Health Physicist

Cardinal Health; Ohio; On-site; USD 103,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled health physics consultant to provide expert guidance on radiation safety compliance. This role involves extensive travel to various states, evaluating and calibrating radiation measuring equipment, and assisting healthcare facilities in maintaining compliance with regulations. You will engage in training, policy development, and customer consultations, ensuring high standards of safety and operational excellence. Join a forward-thinking organization where your expertise will directly impact patient care and safety, while enjoying a comprehensive benefits package and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Medical Coverage

Dental Coverage

Vision Coverage

Paid Time Off

401k Savings Plan

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Short- and Long-term Disability Coverage

Paid Parental Leave

Work-Life Resources

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of experience in health physics or related field preferred.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Travel for customer visits and evaluate radiation measuring equipment.
• Assist facilities with compliance and develop policies for radioactive materials.
• Conduct training sessions and manage customer contracts.

Skills

Health Physics Concepts

Professional Writing Skills

Microsoft Office Applications

Survey Instrument Use

Dose Estimates

Regulatory Compliance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Related Field

Job description

What Health Physics contributes to Cardinal Health

Our comprehensive suite of Medical and Health Physics Services can help customers manage their radiation safety compliance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission and State regulations so they can focus on patient care. As trusted consultants, we help our customers maintain the proper storage, handling, measurement and testing of equipment utilized to measure diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals. Medical and Health Physics Services include compliance activities, such as: equipment testing, calibration, training, dosimetry, licensing, auditing, and other services tailored to each customer’s needs.

The location for this position can be one of the following:

• Nebraska (ideally within 2 hours of Omaha)
• Kansas or Missouri (ideally within 2 hours of Kansas City)

Responsibilities

• Travels for routine customer visits in various states such as Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado, Tennessee and other states requiring team coverage. Overnight stays in hotels are routine and daily visits to customer sites within a driving distance are the most common.
• Evaluates and/or calibrates radiation measuring equipment used with radioactive materials.
• Evaluates radiological equipment to assess compliance with state and/or national standards.
• Evaluates radiological imaging procedures to advise on patient dose reduction.
• Assists facilities with the development and/or updating of policies and procedures pertaining to the use of radioactive materials and radiological imaging procedures.
• Assists facilities with obtaining and ongoing compliance with American College of Radiology and Joint Commissions (Nuclear Medicine and PET camera testing).
• Provides consultation to healthcare facilities regarding compliance with radioactive materials licenses and applicable state and/or federal regulations.
• Prepares radioactive materials license applications, renewals, and amendment requests.
• Assists facilities with interactions with regulatory agencies regarding radioactive materials and radiation producing machines.
• Completes radiation safety audits and ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) reviews as required.
• Provides timely responses to customer and regulatory agency questions concerning radiation safety and health physics.
• Performs nuclear medicine, HDR (high dose rate) and industrial radiation safety reviews.
• Performs dosimetry reviews, worker and patient dose estimates, and fetal dose estimates.
• Conducts dose investigations and assist facilities with regulatory compliance.
• Conducts group and individual training sessions; document training activities as required. Maintain current reference library for radiation protection.
• Provides customer survey meter calibration and other radiation safety services as required by the customer RAM (Radioactive Materials) License.
• Contacts potential new customers and markets to expand the customer base. Manage new customer contracts by working with Legal on approved language.
• Performs other job-related duties as requested and work effectively with other team members to ensure the goals and objectives are met.
• Develops skills that meet requirements to be named as RSO (Radiation Safety Officer) on customer licenses - 10 CFR 35.100, 35.200, 35.300, 35.400, 35.600 and 35.100.
• Tracks internal trends and suggests process improvements based on observations.
• Submits accurate billing for services and manages financials for region.
• Draws on best practices and comprehensive technical knowledge to advise customers.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of experience, preferred
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
• Ability to travel up 80% of the time. Must be comfortable with routine overnight stays and daily visits to customer sites within a driving distance.
• Ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Proficiency in basic health physics concepts (survey instrument use, survey technique, leak testing, dose calibrator testing, dosimetry review, and dose estimates).
• Proficiency in Agreement State and NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) regulations.
• Excellent professional writing skills.
• Well versed in Microsoft Office applications.

What is expected of you and others at this level?

• Applies advanced knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to manage a wide variety of projects.
• Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals.
• Recommends new practices, processes, metrics, or models.
• Works on or may lead complex projects of large scope.
• Projects may have significant and long-term impact.
• Provides solutions which may set precedent.
• Independently determines method for completion of new projects.
• Receives guidance on overall project objectives.
• Acts as a mentor to less experienced colleague.

Anticipated salary range: $103,500-$147,900
Bonus eligible: Yes
Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Paid time off plan.
• Health savings account (HSA).
• 401k savings plan.
• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay.
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs).
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Work-Life resources.
• Paid parental leave.

Application window anticipated to close:06/14/2025 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

About Cardinal Health

Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for healthcare facilities.

We are a crucial link between the clinical and operational sides of healthcare, delivering end‑to‑end solutions and data‑driving insights that advance healthcare and improve lives every day. With deep partnerships, diverse perspectives and innovative digital solutions, we build connections across the continuum of care.

With more than 50 years of experience, we seize the opportunity to address healthcare's most complicated challenges — now, and in the future.