Radiation Safety Specialist
City of Hope
Duarte, CA
Job posting number: #7240278 (Ref:10024738)
Posted: April 29, 2024
Salary / Pay Rate: $32.00 - $40.34 / hour
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Radiation Safety Specialist
Join the transformative team atCity of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
Position Summary:
Assists Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) and the Radiation Safety office team to comply with federal, state and local radiation Safety regulations. Perform planning and scheduling functions, as well as logistical support.
As a successful candidate, you will:
- Assists with the administrative management for the dosimetry program and maintains employee’s radiation exposure records.
- Prepares monthly and quarterly dosimetry reports for RSO, RSC and FOC review.
- Performs regular inspections of medical and research areas utilizing radioactive materials or radiation producing machines.
- Performs the commissioning and decommissioning of all medical and research areas utilizing radioactive materials or radiation producing machines.
- Performs radioactive materials inventory and leak tests on sealed and un-sealed sources, as required.
Your qualifications should include:
- Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in related field. Additional operational experience may substitute for minimum education requirements
- 2 years of related experience
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, please click here.
To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE.
Salary / Pay Rate Information:
Pay Rate: $32.00 - $40.34 / hour
The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.
City of Hope is a community of people characterized by our diversity of thought, background and approach, but tied together by our commitment to care for and cure those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The innovation that our diversity produces in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education has made us national leaders in this fight. Our unique and diverse workforce provides us the ability to understand our patients' needs, deliver compassionate care and continue the quest for a cure for life-threatening diseases. At City of Hope, diversity and inclusion is a core value at the heart of our mission. We strive to create an inclusive workplace environment that engages all of our employees and provides them with opportunities to develop and grow, both personally and professionally. Each day brings an opportunity to strengthen our work, leverage our different perspectives and improve our patients’ experiences by learning from others. Diversity and inclusion is about much more than policies and campaigns. It is an integral part of who we are as an institution, how we operate and how we see our future.
