Health Physicist - Radiation Safety Officer

Summary

The Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) for Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System reports directly to the Deputy Chief of Staff. The RSO serves as the manager of the Comprehensive Radiation Safety Program, oversees the use of all radioactive materials within the research and clinical domains while monitoring the safety of patients and employees exposed to radioactive material. Learn more about this agency This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was eliminated and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarification from the agency ALL US CITIZENS DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupation. Duties

• Plans, directs leads, and executes the radiation safety and medical health physics programs of SLVHCS in a technical, scientific, and administrative scope of function with responsibility for all diagnostic, therapeutic and research modalities that require the use of ionizing radiation.
• Review of experimental procedures including dose specific calculations and development of risk wording, occupational dosimetry determinations for employees, and evaluation of data regarding patient absorbed radiation dose.
• Plays the lead role in policy development for the organization's multicenter radiation safety program with technical/expert assistance/support to other groups outside the organization.
• Evaluates shielding requirements for radiographic devices, linear accelerators, and radioactive materials and sets a monitoring program to determine resulting exposure levels.
• Evaluates the training and experience of the medical staff and other professional personnel relative to regulatory compliance requirements for the use of radioactive materials and machine-produced ionizing radiation in clinical and research settings.
• Provides clinical support to Radiology, Nuclear Medicine/PET, Cardiology, Dental, Interventional Radiology, Surgery, Pain Management, Research, Pulmonary, Speech Pathology, Spinal Cord Injury, Anesthesia, Urology, Gastroenterology, and Radiation Oncology, for the application of radiation sources for the diagnosis and treatment of disease
• Reports patient radiation injuries to the appropriate agency including; National Health Physics Program (NHPP), JC, & FDA.
• Performs or oversees decontamination of staff and patients as required; Performs or oversees decontamination and release of facilities/physical locations for general use.
• Ensure the safe use of radioactive materials and ionizing machine-produced radiation by performing physical inspections and creating annual training in accordance with NRC regulation; Provide oversight of the safe storage of radioactive materials; Maintain inventory records of all radioactive materials.
• Develop and implement a program to train all personnel who work with or in areas that use radioactive materials and/or work with or in areas with ionizing radiation-producing machines as required by regulation and VHA directive and encourage facility education efforts.
• Report quarterly to the RRSC and as necessary to the MPRSC on the status of the radiation safety programs, ALARA exceptions and actions taken, and other pertinent radiation safety information.
• Provide assistance to the Medical Imagining Quality Control Program by ensuring that all imaging equipment is tested as required by regulatory and oversight agencies, incorporate full participation of the Radiology Quality Management Technologist, Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) Service, and all involved technologist(s) and professional staff (providers and nurses); Oversee and investigate, as needed, patient radiation doses. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm. subject to change based on the needs of the facility. Position Description Title/PD#: Health Physicist - Radiation Safety Officer Physical Requirements: The performance of inspections requires recurrent long periods of standing, walking, climbing, crouching, and lifting and occasional carrying of moderate to heavy items.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• May serve a probationary period
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (
• Effective May 7, 2025, driver’s licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.

Qualifications

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