Description
Allegheny Health Network is seeking a Senior Radiation Physicist based at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The position supports radiation physics, radiation safety, MR safety, diagnostic imaging quality, and regulatory compliance across the AHN enterprise. The employer’s Workday posting designates the role as hybrid. The job title identifies it as a contract position, while the job details separately list the position type as full-time.
Responsibilities
- Perform regulatory, image-quality, and patient-dose testing of diagnostic imaging equipment, with emphasis on advanced modalities such as mammography, CT, MRI, and nuclear imaging.
- Develop radiation shielding designs and evaluate shielding performance for new and replacement imaging facilities and equipment.
- Develop and oversee quality-control programs covering image quality, imaging protocols, repeat analysis, and patient-dose metrics.
- Support radiation safety and MR safety programs, including policies, training, inspections, radiation oncology compliance activities, and emergency response.
- Evaluate new imaging modalities and establish appropriate testing and quality-control requirements.
- Provide technical support to physicians, technologists, Radiation Safety leadership, and other radiation physics staff.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Radiological Physics, Medical Physics, Health Physics, or a related scientific field.
- At least three years of experience involving diagnostic imaging testing and quality control, regulatory compliance, licensing or inspection activities, and advanced radiation-physics dosimetry, shielding, and analytical work.
- Candidates may be board eligible at hire. An accepted professional certification must be obtained within five years of hire or transfer.
- Ten years of related diagnostic imaging, regulatory, licensing, or inspection experience is preferred.
How to Apply
Candidates should review the full requirements and apply through the official Highmark Health / Allegheny Health Network job posting.
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