Summary
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.
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.
Requirements
You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position. All information in your resume must be true and accurate. Conditions of Employment: This is a Drug Testing position Must be able to meet and maintain security & suitability requirements.
Education
Basic Requirements: 1. Degree: natural science or engineering that included at least 30 semester hours in health physics, engineering, radiological science, chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, and/or calculus.or2. Combination of education and experience -- courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or other education; or certification as a health physicist by the American Board of Health Physics, plus appropriate experience and other education that provided an understanding of sciences applicable to health physics comparable to that described in paragraph A.1306 Health Physics Occupational Series You must include an unofficial or official copy of your college and/or university transcripts with your application. Transcript must include the School Name, Student Name, Degree and Date Awarded (if applicable). Education must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you have multiple degrees (e.g., BS, MS, PhD) please submit transcripts for each degree. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in a conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website. If you are qualifying on foreign education, you MUST submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Transcripts must be uploaded with your application to verify education. All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.
How you will be evaluated
When the application process is complete, your application will be reviewed to determine if you meet the job requirements. Your application will be evaluated based on the information provided in your resume and responses to any vacancy questions to determine your level of knowledge, skills, and abilities related to the job requirements. You must respond to all required application questions. If you are among the top candidates for this position, your application will be referred to the hiring manager for possible interview and selection based upon the number of available vacancies to be filled in each office. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to submit a concise resume that directly relates to this position.