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Cardinal Health
Placentia, California

Pharmacist II, Nuclear Pharmacy

PharmacistIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$56.1-$88.33/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Weekend work is also flagged as required; confirm which days and how often.

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Job Description

Anticipated hourly range: $56.10-$88.33

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: 10/20/2026 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

Shift: Monday-Friday 12:00am-8:30am

Candidate must be flexible to work different days, schedules, hours, come in early, stay late, or work overtime based on business needs.

Responsibilities

Takes telephone orders from Cardinal Health customers. Learn how to use the Order Receipt and Order Entry systems by becoming familiar with customers, locations, drug names and dosages and customer dose specifications. Knows the BOP (Board Of Pharmacy) state laws and requirements for radioactive order or prescription. Learns how to identify failure modes.

Prepares and dispenses radiopharmaceuticals in keeping with the prescription and Company, State and Federal regulations. May oversee Nuclear Pharmacy Technicians who, where permitted by law, prepares and dispenses radiopharmaceuticals.

Performs quality control tests, and packages the doses for shipping to the customer in keeping with the prescription and Company, State and Federal regulations.

Assays medications to determine identity, purity and strength, performs white blood cell labeling; enters daily elution's, kit preparations, and incoming inventory in keeping with the prescription and Company, State and Federal regulations.

Knows the inventory and regulatory programs by knowing how to handle the incoming and outgoing check-in and packaging. Handles the stock room maintenance and 5S methodology visuals.

Becomes familiar with the Voice of the Customer/ Voice of the Business /Continuous Improvement/Leadership Essentials by completing a one day shadowing at a customer site and a one day ride-a-long with a sales consultant. Collect and enter Customer Impact Data daily. Do a monthly review of the Pharmacy Scorecard with the manager. Review the Leadership Essentials, complete the White Belt Training in Operational Excellence.

May oversee running of the facility (known as Pharmacist in Charge) if needed.

Trains Newly Hired Pharmacy Associates as Needed

Performs other job related duties as required to ensure the goals and objectives of the department are met including delivering doses if necessary.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy And/or PharmD Required

  • Valid Pharmacist’s license in the state in which the pharmacy operates, or is in the process of obtaining a valid license.
  • Working knowledge of biohazardous waste management procedures.
  • Ability to hear, write, and speak clearly in order to communicate with customers and health care professionals.
  • Strong customer service skills.
  • Manual dexterity required for occasional reach, lifting and holding of small objects.
  • Demonstrated manual dexterity in order to dispense doses.
  • Ability to lift containers weighing up to 75 pounds.
  • Must hold a valid driver's license in the state in which the pharmacy is located.
  • Comfortable driving in all types of weather conditions (rain, sleet, snow, fog, wind and sun).
  • Deliveries occur during both nighttime and daytime conditions.
  • Flexibility to work various shifts or overtime as needed.
  • Intermediate computer skills (ability to use computers and tablets).
  • Ability to work weekends or be in a weekend rotation.
  • Ability to work on call or be in an on call rotation.
  • Ability to work holidays or be in a holiday rotation.

Prior Authorized User certification is preferred. Nuclear Pharmacy Training can be provided.

Authorized User: As defined in part by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an individual who has completed a minimum of 700 hours of training in a structured educational program consisting of both didactic training and supervised on the job training in radiation physics, instrumentation, radiation protection, chemistry, math and radiation biology.

This is usually divided into two sections: 200 hours of formal course work and 500 hours of supervised experience. For current pharmacists, the requirements are the same plus a preceptor statement of training from an Authorized Nuclear Pharmacist.

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.

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Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Radiopharmaceutical preparationPharmacy operationsRegulatory complianceInventory managementPharmacist licensureData entrySafety protocolsCommunicationComputer literacy

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 53% are remote, 55% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$150k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $136k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 5.1
Better work-life than 80% of Pharmacy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,330 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Placentia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.00M
Typical market rent
$2,853/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Cardinal Health

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Benefits & Perks

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