Senior Pharmacy Technician

What does 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.

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Schedule

• 40 hours per week. The typical schedule is Monday through Friday from 8:00a to 4:00p. Candidate must be flexible to work different days, hours and schedules based on business needs.

Anticipated Pay Range: $21.20 to $30.20 per hour

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: 08/29/24 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

Responsibilities in this role

• Under the immediate direction of a qualified licensed Pharmacist on a one-to-one ratio:

• Prepares prescriptions by typing labels, entering information into a computer system and obtaining Staff Pharmacist approval.
• Compounds medications, including higher level cell tagging such as white blood cell and compounding Iodine-131 NaI  (sodium iodide) capsules, according to applicable state laws and obtain Pharmacist endorsement.
• Counts, and dispenses doses either in a syringe or vial and obtain Pharmacist approval.
• Performs quality assurance tests on instruments and pharmaceuticals in accordance with Federal, State, Company and manufacturer’s guidelines.
• Receives, documents, and stores incoming and outgoing pharmaceuticals according to the Department of Transportation and Company guidelines.
• Maintains computer inventory and records to ensure proper utilization of materials and accounting for all RAM (Radioactive materials licensing) and Rx (prescription) Drugs.
• Prepackages, labels and maintains related control records of unit or multiple dose packages pursuant to appropriate policies and procedures.
• Elutes generator.
• Receives standard diagnostic prescription orders from Cardinal Health customers, with the exception of those orders prohibited by regulation or Cardinal Health policy.
• Visits customer locations to perform on-site radiation safety functions as permitted by license.
• Performs general laboratory and facility clean up.
• Performs clerical and administrative services including maintenance of daily delivery records, preparation of receipts, report preparation, and maintenance of billing records.
• Consistently performs radiation safety tasks including well checks & efficiencies, air monitoring, fume hood flow checks, room wipes & surveys, waste management, vehicle surveys, and meter checks.
• Provides radiation safety training to facility staff members.
• May oversee the work and training of other non-pharmacists in the non-dispensing tasks of handling radioactivity.
• Is able to assist RSO (Radiation Safety Officer) with all radiation safety requirements. If listed as an authorized user on the license, then may be assistant RSO (Radiation Safety Officer).
• Performs FDG (fluorodeoxyglucose) daily planning and analysis.
• Performs other job-related duties as required to ensure the goals and objectives of the department are met
• Understands how our customers and patients benefit from their work and seeks to constantly improve value to the customer and ways to work more efficiently (customer-centric)
• Builds strong relationships and fosters team work through collaboration and communication on their team and across work groups
• Develops others by proactively mentoring, training, sharing knowledge, best practices and idea with others to improve productivity and make the workplac