Assistant Radiation Safety Officer

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Join Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital’s team of caregivers that remain on the leading edge of technology and education, all while consistently providing patient-centered healthcare. As part of Cleveland Clinic’s Florida region, Weston Hospital is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Florida regions. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

The Assistant Radiation Safety Officer manages radiation safety field operations across the Florida market, based primarily at Weston with routine travel to regional facilities. This role ensures all activities involving radioactive materials comply with regulatory requirements and Cleveland Clinic policies while maintaining exposures to workers and the public as low as reasonably achievable. The position supports and oversees radiation-related operations throughout Florida, providing on-site guidance, compliance oversight, and operational support for any radiation use.

A caregiver in this role will work Monday through Friday from 7:30am to 4:30pm with occasional weekends.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Supervise Medical Health Physicists and technical staff.
• Assign, review, and approve work.
• Assist with recruitment, promotions, discipline and annual performance reviews.
• Establish performance expectations and goals for staff.
• Prepare and implement written procedures for the various radiation safety field activities.
• Respond to and investigate over-exposures, accidents, spills, losses, thefts, unauthorized receipts, uses, transfers, disposals, misadministrations and other deviations from approved radiation safety practices.
• Implement corrective actions as necessary.
• Work with authorized users and department administrators to ensure compliance with the various requirements, ensure radiation exposures are as low as reasonably achievable, and resolve any issues related to radiation safety field operations.
• Perform as a Medical Health Physicist as necessary to achieve department goals and satisfy management expectations.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Master's degree (MS) in health physics, medical health physics or a closely related area of study (Other degrees and specialties may be considered based upon the applicants experience)
• Valid State driver’s license is required

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Certified Health Physicist (CHP) by American Board of Health Physics (ABHP) or Certified Medical Health Physics (MHP) by American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP)
• At least five years of responsible professional experience in health physics, including at least three years in applied health physics and at least one year at a large academic-medical center

Physical Requirements:

• Requires extensive standing, walking, and driving to various locations on and off campus.
• Requires physical senses, mobility and strength sufficient to operate PC computer and assorted field equipment, and handle items up to 50 pounds.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

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