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Chief Med Physicist - RSO Corporate at Atrium Health
, United States
Job Descrption
Job Summary
Administers medical physics and radiation safety programs. Develops radiation protection policy and procedures for those facilities utilizing ionizing radiation and radioactive material. Ensures facility compliance with applicable State and Federal regulations.
Essential Functions
- Functions as liaison between the System and State and Federal Agencies (NC Radiation Protection Section, NRC, EPA, OSHA, and JCAHO) for matters pertaining to radiation safety, radioactive materials and ionizing radiation.
- Orders, receives, and distributes personnel monitoring devices for the Medical Center.
- Prepares and submits monthly analysis of personnel monitoring reports to individuals and department supervisors.
- Investigates and reports, incidents, recordable events, non-compliance and overexposures involving ionizing radiation or radioactive material to the Isotope Usage and Radiation Safety Committee and State as required by regulation.
- Trains pregnant radiation workers and their supervisors regarding safety and exposure during term of declared pregnancy and calculates fetal and patient radiation dose estimates upon request of physician.
- Provides education and counseling to the patient and referring physician as appropriate.
- Calculates patient doses upon request (X-Ray, Nuclear Medicine).
- Oversees applications, renewals, and amendments to Licenses/Permits involving Radioactive Material and ionizing radiation producing equipment (Linear Accelerator, Cyclotron, X-Ray, Broad Scope license, accelerator license, X-Ray registrations, Nuclear Medicine license, Radiopharmacy license).
- Supervises the shipping and receipt of radioactive materials at facilities.
- Performs acceptance and quality control tests and oversees Nuclear Medicine and Radiopharmacy equipment quality assurance programs.
Work for this position is performed in all facilities utilizing ionization radiation and radioactive material. Majority of work time requires taking measurements and writing reports.
Education, Experience and Certifications
Atrium Health is one of the nation’s leading healthcare organizations, connecting patients with on-demand care, world-class specialists and the region’s largest primary care network. A recognized leader in healthcare delivery, quality and innovation, our foundation rests on providing clinically excellent and compassionate care.
We’ve been serving our community since 1940, when we opened our doors as Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Since then, our network has grown to include more than 40 hospitals and 900 care locations ranging from doctors’ offices to behavioral health centers to nursing homes.
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