Radiation Safety Tech - Radiology Administration - Miamisburg - FT/Days

Overview:

Kettering Health is a not-for-profit system of 13 medical centers and more than 120 outpatient facilities serving southwest Ohio. We are committed to transforming the health care experience with high-quality care for every stage of life. Our service-oriented mission is in action every day, whether it’s by providing care in our facilities, training the next generation of health care professionals, or serving others through international outreach.

Campus Overview:

• Serving the residents of Warren, Butler, and Southern Montgomery counties for over 40 years.
• Kettering Health Miamisburg, formerly Sycamore Medical Center, is a full-service hospital located minutes west of the Dayton Mall on Miamisburg-Centerville Road off I-75 in Miamisburg, Ohio.
• The cornerstone services for KH Miamisburg have been Bariatric surgeries and Orthopedic care.
• Expanded services include emergency care, sleep center, mammography, breast MRI, cardiac catheterization lab, wound center and DEXA scanning.
• 142 bed facility
• Awarded with 100 Top Hospital by IBM Watson Health for the 10^th time in 2019.
• In 2020, KH Miamisburg received an “A” from the Leapfrog Group, a national patient safety watchdog, ranking among the safest hospitals in the United States.
• Accredited by the American College of Emergency Physicians as a Level 3 Geriatric Emergency Department.
• KH Miamisburg received several awards from Healthgrades:
• Outstanding Patient Experience Award (2017-2019)
• America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Prostate Surgery Award (2020)
• Joint Replacement Excellence Award (2020)

Department Overview:

Is responsible for ensuring that all radiation monitoring devices and instrumentation are kept calibrated and functioning properly. Also maintains records required by the radioactive materials license, machine generated device registrations and provides radiation safety education for staff and physicians as needed at the direction of the Radiation Safety Officer.

Responsibilities & Requirements:

• Have a familiarity of regulatory standards and radiation safety related to community hospital standards and medical uses of radiation.
• Maintain the Network dosimetry program, including:
• Issuance and collection of all monitoring devices in a prompt manner.
• Generating summary reports for the Radiation Safety Officer’s and/or Radiation Safety Committee’s review.
• Requesting prior exposure histories for newly monitored personnel.
• Providing monitoring information to other employers form previously monitored staff.
• Issuance of monitoring reports to staff who request or are entitled to such reports.
• Generating ALARA notices for issuance to affected staff at the Radiation Safety Officer’s direction.
• Perform annual calibration of survey meters, permanently installed monitoring devices and personal electronic monitoring devices and maintain records of all calibration results.
• As directed by the Radiation Safety Officer, assist in compliance audits of areas utilizing radioactive materials and machine generated radiation permitted by the license or registration.
• Perform radiation safety surveys as directed by the Radiation Safety Officer and ensure appropriate documentation is maintained.
• Perform ventilation testing for negative pressure and/or trap testing as required in areas utilizing radioactive gases.
• Assist radiation oncology and nuclear medicine to ship and receive sealed sources and maintain documentation, including routine inventories and leak testing.
• Perform routine quality control tests on radiation measurement instrumentation such as well counters, uptake probes and stationary monitoring devices. Assist in the proper disposal of radioactive wastes and maintain all required records of such disposal for regulatory compliance.
• Proficient in the use of a personal computer using word processing, databases, and spreadsheet functions
• Excellent communication skills and be able to be tactful and professional while working with staff, physicians, patients, and regulatory representatives.
• Provide training to staff members on radiation safety as directed by the Radiation Safety Officer.
• Ability to teach and provide instruction for various hospital staff
• Ability to work with a variety of equipment and instruments commonly found in nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, and health physics areas.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education: Minimum associates degree in the physical sciences, health physics, medical physics, radiation safety, nuclear medicine or radiation therapy.
• Experience: Two years’ experience in health physics, radiation safety, nuclear medicine or radiation oncology using administrative skills required for organizing and maintaining a radiation safety compliance program.
• Licensure, Certifications, Registrations: No certifications required, but licensure as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist or Radiation Protection Technologist is desirable.