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Title posted on CareerBeacon - Radiopharmaceutical Scientist
Posted on March 15, 2024 by Employer details NL Health Services
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Job Description Location: Health Sciences Centre Radiopharmaceutical Scientist (Repost)(Subject to Classification Review)Medical Imaging - Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Section (Nuclear and Molecular Imaging)Permanent, Full Time26917POS Hours 70 bi-weekly (8 hour shifts; days, nights, evenings, weekends; standby; on-call *must report to work within 30 minutes when on-call) Salary LX-40, ($51.22 - $64.53) Competition Number 2024001862 Posted Date 4 April 2024 Closing Date 26 April 2024 About Us Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NL Health Services) brings together five former separate health entities - Eastern Health, Central Health, Western Health, Labrador-Grenfell Health, and the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information. The creation of a provincial health authority was announced following recommendations from Health Accord NL.NL Health Services is responsible for delivering health and community services to more than 528,000 people living in Newfoundland and Labrador and employs over 21,000 people. NLHealthServices.ca Job Summary NL Health Services are seeking a senior Radiopharmaceutical Scientist with specialization in the validation of clinical processes, analytical equipment, and the use of radioactive materials in clinical applications. Reporting to the Manager of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences and Cyclotron Operations, the Scientist will work in a multidisciplinary team to validate various clinical and development programs linked to the synthesis of radiopharmaceuticals. The Radiopharmaceutical Scientist must be capable of providing operational support to technical and production staff and will be responsible for the process optimization and validation of ongoing radiopharmaceutical production activities, as well as the introduction and establishment of new radiopharmaceuticals.The Scientist will spend a significant amount of time planning and executing equipment validations and planning and executing clinical experiments. The Scientist must keep up to date with advances in technology and innovation in the radiochemistry field, as well as maintain knowledge of safety regulations and procedures related to working with radioactive materials to identify new technologies and methods that can improve current implemented processes in Radiopharmaceutical Sciences at NL Health Services.Radiopharmaceutical Sciences holds a CNSC Class-II licence to operate and service an isotope production accelerator facility. The Scientist will be required to successfully obtain and maintain the CNSC Class-II RSO designation and be involved in the day-to-day radiation safety program of the facility. The Scientist will be responsible for the development and execution of validation protocols in accordance with GMP guidelines for the analytical quantification of all produced radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals, which include process development for equipment such as radio-TLC, radio-HPLC, radio-GC, automated synthesis units and RP dispensing systems. The Scientist will also be responsible for the analysis and interpretation of the complex data obtained from the experiments and validation procedures.The Radiopharmaceutical Scientist will use knowledge of chemistry and nuclear medicine to study the properties of radioactive materials to help the multidisciplinary team establish procedures for the production of new radiotracers for clinical use, as well as work collaboratively with other professionals, including radiochemists, engineers and technologists, to achieve common goals and project objectives.The Scientist will be responsible for developing all documentation related to the experimental and validation of equipment activities and translating the documentation into Standard Operating Procedures and Recording Forms to be used by the production team. The Scientist must ensure that all activities are carried out by following established Quality Assurance/Quality Control procedures, applicable environmental and safety reg- LocationSt. John's, NL
- Salary$51.22HOUR hourly
- Terms of employment Full time
- Start date Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies 1 vacancy
- Source CareerBeacon #1999042
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