Job Description

Health Physicist/Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) at West Physics

About the Job:

Location: Chicago, IL

Salary: Based on training and location

Hours: Full-time / full benefits

Description of position:

West Physics has an immediate opening for a Health Physicist/Radiation Safety Officer (RSO). This position requires a solid educational background in health physics, a strong interest and aptitude for learning, and a can-do attitude with an excellent work ethic. The selected candidate should possess strong leadership and management skills. This position is best suited for someone with excellent interpersonal skills, outstanding written and verbal communication skills, the ability to work independently as well as part of a project team, and strong technical proficiency. The ability to exercise a high degree of responsibility and autonomy (once trained) is integral to this position. This position involves substantial opportunities for professional, educational, and financial growth and development; as such, the candidate must be looking for a long-term employment opportunity. Local travel will be required for this position. We strongly encourage you to apply today!

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform remote health physics tasks as assigned, primarily relating to conducting dosimetry reviews and writing licensing actions.
• Maintain professional working relationships with other Remote Services teams, other departments, and administrative staff.
• Answer radiation safety and health physics questions from client personnel.
• Assist client personnel with radiation safety-related compliance activities.
• Perform/assist in nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, and industrial and academic radiation safety audits.
• Perform/assist in radioactive materials (RAM) licensing activities on behalf of clients, including license applications, renewals, and potential enforcement activity consulting activity and response.
• Perform/assist in dosimetry review, worker and patient dose estimates, and fetal dose estimates.
• Perform/assist in shielding designs and conducting shielding verification testing.
• Perform/assist in leak-testing and other radiological assay and analysis operations.
• Conduct/assist dose investigations and ALARA reviews.
• Assist health physicists and senior health physicists with more complex consulting duties.
• Data review for CT, PET, fetal dose, etc.
• Other related duties as needed.

Prerequisites:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) or Master's degree (M.S.) in Health Physics or a closely related field.
• At least 3 years of Health Physics work experience in either a clinical, hospital, university or industrial health physics setting. 3+ years of experience is highly preferred.
• RSO-eligible: on track towards meeting the necessary NRC and equivalent Agreement State requirements for RSO as a goal. Experience in broad-scope RAML is desirable.
• Familiarity and proficiency with basic health physics activities (e.g., survey instrument used, survey technique, leak testing, dosimetry review, etc.) and a willingness and aptitude to master more advanced health physics skills and activities.
• The ability to understand and apply regulations from a wide variety of State and Federal entities to a variety of client situations, as well as the ability to write effective policies and procedures, Radiation Safety Manuals, and user-friendly forms.
• Effective written and oral communication skills, including the ability to be professional, courteous, convincing, or persuasive in discussions with clients, regulators, and colleagues.
• Strong technical proficiency, the ability to manage multiple complex assignments concurrently and to completion, very strong attention to detail, and the ability to deliver exceptional client service.
• The ability to troubleshoot problems, brainstorm options, and come to logical conclusions that best serve the company mission and its customers.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• The ability to work well under pressure, to prioritize tasks, and to manage multiple priorities and deadlines properly.
• A working knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) as well as very good general computer skills. Familiarity with Apple computers (i.e., macOS) and applications is a plus.

This position reports directly to the Chicago, IL field Office Director.

Benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/STD insurance
• West Physics pays 100% of the life insurance premium
• Generous vacation/sick time policy
• 401(k)
• Flexible Spending Account – Medical and Dependent Care
• 7 paid holidays
• Relocation Assistance
• Continuing Education: Company-paid educational training & certifications
• Generous meal per-diem, travel reimbursements & hotel accommodations for qualifying work travel

About West Physics:

West Physics is a nationwide provider of medical and health physics services. “WP” takes pride in offering the highest level of expertise, flexibility, and commitment to thousands of customers in 50 U.S. States, federal territories, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East. WP is headquartered in Atlanta, GA, and with the addition of numerous field office locations across the U.S. we can ensure a high level of customer service to our domestic and international clientele. Among our clientele are many major medical centers, equipment manufacturers, and accreditation bodies. We specialize in providing expert radiation safety, consulting, and testing services; and addressing complex technical and regulatory problems for clients around the world. WP maintains the very finest test equipment and computational and administrative resources to serve and support our technical staff.

Because of our absolute commitment to both technical and service quality, West Physics has grown from serving a single local client in 2002 to serving thousands of client sites to date. We are a dynamic, fast-growing company which have been recognized by the Inc. 5,000 a total of 10 times as one of the fastest-growing companies. West Physics is committed to the highest standards of ethics in everything that we do. We believe strongly that our customers are entitled to fair treatment and absolute honesty in every transaction. Therefore, we are a proud member of the U.S. Better Business Bureau and have earned their highest possible ranking (A+).

A criminal background check will be performed prior to employment.

Interested candidates should submit their resumes to mark.broomfield@westphysics.com.

West Physics Mission Statement

“ To be the pre-eminent provider of medical and health physics services by delivering outstanding, relentlessly improving customer service and technical expertise, and in so doing, to improve the happiness of our customers and the quality of medical diagnosis and radiation safety for as many human beings as possible .”

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled

Job Tags

Holiday work, Full time, Work experience placement, Local area, Immediate start, Remote job, Relocation package, Flexible hours,

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