Intermediate Health Physicist

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Are you an aspiring Health Physicist looking to qualify as a Certified Health Physicist (CHP) or a CHP in training? Are you looking for a position to grow yourself and provide leadership to other Health Physicists in the NNL Health Physics Community? The Kesselring Site Radiation Health and Dosimetry unit is seeking a motivated caniddate to provide technical assistance on health physics related topics, as well as championing efforts to grow themselves and others in the area of Health Physics.

The KS Radiation Health and Dosimetry Health Physicist will be responsible for the execution and oversight of several Radiation Health programs. This includes the development and implementation of new programs based on technologic advances. The successful candidate will be required to qualify as a Processor on the current Dosimetry System being utilized, as well as qualifying as a National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) signatory.

The successful candidate will be entering in on the ground floor regarding the development and implementation of a new Dosimetry System for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (NNPP). This will require development of relationships with other Health Physics experts across the NNPP, such as through the attendance of periodic Technical Manager/Quality Manager (TM/QM) conferences. The successful candidate will also be responsible for the completion of Dose Investigation Reports in accordance with Corporate Dosimetry procedures.

The successful candidate will need to qualify as an Internal Monitoring Operator and System Administrator responsible for oversight of all internal monitoring operations, including periodic calibrations and testing, and qualifications of other individuals in the unit. Being the System Administrator will require knowledge in radiation detection and measurement principles, with an emphasis on gamma spectroscopy. This knowledge will also support other applications that are being developed and implemented.

In addition the successful candidate will:

• Support the development and upkeep of local procedures used in various Radiation Health and Dosimetry operations
• Support the unit's continuing training program, including the development and delivery of health physics training and casualty training for Health Physicists. This will require collaboration with Corporate Dosimetry and the NNL Health Physics Community in the development phases
• Support the KS Radiation Health and Dosimetry internal audit and surveillance program. They will also support the internal and external audits of KS Radiation Health and Dosimetry performed by others and will track actions and responses to those audits
• Be required to participate in the KS Emergency Response Organization

Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in a related technical, engineering or science field and a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience; or Masters degree from an accredited college or university in a related technical, engineering or science field and a minimum of 1 year of relevant experience.

• Experience with dose assessment, curie estimating, and radiation health technical issues
• Current certification as a Certified Health Physicist (CHP)/CHP in Training, or Bachelors/Masters degree in…