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Assistant Radiation Safety Officer Department: Administration and Planning | FOD Environmental Health and Safety Location: Research Center (0073) Functions as the Assistant Radiation Safety Officer to oversee the safe use of all forms of ionizing radiation used in conjunction with humans for diagnostic, therapeutic, or research purposes at The Ohio State University Medical Center. Duties and Responsibilities Develops and provides programmatic oversight of the University Radiation Safety Program at the OSU Wexner Medical Center. Develops radiation safety compliance program to support local, state, federal and voluntary agencies and regulatory standards compliance regarding the use of ionizing radiation. Manages and provides leadership to the Medical Health Physicists, including hiring, assigning responsibilities, managing schedules, reviewing performance, setting goals, and ensuring consistent application of best practices across clinical and research operations. Develops, reviews, and updates radiation safety policies and procedures; monitors adherence to approved radiation safety policies and procedures. Assists the University Radiation Safety Officer in the preparation, review, and processing of registrations and licenses; prepares and submits amendments as required. Serves as a Reviewing Official for the Access Authorization and Physical Protection program. Responsible for initiating background investigations and reviewing, approving, or denying applications for unescorted access to areas regulated under Ohio Administrative Code 3701:1-37. Provides job‑specific access and security training to individuals deemed trustworthy and reliable. Coordinates maintenance and testing for security equipment as required. Assists in the review, approval process and maintenance of the Authorized User program. Provides patient and provider consultation and education prior to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures; provides patient release criteria; provides room setup, surveys, and decontamination for patient therapies. Performs exposure calculations for patients and occupational workers; provides personnel monitoring program oversight ensuring employee participation and adherence to policies. Collaborates with the University Investigational Review Board and Office of Research to determine radiation dose for human research protocols and develops informed consent language for principal investigators. Participates in planning efforts involving upcoming human subject research trials. Plans and implements ongoing radiation safety training for staff, patients, and patients’ families as part of a Radiation Safety Education program. Performs and/or supervises program audits and quality management reviews. Ensures the timely completion of radioactive material inventories, radioactive sealed source leak tests, radiation detection equipment calibrations, dose calibrator measurements (accuracy, constancy, geometry, linearity) as required, radiological surveys and maintenance of radioactive waste storage. Provides for a periodic review of the security of radioactive materials, radiation safety postings, and radioactive waste disposal programs. Participates on committees and workgroups as appropriate, including the University Radiation Safety Committee, OSUMC Quality Assurance and Radiation Safety Committee, the Medical Use, X‑ray, Audit, and Crisis and Monitoring Subcommittees, and the Human Subjects Review Committee; participates in space planning meetings as appropriate. Provides incident and emergency response, investigation, reporting, and corrective action development and implementation for an ionizing radiation event. Plans and executes radiation equipment decommissioning activities. This position is subject to 24‑hour call‑in response to patient care and emergency situations. Position will require participation in the medical surveillance program. Requires work in areas that may involve animal research. Minimum Education Required Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent in Radiological Health Physics, Medical Physics, or other appropriate science‑related field of study. Desired Education Master of Science degree or higher in Radiological Health Physics, Medical Physics, or other appropriate science‑related field. Required Qualifications and Experience A minimum of 5 years of demonstrated leadership and team management experience. Additional Information Salary range: $111,100 - $145,250 annually. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to education, years of experience, internal equity, etc. Band: People Leader – Managerial Sub Function: Medical Health Physics Level: M2 Manager Position Type: Regular Scheduled Hours: 40 Shift: First Shift Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check. A drug screen or physical may be required during the post‑offer process. Equal Opportunity Statement The university is an equal opportunity employer, including veterans and disability. As required by Ohio Revised Code section 3345.0216, Ohio State will: educate students by means of free, open and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth; equip students with the opportunity to develop intellectual skills to reach their own, informed conclusions; not require, favor, disfavor or prohibit speech or lawful assembly; create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth and tolerates differences in opinion; treat all faculty, staff and students as individuals, hold them to equal standards and provide equality of opportunity with regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. #J-18808-Ljbffr Inside Higher Ed

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