Pharmacy Technician 2 - UVA Specialty Pharmacy Operations
- Employer
- University of Virginia
- Location
- Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
As a Pharmacy Technician in Specialty Pharmacy Operations, you’ll contribute to a sophisticated workflow designed to deliver high-quality pharmaceutical care through centralized operations while building advanced technical and operational expertise.
The Role
In this non–customer facing role, you will work within a high-functioning specialty pharmacy operation, supporting prescription fulfillment, logistics, and inventory processes that directly impact patient care across UVA Health. The environment is structured yet dynamic, offering both independence and collaborative teamwork.
An average day blends technical precision, operational awareness, and proactive problem-solving:
- Accurately prepare and fill specialty prescriptions within a centralized workflow
- Support packaging and shipping logistics, ensuring timely and compliant delivery through carrier systems such as UPS and vendor networks
- Manage and maintain inventory levels, including tracking, replenishment, and organization of medications and supplies
- Participate in mail-order and central fill operations, gaining exposure beyond traditional retail pharmacy practices
- Collaborate with pharmacists, lead technicians, and peers to ensure workflow continuity and quality assurance
- Take ownership of assigned responsibilities, identifying process gaps and implementing solutions in real time
This role stands apart from traditional pharmacy technician positions by offering:
- No direct retail-style customer interaction, allowing full focus on technical and operational excellence
- A broader scope of practice across fulfillment, logistics, and systems-based workflows
- Opportunities to take on “captain roles” such as fill or packaging leads, fostering leadership exposure and workflow ownership
UVA Health is a nationally recognized academic health system where innovation, collaboration, and professional growth are foundational. This role is strategically positioned within a specialty pharmacy operation that continues to evolve to meet complex patient needs.
Here, your work is supported, valued, and designed for growth:
- Academic Medical Center Excellence
- Work within a system known for clinical innovation, interprofessional collaboration, and a commitment to advancing healthcare delivery
- A Non-Retail, Operationally Driven Pharmacy Model
- Experience a behind-the-scenes environment focused on precision, efficiency, and patient impact without direct customer-facing pressures
- Skill Diversification Across the Medication Journey
Build expertise in:
- Prescription fulfillment
- Packaging and shipping logistics
- Inventory systems
- Delivery coordination and vendor relationships
This creates a more comprehensive skillset than traditional retail technician roles
- Delivery coordination and vendor relationships
- Structured Growth and Leadership Opportunities
Engage in captain roles that provide:
- Workflow ownership
- Leadership development
- Clear pathways for career progression within the health system
- Autonomy with Strong Clinical Support
- Benefit from a balance of independence and collaboration, with access to:
- Pharmacists
- Lead technicians
- Operational leadership
You are empowered to manage your work while never working in isolation
- Operational leadership
- Collaborative Team Environment
- Join a large, team-based structure where responsibilities are shared, communication is constant, and success is collective
- Entry into a Health System Specialty Pharmacy Setting
- Ideal for technicians looking to transition from retail into a hospital-affiliated, specialty-focused environment with expanded career possibilities
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Education: High School Graduate or equivalent required.
Experience: 6 months minimum relevant experience required.
Licensure: Commonwealth of Virginia Pharmacy Technician Registration required. CPhT credential through National Healthcareer Association (NHA) or Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Job requires standing for prolonged periods. Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills; attention to detail and ability to write legibly; ability to lift/push/pull less than 20 lbs.
Benefits- Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Retirement Savings
- Long-term and Short-term Disability
- Health Saving Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Certification and Education Support
The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Learn more about UVA’s commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment.
Organization
In 1819, the University of Virginia established a new model for intellectual exchange and cross-disciplinary collaboration in higher education. Two hundred years later, as a major research institution, we continue to challenge conventions, lead with ingenuity and advance knowledge for the common good.
What began as an innovative idea has become one of the nation’s leading public research universities, with over 21,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. UVA also has over 3,000 full-time faculty offering more than 400 degrees.
Each of the University’s eleven schools has its own distinctive mission, working together to garner consistently high rankings—including #2 Best Value Public College (Princeton Review, 2016), #3 Public University in the Nation (U.S. News & World Report, 2016), and #3 Best Value Among Public Colleges (Kiplinger’s, 2016).
As we invest in and strengthen our research capabilities, UVA seeks new faculty ready to uncover new insights, rewrite old rules and collaborate on intellectual discoveries.
RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS THAT CROSS DISCIPLINES
As an R1 institution, the University’s research centers, consortia and laboratories are on the leading edge of discovery and technology, offering collaborative spaces for students and faculty to solve global problems.
Our professors are recognized members of major national scholarly and professional organizations, including the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Our faculty’s engagement in interdisciplinary research is being facilitated by new research institutes specializing in everything from big data to brain functioning, and by cluster hires across schools.
NATIONALLY RANKED HEALTH SYSTEM
UVA is also home to a nationally renowned academic medical center and the UVA Health System, which serves a three-part mission to treat patients, conduct translational research and train medical practitioners in a wide variety of disciplines.
Established as the nation’s 10th medical school in 1825, the institution has since grown to include a 612-bed hospital and a Level I trauma center, nationally recognized cancer and heart centers, a Children’s Hospital, and primary and specialty clinics throughout Central Virginia.
The UVA Medical Center is consistently ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by the U.S. News & World Report magazine and has been named among the top 25 percent in seven specialties.
INSPIRING STUDENTS, INSPIRED TEACHING
The vast majority of UVA students come from the top 10% of their high school class, as well as from all 50 states, over 142 countries and a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. Despite their diversity, all UVA students share a love of learning and a drive to achieve.
One of the reasons students choose Virginia is our unique residential culture. At UVA, the community of students, faculty and staff personifies the Jeffersonian idea that living and learning are connected. The Academical Village was constructed to support a unique residential experience, with faculty living in the Pavilions, students occupying Lawn rooms and the world-famous Rotunda at its heart. The University’s residential culture continues to support this experience today—strengthened by students, faculty and staff rich in backgrounds, ideas and perspectives. Our unique culture is also paying dividends in innovation: UVA’s faculty have generated more than 130 patents since 2010.
Perhaps most importantly, faculty come to UVA knowing that instruction is as important as research, and they pride themselves on their many teaching awards. Our best professors look for ways to encourage, mentor and develop tomorrow’s leaders inside and outside the classroom.
LIFE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE
Living in Charlottesville you’ll find sophisticated restaurants, world-renowned wineries and breweries, cosmopolitan arts and music, friendly urban and suburban neighborhoods and a Piedmont landscape that has lured adventurous souls for centuries. No wonder the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research named Charlottesville the “happiest city in America” in 2014.
In addition to UVA and its health system, several major employers have facilities in Charlottesville, including State Farm, Northrop Grumman, the U.S. Department of Defense, GE and others. Charlottesville is also becoming a center for innovative start-up businesses. The University also actively helps spouses and partners of faculty members build their networks and pursue employment opportunities with a wide variety of area employers.
The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
- Telephone
- 434-985-4532
- Location
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2420 Old Ivy
Charlottesvle
Virginia
22911-7433
United States
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