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Office of Naval Research

HEALTH PHYSICIST

Naval Research Laboratory, District of ColumbiaDepartment of the Navy

$46K – $159Kposted range

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Posted 1 month ago · listed on USAJOBS

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About the role

Summary

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer. You will serve as a Health Physicist in the Safety Branch at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL).

Duties

  • You will implement the radiological safety program at NRL's nuclear particle accelerators and pulsed storage machines.
  • You will complete radiological safety surveys and area monitoring in lab areas where radioactive material, low-energy x-ray units, and electron microscopes are used and stored.
  • You will conduct NRL's personnel and environmental dosimetry programs, emphasizing the technical portion of the program by meeting the industry requirements.
  • You will oversee the quality control and activities of the counting room.
  • You will conduct inspections and surveys of NRL's laser equipment.
  • You will conduct an effective radiofrequency (RF) and microwave safety program.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual for 1306 job series: Applicants must possess: 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. or Combination of education and experience -- courses as shown in 1. 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 above. -- In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following: NP-02 level: 120 credits or a 4-year course of study in natural science or engineering that included at least 30 semester hours in health physics, engineering, radiological science, chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, and/or calculus.. NP-03 level: 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or an equivalent doctoral degree.

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