Nuclear Pharmacist

cardinalhealth; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 104,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Paid time off

401k

HSA

FSAs

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Job summary

Cardinal Health seeks a Nuclear Pharmacist to provide radiopharmaceuticals and related drugs under strict regulatory guidelines. You will ensure safe, accurate, and timely medication delivery in hospital and imaging center settings.

The role emphasizes precision, patient safety, and collaborative operations, with a focus on compliant processes, staff leadership, and cost-effective care across shifts and weekends.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or PharmD preferred.
• 2–4 years of experience, preferred.
• Willingness to travel to other pharmacies as needed to provide coverage.
• Strong customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Provides pharmaceutical care to patients as staff pharmacist, including compounding nuclear medications, quality testing, and directing distribution of medication.
• Maintains inventory and procures drugs, reviews orders, and mitigates supply risks.
• Leads hiring, onboarding, and performance management of pharmacy staff.
• Manages internal workflows, staffing, and scheduling for efficient operations.
• Assists in reducing costs and driving profitable growth in the nuclear pharmacy business.
• Maintains relationships with suppliers and vendors for drug components and demand planning.
• Performs administrative tasks and delivers doses as needed.
• Provides potential emergency coverage in Kentucky and West Virginia as needed.

Skills

Customer service

Weekend/on-call availability

Manual dexterity

Driver's license

Education

Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy

PharmD preferred

Job description

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

• Works on a 5 week rotation
• Every 5th week is a night shift
• Other weeks would rotate through the day shift
• Must be available to work some weekends as needed
• Various schedule with a mix of days, nights, weekends, holidays and on call.

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.
• Provides potential emergency coverage in Kentucky and West Virginia as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or PharmD preferred
• Valid Pharmacist's license in the state in which the pharmacy operates, or is in the process of obtaining a valid license preferred.
• 2-4 years of experience, preferred
• 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)
• 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

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.

Salary

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

Bonus eligible: No

Benefits

• 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.

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