Public - Health Physicist

Summary

Position supports the implementation of the facility's Radiation Protection Program. Primary duties involve conducting radiation surveys, performing hazard assessments for ionizing and non-ionizing sources, evaluating safety procedures, and ensuring worker and environmental exposures remain as low as reasonably achievable.

• Duties described below are at the highest grade advertised. Duties assigned at lower grade levels will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee.
• Evaluate complex radiation use requests and authorizations and develop technical recommendations regarding radiation hazards, controls, and approval requirements.
• Evaluate and interpret federal, state, and local radiation safety regulations and develop recommendations for their application to complex site and field operations.
• Plan and conduct complex health physics surveys, inspections, and assessments to evaluate radiation hazards, identify deficiencies, and recommend corrective actions.
• Analyze complex radiation exposure and risk data associated with equipment, materials, and operations and develop recommendations for appropriate radiation safety controls.
• Evaluate contractor activities involving radiation sources, identify compliance or safety concerns, and recommend corrective actions or improvements to radiation protection practices.
• Interpret and apply ionizing and non-ionizing radiation safety requirements to complex operations and recommend changes to procedures or controls necessary to maintain compliance.
• Perform technical evaluations of personnel safety controls, monitoring practices, and equipment and develop recommendations to address deficiencies and improve radiation protection measures.
• Plan and coordinate technical response activities for industrial or radiological safety events, assess hazards and potential exposures, and provide recommendations for corrective and protective actions.
• For supervisory positions, you will perform a full range of supervisory duties which includes assigning and evaluating work; recommending personnel actions; taking disciplinary actions; and identifying training needs and developing employees.

• This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
• This position may require a one-year probationary period. If selected, the requirement to serve such period will be determined by Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 11.
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• You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
• Position subject to pre-employment background investigation or higher-level clearance. Investigation/Clearance may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements.
• Financial Disclosure, Drug Testing, and/or the Travel Requirements for this position may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements.
• A one-year supervisory probationary period may be required.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

The full performance level (FPL) will vary based on the position in which the selectee is placed and does not default to the highest grade advertised

To qualify for GS-11, you must have:

• One year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level:
• Assisting with radiation protection activities by conducting surveys, monitoring radiation hazards, evaluating health physics data, and supporting compliance with Federal, NASA, and organizational radiation safety requirements.

• Completed all requirements for a doctoral degree (i.e., Ph.D. or equivalent) in an appropriate field

• Completed 3 full academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or equivalent doctoral degree in an appropriate field

• Have an equivalent combination of experience and graduate study as discussed in a), b) and c) above

To qualify for GS-12, you must have:

• One year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level:
• Planning and conducting radiation protection activities by evaluating radiation hazards, performing health physics assessments, and developing recommendations to support compliance with Federal, NASA, and organizational radiation safety requirements.

To qualify for GS-13, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level:

• Developing and implementing radiation protection programs, conducting health physics assessments, and providing technical guidance to support compliance with Federal, NASA, and organizational radiation safety requirement.

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