Assistant Radiation Safety Officer

Job Details

Job Title: Assistant Radiation Safety Officer

Department: Administration and Planning | FOD Environmental Health and Safety

Functions as the Assistant Radiation Safety Officer to oversee the safe use of all forms of ionizing radiation used in conjunction with humans for diagnostic, therapeutic, or research purposes at The Ohio State University Medical Center.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops and provides programmatic oversight of the University Radiation Safety Program at the OSU Wexner Medical Center.
• Develops radiation safety compliance program to support local, state, federal and voluntary agencies and regulatory standards compliance regarding the use of ionizing radiation.
• Manages and provides leadership to the Medical Health Physicists, including hiring, assigning responsibilities, managing schedules, reviewing performance, setting goals, and ensuring consistent application of best practices across clinical and research operations.
• Develops, reviews, and updates radiation safety policies and procedures; monitors adherence to approved radiation safety policies and procedures.
• Assist the University Radiation Safety Officer in the preparation, review, and processing of registrations and licenses; prepare and submit amendments as required.
• Serves as a Reviewing Official for the Access Authorization and Physical Protection program.
• Assists in the review, approval process and maintenance of the Authorized User program.
• Provides patient and provider consultation and education prior to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• Performs exposure calculations for patients and occupational workers.
• Collaborates with the University Investigational Review Board and Office of Research to determine radiation dose for human research protocols.
• Participates in planning efforts involving upcoming human subject research trials.
• Plans and implements ongoing radiation safety training for staff, patients and patients’ families.
• Performs and/or supervises program audits and quality management reviews.
• Ensures the timely completion of radioactive material inventories, radioactive sealed source leak tests, radiation detection equipment calibrations.
• Provides for a periodic review of the security of radioactive materials, radiation safety postings, and radioactive waste disposal programs.
• Participates on committees and workgroups as appropriate.
• Provides incident and emergency response, investigation, reporting, and corrective action development and implementation for an ionizing radiation event.
• Plans and executes radiation equipment decommissioning activities.
• This position is subject to 24-hour call-in response to patient care and emergency situations.

Minimum Education Required:

Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent in Radiological Health Physics, Medical Physics, or other appropriate science-related field of study.

Desired Education:

Master of Science degree or higher in Radiological Health Physics, Medical Physics, or other appropriate science-related field.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

A minimum of 5 years of demonstrated leadership and team management experience.

The target hiring range for this job profile is $111,100 - $145,250 annually.