Cyclotron health physicist

Position Summary

The Cyclotron Health Physicist position is an associate management position for the proactive management of radiation safety programs for the Department of Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS); including the Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC), some non-hospital based human use licenses, and some non-hospital based x-ray facilities. This position reports to the Radiation Safety Officer and provides backup support to the other Associate Radiation Safety Officers (ARSOs), as well as using the resources of the work group to support the broad-scope research and medical radiation safety programs for UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Healthcare, and associated facilities. This position will also participate in the EHS emergency response program by providing expertise in response to incidents and accidents involving radioactive materials and ionizing radiation in clinical and research settings.

Key duties:

• Develop, along with BRIC management, specific policies and procedures for safe operations of a cyclotron, associated hotcells, radionuclide gas and water lines, PET/MR, PET/CT, CT, SPECT, and PET devices, nuclear magnetic resonance systems of varying frequencies, and a large whole body MRI.
• Position also supports the cyclotron engineer with dosimetry program, reviews radiation dosimetry data for employees of the cyclotron facility, and evaluates data for trends.
• Position manages special monitoring program for pregnant or potentially pregnant workers.
• This position also supports the cyclotron engineer with the effluent release program; manages X-ray registration and inspection program for all X-ray machines in Marsico Hall; manages radiation safety programs for radioactive materials in non-hospital based human use licenses; and manages the radiation safety programs for X-ray machines in non-hospital based clinics.
• Along with other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications, Competencies, And Experience

• Master of Science in Health Physics or an appropriate scientific discipline.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field and five (5) years health physics experience (or three years of specific particle accelerator experience) in lieu of a master’s degree may be considered.
• Certification in Health Physics or National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologist (NRRPT) or ABHP certification or ABR certification will be credited as experience.

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, And Experience

• Experience in a broad-scope university and medical radiation safety program is preferred but not required.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate using written, oral, and multimedia modalities.
• Demonstrated strong organization skills.