Radiation Protection Specialist
7 months ago
**Details**:
**Reference number**:
- 343998**Salary**:
- £32,469 - £32,469**Job grade**:
- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:
- Permanent**Type of role**:
- Science**Working pattern**:
- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:
- 5Contents
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Location
- Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RQAbout the job
**Job summary**:
The successful applicants will join an established professional team providing advice on safe working practices and regulatory compliance for all types of radiation from X-rays and gamma rays to radioactive materials, lasers, and electromagnetic fields. The role will involve:
- The provision of income earning radiation protection services to a wide range of clients, advising on and assisting with regulatory compliance and implementation of effective safety management programmes for work with ionising and non-ionising radiations. This is achieved through consultations with clients, situation analysis/risk assessment and the preparation of persuasive and authoritative reports
- Support for and contribution to training courses in radiation protection for a wide range of clients and at a range of levels
- Responding to radiation events and incidents on behalf of commercial clients
- Responding to enquiries on a wide range of radiation protection issues from the public, industry and local and national agencies
- Supporting UKHSA activities relating to the development of standards, legislation etc with respect to operational radiation protection issues
**Job description**:
**Location**
The posts are based at our office on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in South Oxfordshire, which is a modern dedicated science campus in an attractive rural setting on the edge of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, offering exceptional quality of life and just 20 minutes’ drive from the historic city of Oxford. We provide ample free parking and are close to a wide range of amenities.
We offer a benefits package designed to provide an excellent work/life balance, including generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working hours, hybrid working and membership of the excellent civil service pension scheme. We are absolutely committed to the development of our staff and provide a structured training programme designed to provide both the theoretical knowledge and practical experience needed to achieve certification as a radiation protection adviser. We also offer wide-ranging opportunities for post-certification training and professional development.
**Address**:
Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RQ
- *Please be aware that this role can only be worked from within the UK and not overseas. Relocation expenses are not available.*_
**Working Pattern - **Full Time
**Responsibilities Section**
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
- The provision of income earning radiation protection services to a wide range of clients, advising on and assisting with regulatory compliance and implementation of effective safety management programmes for work with ionising and non-ionising radiations. This is achieved through consultations with clients, situation analysis/risk assessment and the preparation of persuasive and authoritative reports
- Support for and contribution to training courses in radiation protection for a wide range of clients and at a range of levels
- Responding to radiation events and incidents on behalf of commercial clients
- Responding to enquiries on a wide range of radiation protection issues from the public, industry and local and national agencies
- Supporting UKHSA activities relating to the development of standards, legislation etc with respect to operational radiation protection issues
To provide expert advice:
- To clients, from equipment operators to senior managers/directors on all aspects of radiation safety relevant to their practices
- On compliance with all relevant radiation safety legislation
- On the design of new facilities and techniques where ionising radiations are used. This includes laboratories, X-ray facilities used in medicine and industrial facilities
- On the safe storage and disposal of radioactive materials and their safe transportation
- On remediation after a radiological incident resulting in contamination and assess by direct means the extent of such contamination
**_ (Please see the job description for a full list of duties)_**
**Person specification**:
**Essential**
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- Good observational and questioning skills with the ability to identify key issues and reach sound conclusions from incomplete information
- Technical competence in making measurements
- Strong presentation skills with an ability to deliver high quality presentations on a range of topics to varying audiences
- Strong self-motivation, high personal integrity, excellent time management and an a
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