on agency needs.

Telework (ad hoc): This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.

Position Description/PD#: Health Physicist - Radiation Safety Officer/ PD074830

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized. DESIGNATED DRUG-TESTING POSITION: Applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test result is received.

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