Health Physicist

Lantheus is seeking a dedicated and experienced Radiation Safety Specialist to join our Radiation Protection program. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the safe use of radioactive materials in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, as well as Lantheus policy requirements.

• Radiation Safety Compliance: Perform routine radiation surveys and inspections to ensure compliance with safety standards. Collect, process, and analyze samples such as using bioassays, environmental air and water effluents, and contamination wipe test samples following site surveillance, sample identification, and sample analysis procedures and guidelines.
• Instrumentation and Calibration: Experience and understanding with health physics instrumentation to include multi-channel analyzers, liquid scintillation counters, alpha beta gamma counters and gas flow proportional counters. Be able to analyze samples and ensure that compliance and safety controls are maintained and effective.
• Dosimetry and Record Keeping: Monitor and evaluate individual dose levels using dosimetry. Maintain strict accountability for dosimeter badges and issue reports and assigned doses when dosimeter badges are lost or unaccounted for and not available for processing.
• Training and Collaboration: Develop and present radiation safety training programs to individuals and groups, including introductory radiation safety training, advanced training, RP Program staff training, and special topic/audience training as needed.
• Emergency Response: Actively contribute to the site's Emergency Response Team by promptly responding to emergencies and incidents, and by attending all mandated training sessions.

• 3+ years of direct health physics experience, preferably within a complex manufacturing or research environment under a broadscope radioactive materials license.
• Master's Degree in Health Physics/Radiological Sciences from accredited college. Eligible or working towards Certified Health Physicist certification.
• Strong knowledge of health physics and radiation protection theory and practice for the use of radioactive material. Proficiency in radiation detection and measurement instruments.
• Strong communication skills to effectively communicate problems and solutions to workers and management.

Lantheus is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law.