Senior Radiation Protection Scientist - Chilton, United Kingdom - Reed Talent Solutions

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Description

The Radiation Emergency Response Group (ERG) within UKHSA's Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards Directorate is responsible for overall co-ordination and evaluation of UKHSA's emergency arrangements for radiological and nuclear incidents.


This Senior Radiation Protection Scientist in ERG will be responsible for managing their own work areas within the Group as well as leading on individual scientific, policy and emergency preparedness projects.

Reporting to a Principal Radiation ProtectionScientist in the Group, the post holder will be required to act on behalf of the Principal Radiation Protection Scientist on occasions.


Work areas include:

  • Preparation, validation, exercising, review and updating of a range of sections of the UKHSA Radiation Emergency Plan.
  • Design, delivery and evaluation of internal training and emergency exercises
  • Design, review and oversight of maintenance of records management for internal emergency training and exercise participation

Location
Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RQ - on site
- *Please be aware that this role can only be worked from within the UK and not overseas. Relocation expenses are not available. *_

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities, and duties:

  • Provide specialist knowledge in radiation emergency planning and the supporting systems and act as point of contact for requests for radiation public health information from other departments, partner agencies and organisations.
  • Coordinate the preparation, validation, exercising, review and updating of the UKHSA Radiation Emergency Plan.
  • Understand the restricted access nature of emergency planning documents and handle requests for information sensitively. Contribute to and have a thorough understanding of the handling of protectively marked documents in abidance with the Official SecretsAct.
  • Provide specialist input into policy development in the field of radiological emergency preparedness and response.

Essential:


  • Postgraduate or equivalent onthejob experience in radiation protection
  • Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting, incomplete, or drawn from multiple sources, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
  • Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
  • Ability to rapidly analyse a situation and develop practical solutions to problems without needing to refer to management.

Desirable:


  • Membership of relevant professional bodies such as the Society for Radiological Protection or Institute of Physics
  • Significant experience in emergency planning for radiation emergencies
  • Experience in the development of advice in radiological protection
  • Demonstrated experience in a healthcare environment, in particular public health protection

Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours/Strengths/Ability/ Experience/Technical skills.


This should outline how you consider your skills, experience and achievements, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria outlined.


All applicants that progress to a blended interview will be assessed against a mixture of Behaviours, strengths and /or technical skills.

The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:

  • The ability to remain composed in pressurised situations where complex information needs to be considered and acted upon
  • Adaptability to sudden changes in priorities
The Strengths tested during the interview stage will be:

  • Ability to work on a number of separate tasks at the same time, often independently, whilst keeping to agreed deadlines often working under pressure with competing priorities.
  • Ability to produce clear wellstructured written material and tailor presentation of it to a range of audiences, scientific and nonscientific.
The Technical Skills tested during the interview stage will be:

  • Familiarity with radiation health protection and emergency planning and response issues, and of UKHSA advice on these.
  • Experience in training course design, delivery, and evaluation
  • Experience in setting up and managing projects to completion and evaluating effectiveness.
  • An understanding of the principles of radiological protection in the context of emergency response

Expected Timeline:


Interviews:
W/C 10th April 2023

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