Assoc Radiation Safety Officer

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Boston, MA

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About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Assists the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) in ensuring effective broad scope radiation safety services to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centers and affiliated hospitals. Monitors and plans operational services in support of clinical and research uses of radiation sources. Performs quality assurance audits to ensure compliance with policies and regulations. Provides technical assistance and expertise in the treatment of patients undergoing brachytherapy and radiopharmaceutical therapy. Respond to emergencies as needed, taking on-call on a rotating basis. Job Description: Under the direction of the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO), oversees the operational aspects of the radiation safety program to verify compliance with radiation-related regulations, permits, and policies. Ensures that the program is implemented in compliance with applicable policies and regulations and in accordance with commitments to affiliated hospitals. (essential) Develops and implements a quality assessment and improvement program. Conducts periodic audits of clinical and research uses of radiation sources. Makes recommendations to the Radiation Protection Officer for and implements program improvements. (essential) Schedules radiation safety services. Assigns tasks to radiation safety staff to meet clinical and regulatory obligations. (essential) Aids physicians with therapeutic radiopharmaceutical and brachytherapy administrations, perform associated documentation and auditing, provides patients with safety precautions to take at discharge. Loads implant sources in operating room, provides safety instructions to staff and performs implant surveys and inventories. Provides assistance with preparation and decontamination of inpatient rooms. (essential) Prepares training materials and conducts training sessions. Develops and delivers training materials and instructions for nursing units, fluoroscopy training for non-radiologists, ancillary staff, and training for instructing patients. (essential) Records all information with the utmost accuracy and precision. Documents and analyzes data and maintains meticulous records with close attention to detail to ensure regulatory compliance. Prepares summary reports to demonstrate regulatory compliance, for Radiation Safety Committee meetings, and as requested by the RSO. (essential) Performs routine and development work in support of a multifaceted radiation safety program. Provides guidance to junior staff. Assists in identifying and solving unusual problems, develops standards and reviews technical documents for accuracy and precision. (essential) Orders radioactive materials (except for Nuclear Medicine) in compliance with permit limits or clinical needs. Verifies accuracy of radiopharmaceutical doses and brachytherapy sources for patient treatments. Ships, packages, receives and documents receipt of radioactive packages in accordance with federal and state regulations. Maintains DOT certification to package and ship radioactive materials. (essential) Responds to emergency situations such as personnel contamination or radioactive material spills. Participate in emergency response training and drills as requested by BIDMC Emergency Response Committee. Takes 'on-call' rotation (24-hour coverage) and responds to Code Orange pages or patient queries. Implement all security measures required by NRC or State regulations. (essential) Serves As a Backup to the Radiation Safety Officer. (essential)

Requirements

Master’s degree in medical/health physics or related discipline required.
Bachelor’s degree in medical/health physics or related discipline with additional years of experience in medical radiation safety or certification (ABHP, NRRPT or equivalent) may be considered.
Minimum 5–8 years (depending on education and certification) related work experience required in a clinical radiation safety program.
Must pass investigative background check satisfactory to departmental, Medical Center, State, and Federal regulatory policies and standards.
Experience with computer systems required, including web-based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in medical radiation safety in large hospitals or academic medical centers.
Demonstrated knowledge of NRC and/or Agreement State radiation protection regulations.

Responsibilities

Oversees the operational aspects of the radiation safety program to verify compliance with radiation-related regulations, permits, and policies.
Ensures that the program is implemented in compliance with applicable policies and regulations and in accordance with commitments to affiliated hospitals.
Develops and implements a quality assessment and improvement program.
Conducts periodic audits of clinical and research uses of radiation sources.
Makes recommendations to the Radiation Protection Officer for and implements program improvements.
Schedules radiation safety services.
Assigns tasks to radiation safety staff to meet clinical and regulatory obligations.
Aids physicians with therapeutic radiopharmaceutical and brachytherapy administrations, perform associated documentation and auditing, provides patients with safety precautions to take at discharge.
Loads implant sources in operating room, provides safety instructions to staff and performs implant surveys and inventories.
Provides assistance with preparation and decontamination of inpatient rooms.
Prepares training materials and conducts training sessions.
Develops and delivers training materials and instructions for nursing units, fluoroscopy training for non-radiologists, ancillary staff, and training for instructing patients.
Records all information with the utmost accuracy and precision.
Documents and analyzes data and maintains meticulous records with close attention to detail to ensure regulatory compliance.
Prepares summary reports to demonstrate regulatory compliance, for Radiation Safety Committee meetings, and as requested by the RSO.
Performs routine and development work in support of a multifaceted radiation safety program.
Provides guidance to junior staff.
Assists in identifying and solving unusual problems, develops standards and reviews technical documents for accuracy and precision.
Orders radioactive materials (except for Nuclear Medicine) in compliance with permit limits or clinical needs.
Verifies accuracy of radiopharmaceutical doses and brachytherapy sources for patient treatments.
Ships, packages, receives and documents receipt of radioactive packages in accordance with federal and state regulations.
Maintains DOT certification to package and ship radioactive materials.
Responds to emergency situations such as personnel contamination or radioactive material spills.
Participate in emergency response training and drills as requested by BIDMC Emergency Response Committee.
Takes 'on-call' rotation (24-hour coverage) and responds to Code Orange pages or patient queries.
Implement all security measures required by NRC or State regulations.
Serves As a Backup to the Radiation Safety Officer.