Radiation Safety Officer

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Lebanon, New Hampshire

The Radiation Safety Officer Performs a variety of functions to ensure compliance with New Hampshire Rules for Control of Radiation (NHRCR). Assumes responsibility for the development and enforcement of radiation safety policy and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Assumes responsibility for maintaining documentation of all activities as required by the NHRCR.
• Acts as a member of the DHMC Safety Committee and the Radiation Safety Committee. Apprises both the Safety Committee and the Radiation Safety Committee of actions of mutual interest.
• Coordinates, plans, and reviews radiation disaster and decontamination drills. Regularly reviews radiation disaster and decontamination procedures.
• Serves as Laser Safety Officer (LSO) and acts as a member of the Laser Safety Committee.
• Develops and implements a laser safety program in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Maintains an inventory of radiation producing machines at D-H and keeps the registration of such machines current with the Bureau of Radiological Health.
• Performs shielding calculations for areas where radiation producing machines will be used.
• Performs radiation surveys to verify shielding calculations once a radiation-producing machine is installed.
• Verifies that regular calibration and characterization of radiation producing machines are performed at intervals specified by the NHRCR.
• Verifies that all persons using, repairing, or maintaining radiation-producing machines have proper training in the safe use of the machines and are knowledgeable in such use.
• Provides training to persons using radiation-producing machines to instruct such persons in the safe use of machines and to the associated health risks of exposure to radiation. Proper use of personal monitoring devices will be reviewed. Instruction will include a review of the D-H quality management program.
• Investigates overexposure, accidents, spills, losses, thefts, unauthorized receipts, uses, transfers, disposal, misadministration, and other deviations from approved radiation safety practice and implements corrective actions.
• Implements and enforces written policies and procedures.
• Approves or disapproves radiation safety program changes with the advice and consent of management prior to submittal to the DHHS/BRH for licensing action, or for medical use cited at a medical institution, assists the Radiation Safety Committee in the performance of its duties.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree and 5 years of experience required.
• Must possess appropriate certification in health physics or radiation safety, with a minimum of one year of experience as a full time radiation safety officer in a medical environment.
• Other board certification may be accepted. 

Why are we so unique? We are a nationally recognized Academic Medical Center set right in the middle of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We recognize that “quality of life” means different things to different people, but we are very confident you will love it here as we have beautiful, rural and suburban housing options, world-class primary, secondary, and graduate schools, hundreds of lakes, thousands of miles of hiking trails and some of the best skiing in the country. This all means you can be professionally happy with more quality time for friends, family, pets, or maybe just quiet hikes by yourself. Our idea of traffic in the “Upper Valley” of New Hampshire is a line on the ski mountain at the chair lift.

Applicants are requested to apply online at:

https://careers-dartmouth-hitchcock.icims.com/jobs/19089/radiation-safety-officer/job?mode=view&mobile=false&width=784&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=-300&jun1offset=-240

At Dartmouth Health, we believe that the diversity of our patients, people, and community shows a strength we support and celebrate. We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for everyone to thrive, honoring all within our organization and the communities we serve. Our belief is simple and actionable: Dartmouth Health is better when we embrace each other with open hearts and minds, confront our biases, and take a stand for equity and inclusion.

About Dartmouth Health

Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire's only academic health system and the state's largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes its Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 51 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, including the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, the state’s only children’s hospital and clinic locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene and New London, NH, and Windsor, VT, and Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory services across New Hampshire and Vermon...t. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.

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