Medical Health Physicist

Cardinal Health, Inc.; Kansas; On-site; USD 105,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled professional in Health Physics to ensure compliance with radiation safety regulations. This role involves significant travel across various states to conduct audits, provide training, and support healthcare facilities in maintaining safety standards. You will be responsible for performing physics surveys, developing policies, and offering expert consultation on radioactive materials. Join a team that values diversity and offers a wide range of benefits to support your well-being and career growth. If you are passionate about health physics and making a difference in patient care, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off plan

Health savings account (HSA)

401k savings plan

Access to wages before pay day

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Short- and long-term disability coverage

Work-Life resources

Paid parental leave

Healthy lifestyle programs

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in medical physics or relevant science preferred.
• Experience with physics testing of various imaging modalities preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conducts radiation safety audits and physics surveys for imaging modalities.
• Provides radiation safety training and consultation to healthcare facilities.

Skills

Excellent professional writing skills

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Proficiency in basic health physics concepts

Ability to prioritize tasks and manage deadlines

Education

Graduate degree in medical physics or related field

Diagnostic Radiology board certification

Tools

Radiation measuring equipment

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.

Anticipated salary range:$105,800.00-$151,100.00

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
• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close:3/10/25 *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.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in medical physics, radiologic physics, physics, or other relevant physical science or engineering discipline from an accredited institution, preferred.
• Experience in physics testing of SPECT, PET, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, X-ray, and Mammography, preferred.
• Diagnostic Radiology board certification issued by the American Board of Radiology, preferred.

Responsibilities

• 90% travel required for routine customer visits in various states such as, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, Colorado, and other states requiring team coverage.
• Completes radiation safety audits and ALARA (As Low as Reasonably Achievable) reviews as required.
• Conducts timely physics surveys for radiation diagnostic imaging modalities – SPECT, PET, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, X-ray, and Mammography.
• Performs patient dose calculations from various imaging modalities as needed.
• Develops and/or updates policies and procedures pertaining to the use of radioactive materials and radiological imaging procedures.
• Provides radiation safety training to medical and/or ancillary staff at hospital and outpatient facilities.
• Designs appropriate radiation shielding for site planning.
• Evaluation and/or calibration of radiation measuring equipment used with radioactive materials to assess compliance with state and/or national standards.
• Provides consultation to healthcare facilities regarding compliance with radioactive materials licenses and applicable state and/or federal regulations.
• Supports customer radiation safety committees through meeting attendance, policy review and advice on radiation safety related issues.
• Prepares radioactive materials license applications, renewals, and amendment requests.
• Proficiency in basic health physics concepts (survey instrument use, survey technique, leak testing, dosimetry review, dose estimates)
• Proficiency in Agreement State and NRC regulations.

Other Skills/Abilities

• Ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Draws on best practices and comprehensive technical knowledge to advise customers.
• Tracks internal trends and suggests process improvements based on observations.
• Submits accurate billing for services and manages financials for region.
• Excellent professional writing skills.

What is expected of you and others at this level?

• Interacts with colleagues, peer customers and suppliers at various management levels may interact with senior management.
• Applies comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to perform varied tasks and 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.
• Develops technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. Solutions are innovative and consistent with organization objectives.
• Independently determines method for completion of new projects.
• Acts as a mentor to less experienced colleagues.
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize tasks, and manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.

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.