Principal Specialist, Health Physics

Cardinal Health•Tempe, AZ

23h

About The Position

Health Physics provides support and consulting to nuclear pharmacies, manufacturing facilities, and medical and non-medical facilities to promote the safe use of radioactive materials and radiation-producing machines and enable compliant company and customer operations. This job family develops, deploys, implements, and trains on health physics and radiation safety policies, procedures, and programs, and engages in licensing, packaging design, auditing, facility and equipment testing, emergency response, and other regulatory activities. The Principal Specialist, Health Physics supports healthcare facilities with radiation safety and regulatory compliance. The role includes routine customer visits in Nevada and potentially travel to other states to provide team coverage. The specialist assists with policy and procedure development, radioactive materials licensing, regulatory interactions, audits, surveys, ALARA reviews, training, and radiation safety services. The role also involves developing skills to qualify as a Radiation Safety Officer on customer licenses, advising customers using technical knowledge and best practices, and reviewing internal Tableau trends to identify potential process improvements. At this level, the role applies working knowledge of relevant concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to varied tasks and projects of moderate scope and complexity. The specialist identifies and resolves technical problems using judgment within defined parameters, receives general guidance (and potentially more detailed instruction on new projects), and has work reviewed for sound reasoning and accuracy.

Requirements

2–4 years of experience preferred.
Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience preferred.
Experience conducting physics testing of SPECT and PET imaging systems, or willingness to train.
Develop skills to meet requirements to be named as a Radiation Safety Officer on customer licenses under 10 CFR 35.100, 35.200, 35.300, 35.400, and 35.600.

Nice To Haves

Experience conducting physics testing of SPECT and PET imaging systems in accordance with state and accrediting body requirements.
Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
2–4 years of experience.

Responsibilities

Travel for routine customer visits in Nevada and potentially other states to provide team coverage.
Assist facilities with developing or updating policies and procedures for radioactive materials and radiological imaging procedures.
Prepare radioactive materials license applications, renewals, and amendment requests.
Assist facilities in interactions with regulatory agencies concerning radioactive materials and radiation-producing machines.
Complete radiation safety audits, customer wipes and surveys, and ALARA reviews as required.
Respond promptly to customer and regulatory agency questions concerning radiation safety and health physics.
Conduct group and individual training sessions and document training activities as required.
Maintain the current reference library for radiation protection.
Provide customer survey meter calibration and other radiation safety services required by customer radioactive materials licenses.
Consult with healthcare facilities regarding compliance with radioactive materials licenses and applicable state and federal regulations.
Conduct physics testing of SPECT and PET imaging systems in accordance with state and accrediting body requirements, with experience or training as needed.
Develop skills to meet requirements for designation as a Radiation Safety Officer on customer licenses under 10 CFR 35.100, 35.200, 35.300, 35.400, and 35.600.
Advise customers using best practices and comprehensive technical knowledge.
Track internal trends using Tableau data and suggest process improvements based on observations.
Perform other job-related duties as requested and work effectively with team members to meet goals and objectives.