Medical Health Physicist

Cardinal Health•Chicago, IL

23d

About The Position

The Nuclear & Precision Health Solutions division is committed to improving the lives of patients by applying roughly 50 years of experience and expertise in nuclear and precision health. The business provides radiopharmaceutical development, manufacturing, preparation, market access, and business solutions across the care delivery continuum from origin to patient administration. As the only national source for both SPECT and PET radiopharmaceuticals with the largest network of 130 pharmacies and 30 cyclotron facilities, we can reach 95% of U.S. hospitals within three hours. We give customers the support they need in regulatory compliance, reimbursement, continuing education, information management and other crucial areas, so they can focus on their patients. What Medical Physics contributes to Cardinal Health: Medical Physics provides consulting to hospitals and medical imaging facilities for the safe use of radioactive materials, licensing, and regulatory requirements for Nuclear Medicine departments. This job family provides professional consultation and physics testing regarding the quality and safety of diagnostic imaging equipment and performs the duties of Radiation Safety Officer at customer facilities.

Requirements

8-12 years of experience, preferred
Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
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.
Proficiency in basic health physics concepts (survey instrument use, survey technique, leak testing, dosimetry review, dose estimates)
Proficiency in Agreement State and NRC regulations.
Customer facing experience preferred
Strong customer service focus
Ability to travel ~60% or as needed for role (includes day trips and overnight stays)
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 colleagues

Responsibilities

Travels for routine customer visits in Wisconsin and Illinois 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.
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.

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