STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: RADIATION
HEALTH PHYSICIST IV
Class Code: 7498-29
Date Established: 05-30-02
Occupational
Code: 7-6-4
Date of Last Revision: 07-16-02
BASIC PURPOSE: To supervise
program administration of a radiation control section, to function as a technical expert on
radiation issues, and to participate in radiological/nuclear emergency
responses.
CHARACTERISTIC
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Supervises the
implementation of program objectives, including reviewing reports of
subordinate professional staff and recommending policy revision to the program
administrator.
·
Maintains liaison
with federal state and local organizations relative to Radiation Control
Program issues.
·
Develops training
plans for section staff and arranges for use of training resources.
·
Participates in
preparing budget and budget reports including developing and preparing
proposals for contracts and grants.
·
Evaluates specific
radiation problems and brings to remediation and closure. Participates in
emergency response.
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DISTINGUISHING
FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill
in analyzing and interpreting data, policy, and procedures OR in using
equipment in order to arrive at logical conclusions or recommendations.
Knowledge: Requires
logical or scientific expertise to resolve problems of a specialized or
professional nature in a wide range of applications.
Impact: Requires
responsibility for achieving major aspects of long-range agency objectives by
planning short- and long-term organizational goals, reviewing recommendations
for procedural changes, and developing or revising program policies. Errors at this level result in incorrect
decisions at an administrative level, and are detected subsequent to
implementation in an overall evaluation process.
Supervision: Requires
delegating supervisory or program responsibilities to subordinate managers,
with overall accountability for hiring employees or approving program
policies. The supervisor in this
position assumes responsibility for an organizational unit, including
developing long-range plans, analyzing staffing requirements, and formulating system
wide policies and procedures.
Working
Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job
elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical
Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires
reviewing summaries and reports and making decisions to solve problems or to
achieve work objectives as well as articulating and expressing those solutions
and goals. This level also
requires formal presentations of solutions and goals to employees and the
general public to increase the responsiveness of the agency toward the demands
of its client system.
Complexity: Requires
formulating the combination of overall job functions in order to address highly
diverse or novel situations requiring new concepts and imaginative approaches
to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
Independent
Action: Requires independent judgment in
planning and evaluating work procedures and in supervising the development of
professional, technical and managerial standards under administrative direction
and according to broad departmental guidelines.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Master’s
Degree from an approved college or university with a major study in health physics, radiation physics,
radiological sciences, physical science, chemistry, or biological sciences.
Experience: Seven
years of relevant experience, including three years in a leadership role such
as project manager or supervisor of professional staff.
OR
Education: Bachelor's
degree from an accredited college or university with major studies in health
physics, radiation physics, radiological sciences, physical science, chemistry
or biological science including course work in math through basic
calculus.
Experience: Eight years’
of relevant experience including three years in a leadership role such as
project manager or supervisor of professional staff.
OR
If degree is in a field other than one of the above, then
one of the following must have been obtained in addition to the degree.
·
Completion of Navy
Nuclear School for Radioactive Materials Career Path.
OR
·
AART (American
Registry of Radiological Technologists) Certification related to
radiation-generating equipment.
OR
·
CHP (Certified Health
Physicist) Certification
SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS: Must be at least 18 years old, eligible to hold a New
Hampshire’s driver’s license, and to have access to transportation for use in
statewide travel.
Recommended
Work Traits: Must be willing and able to perform job duties as a
radiation worker as per the New Hampshire Rules for the Control of
Radiation. Must have knowledge of
supervisory principles and techniques; employee training and development;
budgeting; management; Natural Sciences; Health Physics; Nuclear Physics;
Nuclear Engineering; Radiation Physics; physics; chemistry; biological science;
agency, state and federal laws, rules and guidelines pertaining to radiation
physics and radiation safety practices.
Requires skill in use of radiation safety equipment; personal computer
and radiation testing equipment.
Ability to use research methods in gathering data; prepare meaningful
concise and accurate reports; deal with problems involving many variables
within unfamiliar context; cooperate with coworkers on group projects;
demonstrate strength to lift and carry heavy equipment (as much as 45 lbs.)
over rough terrain and up ladders and /or temporary stairs in construction
situations. Must be able to work
out of doors in all types of weather conditions. Required incident response activities may require evening
and weekend work and may require wearing a pager or carrying a cell phone for
24-hour on-call availability. Must
be willing to obtain security clearance for entry into classified areas of
federal facilities if required (e.g. inspection or incident response for
classified sections of federal facilities).
DISCLAIMER
STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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