Physicist jobs in Omaha, NE

What Health Physics contributes to Cardinal Health

Quality develops and implements quality policies, procedures, and processes to ensure products and services comply with regulatory standards and specifications.

Quality Compliance is responsible for the development and deployment of policies, procedures and programs designed to minimize risk, enable compliant business operations, products and services and drive uncompromised supply chain integrity.

Anticipated salary range: $78,500.00 - $112,100.00

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

Application window anticipated to close: MM/DD/YYYY *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Heath Physics, Physical Science, or related field, preferred
• 3 years’ experience in related field or Nuclear Medicine Technology, preferred

Accountabilities

• Travel required for routine customer visits in Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, and Colorado including some overnight stays.
• Ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Evaluation and/or calibration of radiation measuring equipment’s used with radioactive materials.
• Evaluation of radiological equipment to assess compliance with state and/or national standards.
• Evaluation of radiological imaging procedures to advise on patient dose reduction.
• Assist facilities with the development and/or updating of policies and procedures pertaining to the use of radioactive materials and radiological imaging procedures.
• Consultation to healthcare facilities regarding compliance with radioactive materials licenses and applicable state and/or federal regulations.
• Prepare radioactive materials license applications, renewals, and amendment requests.
• Assist facilities with interactions with regulatory agencies regarding radioactive materials and radiation producing machines.
• Complete radiation safety audits and ALARA (As Low as Reasonably Achievable) reviews as required.
• Answering Radiation Safety and Health Physics questions.
• Performing nuclear medicine, HDR and industrial radiation safety review
• Performing dosimetry review, worker and patient dose estimates, fetal dose estimates
• Conducting dose investigations and assist facilities with regulations
• Performing leak-testing and other radiological assay as requested
• Conduct group and individual training sessions; documents training activities as required.  Maintains reference library for radiation protection.
• Provide customer survey meter calibration and other radiation safety services as required by the customer RAM License.
• Performs other job-related duties as requested and works effectively with other team members to ensure the goals and objectives of the department are met.
• Proficiency in basic Health Physics concept (survey instrument use, survey technique, leak testing, dosimetry review, dose estimates)

Other Skills/Abilities

• 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
• Well versed in Microsoft Office applications

What is expected of you and others at this level?

• 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
• Projects may have significant and long-term impact
• 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, to prioritize task, and to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• 80 percent travel

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.