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Health Physicist
National Institutes of Health · Posted 24 days ago
About the Role
This is a Health Physicist position within the Division of Safety, Office of Research Services (ORS), National Institutes of Health (NIH). If you have experience participating in assigned safety and health programs in a clinical or research science laboratory setting AND you want to play a significant role in a dynamic organization, then consider joining the NIH Office of Research Services! For more information, visit http://ors.od.nih.gov.
What You'll Do
- →Serves as a health physics specialist in assessing, planning, developing, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating programs utilizing radiation producing devices or radioactive materials.
- →Plans significant projects, advises on procedural methods, develops radiation safety programs, and conducts radiation safety training.
- →Provides radiation safety support for therapeutic administrations of radioactive materials and provides backup coverage, including for BSL-4 laboratories, at the Integrated Research Facility.
- →Serves as a technical authority overseeing safety interlock tests and leak tests of sealed radiation sources used in biomedical research.
- →Writes procedures for laboratory radiation safety, conducts audits of the radiation safety program, and facilitates the submission of reports to the NRC on cases involving overexposure to radiation, spill incidents, decommissioning activities, etc.
- →Solves problems and improves the methods and processes carried out which often require the development, adaptation and modification of precedents, methods, and procedures.
Requirements
- ✓This position has an education requirement.
- ✓You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts (or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed and grades).
- ✓Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package.
- ✓Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.
- ✓Click here for information on Foreign Education.
- ✓If you qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed and grades.
- ✓Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application packages.
- ✓Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.
- ✓Click here for information on Foreign Education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 735ce298-3653-4205-b0f2-7504ae6be181
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