Director, Radiation Control

University of Miami•Miami, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Radiation Control serves as the Executive Radiation Safety Officer (RSO), and Chief Imaging Physicist for the University of Miami, UHealth, the Public Health Trust, and as department administrator. The Director, Radiation Control oversees the use of radiation and personnel exposure at the academic centers, including basic sciences research. The incumbent oversees and manages the Systems Imaging Physics program overseeing over 30 CTs, 21 Mammography (Hologic), over 150 Fluoroscopy, approximately 300 Ultrasound units and transducers, and many radiographic tubes.

Requirements

Master's degree in relevant field required
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience required
Skilled in aligning departmental goals with enterprise-wide strategy and develops comprehensive strategic plans.
Ensures fiscal responsibility, and optimization of financial performance.
Ability to allocate resources and drive innovation and growth.
Proven ability to adjust to changes and leads/inspires transformational change.
Ability to build and lead high-performing teams, manage complex projects, and ensure successful project delivery.
Understanding of technology, data analytics, and performance measurement to drive strategic decisions and identify opportunities.
Ability to influence others, articulate strategic vision, and ensure clear and persuasive communication.

Responsibilities

Reviews all proposals for the use of radioactive materials under the State of Florida Radioactive Materials License issued to the University and recommends action to the Non-Human Use Radiation Safety Committee.
Reviews plans for new and renovated research space under the Non-Human Use license to ensure that the design is suitable for the proposed use of radioactive materials or radiation-producing devices.
Performs shielding design, calculations, and post-shielding assessments for all imaging modalities including PET.
Reviews all Human Subjects Research Protocols involving the use of ionizing radiation or radioactive materials.
Grants interim approval by the Human Use Radiation Safety Committee and recommends final action to that Committee.
Drafts comments as appropriate for various University officers, administrators, and faculty regarding pending legislation or regulations regarding radiation issues.
Directs all Medical Physicists of the Center as well as the Office Manager of the RCC.
Maintains State of Florida licensure and performs the functions of a Medical Physicist as necessary to meet the workload of the RCC.
Establishes MRI safety policies including policies dealing with scanning of MR safe/MR conditional devices.
Ensures Medical Physics testing of all imaging modalities in support of ACR accreditation, TJC accreditation, and state requirements.
Identifies, disposes, and surveys radioactive waste
Leads policy development for Mass Casualty situations from Radiological ‘dirty bomb’ or Nuclear detonation.
Participates in radionuclide-based therapies and patient-specific dosimetry.
Ensures internal control oversight and compliance with laws and regulations, safeguarding of assets, compliance with University policies and procedures, reliability of internal and external reporting, and efficiency and effectiveness of operations.
Creates an effective control environment, conducts risk assessment, implements, and monitors controls.