Radiation safety officer job description
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Radiation safety officer requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in radiation safety officer job postings.
Sample radiation safety officer requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Radiation Safety, Health Physics, or related field
- Knowledge of radiation safety regulations
- Experience in radiation safety operations
- Familiarity with radiation safety equipment
- Certification in Radiation Safety
Sample required radiation safety officer soft skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to lead and motivate a team
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Organizational and time management skills
Radiation safety officer job description example 1
Kaiser Permanente radiation safety officer job description
Manages the provision of medical physics services to ensure the provision of high-quality diagnostic imaging in an environment that meets recognized standards and in a manner that meets the service expectations of administration, staff, physicians, and patients.
Essential Responsibilities:
+ Acts as the principal technical resource on regulatory, accreditation, image quality and radiation safety matters and advises leadership on strategies and tactics relating to the technical and regulatory direction of the regional imaging physics and radiation safety program.
+ Serves as the Regional Radiation Safety Officer and is specifically named as the RSO on all radioactive materials licenses within Southern California. Has been delegated necessary authority by executive management to meet the responsibilities outlined in appendices 6.2 and 7 of the Regional Radiation Safety Manual, including prohibiting the use of radioactive material or radiation producing equipment by physicians/employees who do not meet the necessary requirements.
+ Represents the region during regulatory agency inspections and coordinates the response to those agencies and others.
+ Responsible for consulting with appropriate regulatory agencies at the federal, state, and county level including but not limited to the Food and Drug Administration, California Department of Health Services, and Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, and San Diego counties.
+ Establishes and maintains region-wide policies, practices and procedures related to the safe and compliant use of radiation and radioactive materials such that the program is designed to assure a safe environment for patients, employees, physicians and visitors.
+ Develops and implements monitoring and reporting processes to ensure timely provision of information and adherence to established policies and procedures.
+ Specific services to be managed include tracking of authorized users, use locations, radioactive sources, radioactive waste and equipment; monitoring exposures to the public and occupational workers; tracking and maintaining exposure to radiation and releases to the environment, providing training; monitoring compliance with all applicable regulations and license conditions; reviewing and commenting on proposed regulations; implementing a security program for category 1 and category 2 quantities of radioactive material; coordinating the activities of the Regional Radiation Safety Committee.
+ Develops, implements and maintains a radiation safety education program to ensure the compliant use of machine and material sources of radiation throughout the region.
+ Manages a personnel exposure monitoring program to ensure that radiation exposure to physicians and staff are maintained at levels as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA).
+ Maintains a program of timely registration of machine sources of radiation and oversees the process of renewing MQSA and State mammography certifications to ensure uninterrupted delivery of clinical services.
+ Participates on Regional, Divisional and National committees and task forces to provide technical support to product selection and technology direction efforts. Assesses new and developing medical imaging technologies to support clinical and administrative decision makers.
+ Provides the functions of a senior diagnostic physicist.
+ Manages an effective program of medical radiation physics instruction for physicians and staff as needed, such as to prepare diagnostic radiology residents sufficient to pass the physics portion of the American Board of Radiology (ABR) certification exam.
+ Manages residents, associate diagnostic physicists, diagnostic physicist and senior diagnostic physicists within the department in a manner that produces a responsive, motivated and highly competent team-oriented staff, while adhering to an established budget. This includes hiring, coaching, counseling, conducting performance reviews, firing, etc. Provides direction to other department technical staff members who are employed primarily to provide support for the radiation safety program.
+ Allocates and assigns medical physics subject matter experts for internal committees, projects, and activities.
+ Manages the development and implementation of quality assurance and evaluation programs that ensure the acquisition, processing and display of medical images are of high quality and meet or exceed the requirements, regulations and recommendations of regulatory, accreditation and professional bodies.
+ Collaborates with physicians and other stakeholders on matters related to Radiation and MRI Safety
+ Serves on internal and external committees.
+ Participates in processes to develop and update regulations.
+ Calculates patient specific dosimetry for prolonged or unusual imaging cases, including fetal dose assessments.
+ Ensures compliance with radiation shielding design for medical imaging use areas.
+ Establishes and maintains diagnostic reference levels for quality control purposes.
+ Oversight of and coordination with service engineers with respect to regulatory and accreditation matters.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
+ Minimum ten (10) years of postgraduate degree experience in medical physics as it applies to diagnostic imaging and radiation safety.
Education
+ Master's degree or Ph.D. in medical physics, health physics or related field.
License, Certification, Registration
+ Certified in Diagnostic and Nuclear Medicine Medical Physics by the American Board of Radiology (ABR)
Additional Requirements:
+ Must meet NRC and state requirements to serve as Radiation Safety Officer for all uses on the radioactive materials licenses.
+ General knowledge of medical radiation physics, medical radiation safety and pertinent regulations.
+ General knowledge of computers and their applications in diagnostic imaging.
+ Experience in designing, implementing and monitoring quality assurance programs and equipment evaluation methods for diagnostic imaging devices.
+ Experience evaluating radiation safety status of machine and radioactive materials sources of ionizing radiation.
