Radiation Safety Officer

About the role

NCH Comprehensive Health requires a Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) to implement, oversee, and manage Radiation Policies and Procedures (RPP). This role involves liaising with regulatory agencies, ensuring compliance with licenses, and overseeing the safe handling and disposal of radioactive materials.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Implement the written RPP for the NCH Comprehensive Health.
• Serve as the Chair of the RSC and facilitate meetings.
• Interact with regulatory agencies.
• Interact effectively with medical facility staff regarding radiation protocol.
• Ensure radiation safety activities are performed in accordance with licensee approved procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Develop controls to avoid mistakes in the administration of byproduct material.
• Develop procedures to prevent or minimize radioactive contamination and use proper decontamination procedures.
• Implement emergency procedures to control byproduct material.
• Organize and maintain a record-keeping system.
• Ensure doors and/or rooms and areas, containers, syringes, syringe shields are posted with the appropriate signage.
• Present radiation safety information in a clear manner when required to administration and/or staff.
• Review the received radiation reports and surveys for appropriate departments, schedule violation corrections, and send in completed corrections.
• Ensure proper use of instruments used to determine the activity of dosages, survey meters, and instruments used to measure radionuclides.
• Ensure proper operation of instruments.
• Secure and control byproduct radioactive material.
• Oversee that calibration and testing are performed per regulations.
• Maintain current registrations with the State of Florida for all radiation-producing equipment in the Radiology Department.
• Provide required radiation safety education to personnel.
• Develop policies for the disposal of byproduct material.
• Maintain proper use of personnel monitoring devices.
• Interpret the results of personnel monitoring and bioassay measurements.
• Advise staff of their personnel monitoring and bioassay results.
• Investigate causes of doses that exceed trigger levels.
• Help identify and investigate any radiation safety issues.
• Notify management of radiation safety issues, unsafe operations, and recommend corrective actions.
• Oversee dosimetry reports and acknowledge levels within state and federal regulations.
• Oversee annual lead apron dosimetry testing and reporting.
• Oversee radiation protection education, documentation, and training.

Education, Experience And Qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Health Physics, Medical Physics or physical science required.
• Minimum one year of full-time radiation safety experience under the supervision of an individual identified as an RSO.
• Five years’ experience required in Nuclear Medicine.
• Two years of leadership experience preferred.
• Satisfactory completion of a formal Nuclear Medicine Program in an approved school.
• Satisfactory completion of a Radiation Safety Officer’s Training program in an approved school (20-40 hours).
• (CRT) FL Certified Radiologic Technologist with a qualification in Nuclear Medicine Technologist required.
• ARRT Registered in Nuclear Medicine (N) -or- Registered CNMT from NMTCB.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association.
• Intermediate computer knowledge: Uses Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Windows.