Radiation Health Physicist Trainee

Do you want to help protect public health by learning how to inspect and evaluate radiation safety across Pennsylvania? This is your chance to begin a meaningful career as a Radiation Health Physicist Trainee with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). In this role, you will receive hands‑on training to evaluate radiation safety at medical, industrial, and academic facilities. You will learn inspection skills, develop technical knowledge, and contribute to important public health protection efforts.

Apply today to join a team committed to ensuring that radiation is used safely throughout the Commonwealth!

This trainee role provides structured training and supervised field experience in radiation safety inspections, complaint investigations, and regulatory compliance. The position supports experienced inspectors while learning procedures, regulations, and the safe use of detection equipment. As a Radiation Health Physicist Trainee, you will perform the following duties:

• Inspection Assistance: Support inspections of radioactive materials and radiation-producing devices under supervision
• Field Measurements: Use radiation detection instruments to collect data and observe facility operations
• Report Preparation: Help draft inspection reports and document findings according to program procedures
• Compliance Review: Assist in identifying safety concerns and recommending corrective actions
• Complaint Response: Participate in investigations of radiation-related complaints and determine appropriate follow-up
• Emergency Support: Take part in emergency response training and assist during drills or actual radiological events

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Telework:You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) full-time. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Norristown. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.
  
  Additional details may be provided during the interview
• Salary:Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $53,008.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Four years of technical work experience in the recognition, evaluation, and control of radiation hazards and 20 college credits in health physics or radiological sciences;
  or
• Two years of technical work experience in the recognition, evaluation, and control of radiation hazards and an associate degree in radiation physics or a related field;
  or
• Possession of a certificate of registration issued by the National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists;
  or
• A bachelor's degree with major course work in the physical, biological, or radiological sciences or in nuclear engineering that includes 20 college credits in health physics or radiological sciences;
  or
• A bachelor's degree in health physics, radiation physics, radiation biology, nuclear physics, or applied health physics.
• Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within 3 months of graduating with a qualifying degree/credits.

Special Requirement:

• This position requires possession of an active Class C motor vehicle license.

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