Senior Radiation Protection Scientist - Glasgow

at  UK Health Security Agency

JOB SUMMARY

The Radiation Hazards and Emergencies Department (RHED) leads UKHSA’s emergency response and preparedness function in case of radiation and nuclear emergencies. It also provides advice and support to external organisations and central Government on issues surrounding emergency response and countermeasures to be taken.
As a Senior Radiation Protection Scientist in the Radiochemistry Group (RG), the postholder will be responsible for a range of duties associated with laboratory-based analysis on environmental and industrial samples in support of RG’s commercial contracts.
They will contribute to the management of the Chemistry service within the group, ensuring that instrumentation is available to provide analytical support to commercial contracts and emergency response.
They will be Project Manager for a range of commercial contracts and/or development projects within RG as directed by the Team Leader. They will have the ability to troubleshoot analytical and/or instrumental problems as they arise; expertise in ICPMS would be advantageous.
Working with Team Leaders, the postholder will use their expertise and experience to take a leading role in in the development of new radiological and chemical analytical protocols in support of RG’s primary roles in emergency response and sample analysis. This will include design and testing of development programmes, introduction of new working procedures, preparation of validation reports and staff training. They will also take the lead on Quality Assurance issues associated with these programmes.
The postholder will be Line Manager for some staff within the Team. The postholder may also be asked to undertake more general corporate duties, in areas such as safety management, environmental management or radioactivity management.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Contribute to current commercial contracts e.g. sample analysis, report preparation etc
• Project Manager for commercial contracts, significant programmes within larger contracts and/or development projects within RG.
• Liaise with Team/Group Leaders and customers on the progress of projects
• Ability to resolve analytical and/or instrumental problems
• Responsibility for Quality Assurance control within defined areas of work.
• Ensure work is completed to pre-defined timescales and contractual deadlines
• Lead, as directed, development of testing protocols for both commercial and emergency samples
• Work, under the direction of the Team Leader, to ensure new protocols are written and implemented, and staff competency has been demonstrated and recorded. Lead the accreditation process for new procedures as required
• Undertake other duties in support of UKHSA’s emergency response preparedness and commercial activities
• Line manage other staff within the team
• Ensure their work satisfies all applicable QA requirements
• Undertake broader corporate tasks as directed by the Group Leader and/or Head of Department

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential criteria - you will be assessed on the below (12) essential criteria and (3) desirable criteria, which have been selected from the Job Description Document.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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