Assistant Radiation Safety Officer/Senior Health Physicist Job at Virginia Jobs, Richmond, VA

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  • Virginia Jobs
  • Richmond, VA

Job Description

Position Summary/Overview:

The Assistant Radiation Safety Officer plays a pivotal role in ensuring that the University and VCU Health maintain compliance with state and federal requirements that apply to research and medical applications of radioactive materials and radiation-producing devices.

Operating with minimal supervision, the ARSO leads complex projects and serves as a technical expert across multiple functional areas. This role requires extensive collaboration with principal investigators, physicians, research staff, students, support teams, and medical center partners to review research protocols, identify potential compliance risks, and provide expert guidance to maintain a safe and compliant research environment.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Reviews research protocols for use of radiation and radioactive materials in humans in accordance with institutional policies and procedures, state and federal law and best practice.
  • Evaluate IACUC protocols involving radiation use.
  • Ability to conduct or develop the skills to conduct shielding evaluations, including design assessments and radiation surveys for spaces requiring ionizing radiation protection.
  • Perform laboratory safety assessments pertaining to research use of radioactive material.
  • Assist in managing the laser safety program including performing laser hazard evaluations and inspections for research applications, ensuring compliance with laser safety standards.
  • Work with RSO to coordinate all RDRC protocol reviews, Internal dosimetry calculations and FDA submissions.
  • Provide technical guidance and manage radiation safety audits of radiochemistry research in Medicine and Engineering
  • Manage the research X Ray safety program
  • Support the day to day operations of the radiation safety team as needed.
  • Perform duties as assigned by RSO to support critical radiation safety program operations and special projects.
  • Support and collaborate among the OHS team as needed for operational or emergency response needs.

Job Tags

Full time,

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