SENIOR HEALTH PHYSICIST
What you'd do
This position is located in the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS), Division of Materials Safety, Security and State Programs (MSSS), Medical Safety and Events Assessments Branch (MSEB). The supervisor is Christian Einberg. This position is subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements and security ownership restriction reporting requirements. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies within the agency.
Major duties
The successful candidate will perform the full range of Senior Health Physicist duties. Such duties include but are not limited to: Serving as an NRC technical authority and Agency-wide expert responsible for the health physics, radiation protection, internal and external dosimetry, and assessment of human health effects (epidemiology) for nuclear reactors and nuclear materials, fusion, and materials security activities. Providing management and staff consultation and review for other NRC organizational units and outside groups, including industry and international organizations pertinent to the health physics and radiation protection program areas. Compiles and evaluates reports from licensees, government agencies and international experts on radiation protection experience and impacts on Commission policy and operations. Providing authoritative technical and policy direction, advice, and assistance to the management team relative to guidance and policies for ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and determinations that regulatory criteria are met. Provides expert technical advice and develops written products regarding technical evaluations of generic and licensee-specific radiation safety issues and reviews of regulatory guides, proposed rule changes, and other documents from across the NRC and other regulatory bodies. Develops guidance documents for emerging medical technologies, rulemakings, regulatory guides and NUREGSs, and other licensing and policy products as needed. Maintains awareness of new radiopharmaceutical developments and provides strategic advice to branch chief and division director. Gives presentations and represents the agency at professional societies and other government organizations. Developing and managing activities and documents to ensure consistent implementation of policies. This includes serving as an authoritative leader for technical and policy coordination between all NRC program offices and all business lines. Providing liaison with officials within all the NRC program offices as a representative of the division director.
What you need to qualify
In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is experience applying the principles of nuclear safety, radiation protection, and NRC regulations and guidance related to the use of byproduct material. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following: Broad and extensive knowledge of the principles, theories, and practices of health physics/radiological protection, relevant to the application of NRC rules, policies, procedures, and safety standards for byproduct materials regulation, including using available information and risk insights to support decisions. Broad and extensive knowledge of NRC goals, mission, regulations, policies, and procedures related to the NRC's licensing, inspection and implementation of regulatory programs pertaining to the medical use of byproduct material (e.g., 10 CFR Part 35, Medical Use of Byproduct Material, or related Agreement States medical regulations). Demonstrated ability to perform independent evaluations and reviews of programs, issues, or problems which document program performance, set precedent, or establish policy. Ability to plan, lead, and manage complex projects and assessments involving the development of licensing actions, rulemaking packages, regulatory guidance, Commission policy, or technical reports. Significant experience and skill in written and oral communication to a diverse audience regarding complex technical, policy, and process matters, which includes engagement of varying viewpoints and the ability to develop resolution to issues. A description of how you possess the specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate must be addressed in your resume. The NRC encourages applicants to provide job experience details in your resume. Applicants may also use the supplemental vacancy question to provide additional information pertaining to the specialized experience and ideal candidate criteria. PLEASE BE CLEAR AND CONCISE. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
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