Pharmacy Technician 2 - UVA Health Outpatient Pharmacy

Bring your pharmacy expertise to a role where accurate, timely medication access supports patients throughout their care journey. As a Pharmacy Technician 2 with UVA Health's Outpatient Pharmacy, you will contribute to a collaborative operation serving clinic patients, pharmacy customers, and hospitalized patients preparing to return home.

This is an opportunity to move beyond a narrowly defined dispensing role and build experience across outpatient pharmacy operations, discharge prescriptions, and Meds to Beds services. Experienced retail and community pharmacy technicians are encouraged to apply, especially those ready to expand their skills within an academic health system.

The Role

Working under moderate supervision, the Pharmacy Technician 2 performs essential technical and patient-support activities using established pharmacy procedures, sound judgment, and attention to detail. You will work alongside pharmacists, technicians, providers, and nursing teams in a busy environment where priorities may shift based on prescription volume and patient needs.

Your responsibilities may include:

• Filling prescriptions accurately for pharmacist review.
• Dispensing medications at outpatient pharmacy service windows.

• Supporting patients arriving from outpatient clinics or waiting in the pharmacy lobby.

• Processing discharge prescriptions and helping ensure medications are ready when patients leave the hospital.

• Delivering prescriptions to hospitalized patients through the Meds to Beds program, as assigned.

• Coordinating medication-delivery workflows with pharmacists, providers, nurses, and other members of the care team.

• Answering telephone calls and communicating pharmacy information that may require explanation or interpretation.

• Stocking medications and supplies and supporting inventory-replenishment activities.

• Using pharmacy systems, equipment, and established procedures to maintain safe and efficient operations.

• Adjusting priorities and applying judgment when routine situations require interpretation or a reasonable deviation from standard workflow.

• Cross-training across Operations and Meds to Beds functions based on department needs.

Technicians delivering medications to the bedside identify the medication, review directions listed on the prescription, communicate an indication when documented, and review patient charges. Medication counseling remains the responsibility of the pharmacist.

Schedule: Rotating day shift, primarily 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., with occasional 12:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. shifts. No on-call requirement has been identified for this daytime opportunity.

Successful candidates will bring basic knowledge of pharmacy procedures and tools gained through vocational or technical education and relevant work experience. The role requires the appropriate specialty license or certification, along with at least six months of applicable pharmacy technician experience. Candidates should demonstrate strong communication skills, sound pharmacy fundamentals, flexibility, patient-service awareness, and the ability to work effectively within a team.

Why UVA Health

UVA Health offers the opportunity to practice within an academic health system where clinical care, education, discovery, and operational excellence come together to improve the patient experience. In the Outpatient Pharmacy, technicians play a meaningful role in helping patients receive their medications accurately and efficiently, including during the important transition from hospital care to home.

This position offers:

• A pathway from retail or community pharmacy into hospital outpatient pharmacy.

• Broader experience across outpatient dispensing, discharge prescriptions, Operations, and Meds to Beds.

• Opportunities to cross-train, learn multiple workflows, and strengthen collaboration with the wider patient-care team.

• A department committed to helping technicians work at the top of their license and continue developing professionally.

• A patient-centered culture focused on doing what is right for each patient.

• A collaborative daytime environment where technicians, pharmacists, and clinical partners work as one pharmacy team.

• Supportive leadership that values empathy, individual goals, professional growth, and the contributions of each team member.

• The opportunity to build on your existing prescription-processing and patient-service experience in a more clinically connected environment.

Hospital outpatient pharmacy experience is valuable, but it is not the only path to success. Candidates from high-volume retail, community, independent, chain, and hospital pharmacy settings may bring highly transferable experience in dispensing, workflow management, patient communication, and team-based service.

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

UVA Health is a world-class Magnet Recognized academic medical center and health system with a level 1 trauma center. 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report "Best Hospitals" guide rates UVA Health University Medical Center as "High Performing" in 5 adult specialties and 14 conditions/procedures. We are one of 70 National Cancer Institute designated cancer centers. UVA Health Children's is named by 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report as the best children's hospital in Virginia with 9 specialties ranked among the best in the nation. Our footprint also encompasses 3 community hospitals and an integrated network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout Charlottesville, Culpeper, Northern Virginia, and beyond.

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.