Nuclear Pharmacist

About This Role

This highly specialized position ensures patients receive safe, accurate, and timely radiopharmaceuticals, supporting lifesaving decisions in hospitals and imaging centers. The role involves providing pharmaceutical care, maintaining inventory, and directing distribution of nuclear medications within a highly regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide pharmaceutical care to patients as a staff pharmacist, including compounding of nuclear medications, testing for quality through chromatography, and directing distribution of medication using a team of drivers
• Assess and maintain pharmacy inventory and execute necessary orders, including reviews, to maintain optimal supply and ongoing availability of drugs, identifying and procuring alternative drugs to mitigate risks, when necessary
• Lead processes for hiring of pharmacy staff, onboarding, and performance management, including leadership of competency evaluations process and documentation
• Manage and direct internal workflows of nuclear pharmacy, including optimization of staffing and scheduling to maintain best-in-class and streamlined pharmacy operations
• Assist in execution of plans for lowering costs, increasing efficiency and driving profitable growth to support strategic business objectives in the nuclear pharmacy business
• Maintain relationships with outside suppliers and vendors to understand availability of drug components and assist in demand planning
• Participate in administrative tasks to facilitate nuclear pharmacy operations, including interactions with customers
• Perform other job-related duties as required to ensure the goals and objectives of the department are met including delivering doses if necessary
• May oversee running of the facility (known as Pharmacist in Charge) if needed

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy or PharmD required by start date
• Valid Pharmacist’s license in the state in which the pharmacy operates, or is in the process of obtaining a valid license preferred
• Willing to obtain multiple state licenses
• Strong customer service skills
• Manual dexterity required for occasional reach, lifting, holding of small objects, and dispensing doses
• Comfortable working in a nuclear environment
• Must hold a valid driver's license
• Ability to work weekends, on call, holidays, overtime, alternate days/shifts, or be in a rotation
• Intermediate computer skills (ability to use computers and tablets)
• May require vendor credentialing
• Basic proficiency in English is required, including being able to read and write in English in order to process documents

Nice to have:

• 2-4 years of experience