+ Effective communication skills, demonstrated customer service skills and willingness to be part of a team.
+ Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
+ Experience supervising a professional technical staff preferred.
COMPANY: KAISER
TITLE: Chief Physicist & Regional Radiation Safety Officer
LOCATION: Pasadena, California
REQNUMBER: 1093298
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.
Essential Responsibilities:
+ Acts as the principal technical resource on regulatory, accreditation, image quality and radiation safety matters and advises leadership on strategies and tactics relating to the technical and regulatory direction of the regional imaging physics and radiation safety program.
+ Serves as the Regional Radiation Safety Officer and is specifically named as the RSO on all radioactive materials licenses within Southern California. Has been delegated necessary authority by executive management to meet the responsibilities outlined in appendices 6.2 and 7 of the Regional Radiation Safety Manual, including prohibiting the use of radioactive material or radiation producing equipment by physicians/employees who do not meet the necessary requirements.
+ Represents the region during regulatory agency inspections and coordinates the response to those agencies and others.
+ Responsible for consulting with appropriate regulatory agencies at the federal, state, and county level including but not limited to the Food and Drug Administration, California Department of Health Services, and Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, and San Diego counties.
+ Establishes and maintains region-wide policies, practices and procedures related to the safe and compliant use of radiation and radioactive materials such that the program is designed to assure a safe environment for patients, employees, physicians and visitors.
+ Develops and implements monitoring and reporting processes to ensure timely provision of information and adherence to established policies and procedures.
+ Specific services to be managed include tracking of authorized users, use locations, radioactive sources, radioactive waste and equipment; monitoring exposures to the public and occupational workers; tracking and maintaining exposure to radiation and releases to the environment, providing training; monitoring compliance with all applicable regulations and license conditions; reviewing and commenting on proposed regulations; implementing a security program for category 1 and category 2 quantities of radioactive material; coordinating the activities of the Regional Radiation Safety Committee.
+ Develops, implements and maintains a radiation safety education program to ensure the compliant use of machine and material sources of radiation throughout the region.
+ Manages a personnel exposure monitoring program to ensure that radiation exposure to physicians and staff are maintained at levels as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA).
+ Maintains a program of timely registration of machine sources of radiation and oversees the process of renewing MQSA and State mammography certifications to ensure uninterrupted delivery of clinical services.
+ Participates on Regional, Divisional and National committees and task forces to provide technical support to product selection and technology direction efforts. Assesses new and developing medical imaging technologies to support clinical and administrative decision makers.
+ Provides the functions of a senior diagnostic physicist.
+ Manages an effective program of medical radiation physics instruction for physicians and staff as needed, such as to prepare diagnostic radiology residents sufficient to pass the physics portion of the American Board of Radiology (ABR) certification exam.
+ Manages residents, associate diagnostic physicists, diagnostic physicist and senior diagnostic physicists within the department in a manner that produces a responsive, motivated and highly competent team-oriented staff, while adhering to an established budget. This includes hiring, coaching, counseling, conducting performance reviews, firing, etc. Provides direction to other department technical staff members who are employed primarily to provide support for the radiation safety program.
+ Allocates and assigns medical physics subject matter experts for internal committees, projects, and activities.
+ Manages the development and implementation of quality assurance and evaluation programs that ensure the acquisition, processing and display of medical images are of high quality and meet or exceed the requirements, regulations and recommendations of regulatory, accreditation and professional bodies.
+ Collaborates with physicians and other stakeholders on matters related to Radiation and MRI Safety
+ Serves on internal and external committees.
+ Participates in processes to develop and update regulations.
+ Calculates patient specific dosimetry for prolonged or unusual imaging cases, including fetal dose assessments.
+ Ensures compliance with radiation shielding design for medical imaging use areas.
+ Establishes and maintains diagnostic reference levels for quality control purposes.
+ Oversight of and coordination with service engineers with respect to regulatory and accreditation matters.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
+ Minimum ten (10) years of postgraduate degree experience in medical physics as it applies to diagnostic imaging and radiation safety.
Education
+ Master's degree or Ph.D. in medical physics, health physics or related field.
License, Certification, Registration
+ Certified in Diagnostic and Nuclear Medicine Medical Physics by the American Board of Radiology (ABR)
Additional Requirements:
+ Must meet NRC and state requirements to serve as Radiation Safety Officer for all uses on the radioactive materials licenses.
+ General knowledge of medical radiation physics, medical radiation safety and pertinent regulations.
+ General knowledge of computers and their applications in diagnostic imaging.
+ Experience in designing, implementing and monitoring quality assurance programs and equipment evaluation methods for diagnostic imaging devices.
+ Experience evaluating radiation safety status of machine and radioactive materials sources of ionizing radiation.
+ Effective communication skills, demonstrated customer service skills and willingness to be part of a team.
+ Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
+ Experience supervising a professional technical staff preferred.
COMPANY: KAISER
TITLE: Chief Physicist & Regional Radiation Safety Officer
LOCATION: Pasadena, California
REQNUMBER: 1093298
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.
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Updated March 14, 2024
Updated March 14, 2024