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What Radiation Safety and Environmental Health & Safety contribute to Cardinal Health
Radiation Safety and Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) manage programs to identify and mitigate hazardous conditions within the workplace and external environments. This function implements radiation safety and EHS programs, policies and procedures. Additionally, this function responds to incidents and investigates root causes, implements trainings and corrective measures to prevent reoccurrence of problems, and conducts audits as needed.

This role investigates incidents and liaises with engineers, operations, management, and regulatory authorities to identify causes and prevent their recurrence. This role provides training on safety protocols and maintains relationships with the community, environmental groups, regulators, and other stakeholders impacted by the performance of the organization.

Job Specifics

The person chosen for this role will lead the development and implementation of the radiation safety and EHS programs at the NPHS Indianapolis Center for Theranostics Advancement (CTA) radiopharmaceutical manufacturing sites. These sites produce and distribute radioactive drugs and medical radioisotopes in an FDA-regulated, current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) environment. Radioisotopes will include alpha, beta, and gamma emitters. Working closely with the operational teams, this role is based on-site at our Indianapolis Commercial Manufacturing Center.

This role is responsible for designing, developing and implementing radiation safety procedures, programs, processes, and systems to ensure compliance with regulatory and company requirements and to eliminate or minimize risks to the company, its employees, the environment and the communities in which the company does business.
 

This role will be the named radiation safety officer on the radioactive materials license. External regulation is primarily performed by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the US Food and Drug Administration, the US Department of Transportation (including the Federal Aviation Administration), and the International Air Transport Association.

This role currently has two direct reports, an EHS Specialist and a Radiation Safety Specialist.

Responsibilities

The day-to-day duties of the RSO are typically as follows:

• General surveillance over all activities involving radioactive material, including routine monitoring and special surveys.
• Ensuring compliance with NRC regulations as well as conditions of the Radioactive Material License.
• Monitoring the performance of fume hoods/glove boxes/hot cells that are associated with isotope work.
• Serving as the primary source of radiation protection information for personnel at all levels of responsibility.
• Supervising and coordinating the receipt, opening, and delivery of all shipments of radioactive material arriving at the production facility.
• Supervising and coordinating the preparation of all shipments of radioactive material leaving the production facility.
• Supervising the distribution and processing of personnel monitoring equipment.
• Conducting training programs in proper procedures for the use of radioactive material.
• Supervising and coordinating the radioactive waste disposal program.
• Supervising the safe storage of all radioactive materials not in current use.
• Ensuring that sealed sources are leak-tested at proper intervals.
• Maintaining an inventory of all radioactive materials and ensuring the quantity and form of radionuclides at the facility are as authorized by the license.
• Ceasing any and all operations which the RSO deems to be unsafe to employees, the public or environment, or activities that are in violation of federal and applicable regulations and the radioactive materials license, as it pertains to radioactive materials or transport thereof.
• Reviewing radiation surveys in unrestricted and restricted areas to determine that dose rates and amounts of contamination were at ALARA levels during the previous quarter.
• Having unhampered access to all activities at his or her facility involving radioactive materials to identify radiation safety problems.
• Initiating, recommending, or implementing appropriate corrective actions.
• Verifying the implementation of actions taken to correct radiation safety problems.

Qualifications

• 7 or more years of experience preferred
• Bachelor's degree in a physical science, engineering, biological science, or closely related field preferred
• Must be able to be listed on a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission-issued radioactive material license as the radiation safety officer and an authorized user

Work Environment

The work environment is split between the production and distribution environment within a radiopharmaceutical manufacturing facility and professional office space adjacent to the production and distribution environment. It is expected that the person in this role will spend a significant amount of time in the production and distribution spaces observing operations, training staff, responding to incidents, and in other ways implementing the radiation safety program. The facilities are operated under well-controlled and closely monitored conditions that are regulated by both state and federal agencies, and that are enforced by the corporate internal Quality and Regulatory groups. Each staff member will receive specific training in keeping radiation exposures within regulatory guidelines and will be routinely monitored for their exposure to radiation. Noise levels are considered low to moderate.

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Manages team operations and supervises employees
• Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals
• Ensures employees operate within guidelines
• Decisions impact work processes, outcomes and customers
• Interacts with subordinates, peers, customers, and suppliers at various management levels, including senior management
• Interactions normally involve resolution of issues related to operations and/or projects
• Gains consensus from various parties involved
• Infrequent travel is required
• Models the characteristics outlined in the Cardinal Health Leadership Essentials -  Managers of People, Process, or Projects.
• Demonstrates a commitment to the organization's mission, vision and values supporting organizational decisions and behaviors. Contributes to the development and implementation of systems and processes ensuring strategic goal attainment.
• Works as part of a team with others and shows respect and values diversity toward others.
• Demonstrates efforts to discovering, meeting and advocating for the customer's needs.
• Takes actions to continually improve quality and safety in daily work. Actively participates in improving work processes to meet and exceed expectations. Identifies opportunities for improvement based on process observations, outcome measures, and feedback.
• Reports errors in a timely and appropriate manner. Takes initiative and is accountable for areas of responsibility meeting regulatory requirements including but not limited to maintaining required trainings as appropriate to position requirements.
• The ability to act calmly and patiently when working under pressure and/conditions of stress. Maintains integrity, composure, communicates with honesty, transparency, clarity and promotes alternative perspectives.

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.