Nuclear Pharmacist

Cardinal Health; East Lansing (MI); Presencial; USD 104 000 - 149 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Education assistance

401(k)

Resumo da oferta

Cardinal Health, Nuclear Pharmacists play a critical role in advancing diagnostic and therapeutic medicine. In this highly specialized position, you’ll help ensure patients receive safe, accurate, and timely radiopharmaceuticals—supporting lifesaving decisions in hospitals and imaging centers every day.

If you thrive in regulated environments, value precision, and want your expertise to make a real difference, this role offers meaningful work with long‑term career opportunity.

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy or PharmD required by start date.
• Valid Michigan Pharmacist’s license, or in the process of obtaining a valid license preferred.
• 2-4 years of experience, preferred.
• Working knowledge of biohazardous waste management procedures preferred.
• Ability to travel as needed for pharmacy coverage.
• Willingness to travel to other pharmacies as needed to provide coverage.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Manual dexterity required for occasional reach, lifting, holding of small objects, and dispensing doses.
• Comfortable working in a nuclear environment.
• Must hold a valid driver's license.
• Ability to work weekends, on call, holidays, overtime, alternate days/shifts, or be in a rotation.
• Intermediate computer skills (ability to use computers and tablets).
• Prior Authorized User certification is preferred. Nuclear Pharmacy Training can be provided.

Responsabilidades

• Provides pharmaceutical care to patients as a staff pharmacist, including compounding of nuclear medications and directing distribution of medication.
• Assesses and maintains pharmacy inventory and executes necessary orders to maintain availability of drugs.
• Leads processes for hiring of pharmacy staff, onboarding, and performance management.
• Manages internal workflows of nuclear pharmacy and staffing/scheduling optimization.
• Assists in plans for lowering costs and driving profitable growth to support strategic objectives.
• Maintains relationships with outside suppliers and vendors for drug components and demand planning.
• Participates in administrative tasks to facilitate nuclear pharmacy operations.
• Performs other duties including delivering doses as required.

Conhecimentos

Nuclear pharmacy

Customer service

Manual dexterity

English proficiency

Driver's license

Formação académica

Pharmacy degree (B.Pharm/ PharmD)

Descrição da oferta de emprego

This position is benefit eligible the first day of employment. This includes medical, dental, vision, Paid Time Off, education assistance, 401K and more!

What Nuclear Pharmacy contributes to Cardinal Health

Nuclear Pharmacy is responsible for providing radiopharmaceuticals and other drugs to medical care providers under highly regulated State and Federal guidelines; may also consult with or advise physicians and nuclear medicine technologists on the safe and efficacious use of radioactive drugs for diagnosis and therapy

Job Summary

At Cardinal Health, Nuclear Pharmacists play a critical role in advancing diagnostic and therapeutic medicine. In this highly specialized position, you’ll help ensure patients receive safe, accurate, and timely radiopharmaceuticals—supporting lifesaving decisions in hospitals and imaging centers every day. If you thrive in regulated environments, value precision, and want your expertise to make a real difference, this role offers meaningful work with long‑term career opportunity.

Schedule

• 40 hours per week, variable rotation scheduled during the hours of operation listed below
• Open from Monday through Friday 1:30AM to 10:30AM, Saturday and Sunday 1:30Am to 7:30AM
• Weekends and holidays will be on a rotational basis
• Candidate must be flexible to work different days, schedules, hours, come in early, stay late, or work overtime based on business needs.

Responsibilities

• Provides pharmaceutical care to patients as a staff pharmacist, including compounding of nuclear medications, testing for quality through chromatography, and directing distribution of medication using a team of drivers.
• Assesses and maintains pharmacy inventory and executes necessary orders, including reviews, to maintain optimal supply and ongoing availability of drugs, identifying and procuring alternative drugs to mitigate risks, when necessary.
• Leads processes for hiring of pharmacy staff, onboarding, and performance management, including leadership of competency evaluations process and documentation.
• Manages and directs internal workflows of nuclear pharmacy, including optimization of staffing and scheduling to maintain best-in-class and streamlined pharmacy operations.
• Assists in execution of plans for lowering costs, increasing efficiency and driving profitable growth to support strategic business objectives in the nuclear pharmacy business.
• Maintains relationships with outside suppliers and vendors to understand availability of drug components and assist in demand planning.
• Participates in administrative tasks to facilitate nuclear pharmacy operations, including interactions with customers
• Performs other job-related duties as required to ensure the goals and objectives of the department are met including delivering doses if necessary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy or PharmD required by start date
• Valid Michigan Pharmacist’s license, or is in the process of obtaining a valid license preferred.
• 2-4 years of experience, preferred
• Working knowledge of biohazardous waste management procedures preferred
• Ability to travel as needed for pharmacy coverage
• Willingness to travel to other pharmacies as needed to provide coverage
• Strong customer service skills
• Manual dexterityrequiredfor occasional reach, lifting, holding of small objects, and dispensing doses
• Comfortable working in a nuclear environment
• Must hold a valid driver's license
• Ability to work weekends, on call, holidays, overtime, alternate days/shifts, or be in a rotation
• Intermediate computer skills (ability to use computers and tablets)
• May require vendor credentialing
• Basic proficiency in English is required, including being able to read and write in English in order to process documents.
• Prior Authorized User certification is preferred. Nuclear Pharmacy Training can be provided

Authorized User

As defined in part by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an individual who has completed a minimum of 700 hours of training in a structured educational program consisting of both didactic training and supervised on the job training in radiation physics, instrumentation, radiation protection, chemistry, math and radiation biology. This is usually divided into two sections: 200 hours of formal course work and 500 hours of supervised experience. For current pharmacists, the requirements are the same plus a preceptor statement of training from an Authorized Nuclear Pharmacist.

Anticipated salary range: $104,300 - $149,100

Bonus eligible: No

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

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.

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.