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HEALTH PHYSICIST
Defense Threat Reduction Agency · Posted 79 days ago
About the Role
This position is being filled under the memorandum from the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)) "Expansion of Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense," dated August 12,2024. This position is part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
What You'll Do
- →As a HEALTH PHYSICIST at the GS-1306-14 some of your typical work assignments may include: Serves as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Health Physics (HP) by providing HP information and advice, and ensuring the protection of personnel from unwarranted exposure to ionizing radiation.
- →Coordinates HP activities for the department to include: maintaining the department radiological occupational health program; establishing procedures to identify personnel requiring pre-placement, periodic, and termination medical examinations; and participating in formulating occupational health examination requirements for workers at risk for hazardous exposures.
- →Recommends new or revised instructions, manuals, and technical documents required to support/document the HP Program.
- →Maintains professional currency by reading technical literature and attending professional meetings.
- →Serves as the RD-TS Radiation Safety Officer (RSO).
- →Manages the department Radiation Safety Program to ensure compliance with all federal, state, and host installation laws and regulations.
- →Provides oversight of radiation safety at all RD-TS fixed and mobile test sites.
- →Develops the Health and Safety Plan for RD-TS tests utilizing radiological or nuclear material.
- →Conducts and documents dose rate measurements of radioactive material use and storage areas; performs a physical inventory of radioactive sources; and performs leak tests on all required sources based on DTRA NRC license requirements.
- →Makes recommendations to senior leadership, in normal operations, on how to accomplish the mission with the least amount of human radiation dose and the minimum financial impact on the organization.
- →Submits requests for the purchase/acquisition of radioactive material to the DTRA RSO; coordinates the purchase/acquisition, shipment, and transfer of radioactive material; and ensures adherence to prescribed safety standards by inspecting all procedures used to handle, ship, store, or dispose of nuclear components.
- →Provides local oversight for the Agency's broad scope radiologic license.
- →Performs technical and administrative audits to ensure compliance with Federal regulations and Air Force host installation requirements.
- →Responds to radiologic inventory Intrusion Detection System (IDS) alarms.
Requirements
- ✓Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.
- ✓ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY?
- ✓You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims.
- ✓All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.
- ✓GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study.
- ✓Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis.
- ✓If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
Personality Fit
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