Health Physicist

$10,000 new hire sign on bonus being offered!

What Health Physics contributes to Cardinal Health

Health Physics provides support and consulting to nuclear pharmacies, manufacturing facilities, medical and non-medical facilities, for the safe use of radioactive materials and radiation producing machines, to enable compliant company and customer business operations. This job family develops, deploys, implements, and trains on health physics and radiation safety policies, procedures, and programs. Health physics engages in licensing, packaging design, auditing, facility and equipment testing, emergency response, and other regulatory activities.

Majority of work in the Southern California area (Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties). Preferred candidate to live in or close to this area or be willing to travel frequently to the area.

Accountabilities

• Travels for routine customer visits in various states such as California, Arizona, Nevada 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.
• Evaluates and/or calibrates radiation measuring equipment used with radioactive materials.
• Evaluates radiological equipment to assess compliance with state and/or national standards.
• Evaluates radiological imaging procedures to advise on patient dose reduction.
• Assists facilities with the development and/or updating of policies and procedures pertaining to the use of radioactive materials and radiological imaging procedures.
• Assists facilities with obtaining and ongoing compliance with American College of Radiology and Joint Commissions (Nuclear Medicine and PET camera testing).
• Provides consultation to healthcare facilities regarding compliance with radioactive materials licenses and applicable state and/or federal regulations.
• Prepares radioactive materials license applications, renewals, and amendment requests.
• Assists facilities with interactions with regulatory agencies regarding radioactive materials and radiation producing machines.
• Completes radiation safety audits and ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) reviews as required.
• Provides timely responses to customer and regulatory agency questions concerning radiation safety and health physics.
• Performs nuclear medicine, HDR (high dose rate) and industrial radiation safety reviews.
• Performs dosimetry reviews, worker and patient dose estimates, and fetal dose estimates.
• Conducts dose investigations and assist facilities with regulatory compliance.
• Conducts group and individual training sessions; document training activities as required. Maintain current reference library for radiation protection.
• Provides customer survey meter calibration and other radiation safety services as required by the customer RAM (Radioactive Materials) License.
• Contacts potential new customers and markets to expand the customer base. Manage new customer contracts by working with Legal on approved language.
• Performs other job-related duties as requested and work effectively with other team members to ensure the goals and objectives are met.
• Develops skills that meet requirements to be named as RSO (Radiation Safety Officer) on customer licenses - 10 CFR 35.100, 35.200, 35.300, 35.400, 35.600 and 35.100.
• Tracks internal trends and suggests process improvements based on observations
• Submits accurate billing for services and manages financials for region
• Draws on best practices and comprehensive technical knowledge to advise customers.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of experience, preferred
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
• Ability to travel up 80% of the time. Must be comfortable with routine overnight stays and daily visits to customer sites within a driving distance
• Ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Proficiency in basic health physics concepts (survey instrument use, survey technique, leak testing, dose calibrator testing, dosimetry review, and dose estimates)
• Proficiency in Agreement State and NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) regulations
• Excellent professional writing skills

• Ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team
• Well versed in Microsoft Office applications

What is expected of you and others at this level

• 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

Anticipated salary range: $117,700-$168,100

Bonus eligible: Yes

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: 03/24/2026 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

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.

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.