Pharmacy Technician 2 - UVA Health Inpatient Pharmacy (Supply Chain)
About The Position
The Pharmacy Technician 2 supports UVA Health’s Inpatient Pharmacy Supply Chain team, helping ensure medications and essential supplies are available to patient care teams. The position combines hands-on pharmacy technician work with inventory management, medication receiving, requisition fulfillment, procurement support, and other pharmacy supply chain operations. The technician works with pharmacy buyers, pharmacists, technicians, clinics, and other healthcare partners. The role supports the movement of medications and supplies from delivery through distribution. Duties include receiving and distributing orders, fulfilling requisitions from clinics and satellite locations, responding to carousel requests, completing purchase-order receiving in PeopleSoft, monitoring inventory, supporting cycle counts, coordinating replenishment, tracking packages, and communicating about shortages and delivery issues. Contrast inventory and distribution may also be assigned. The typical schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with one Saturday every third week and a corresponding weekday off. The work has a substantial receiving component and involves moving through receiving areas, working around pallets, rolling shelving, and pallet jacks, and lifting boxes weighing up to approximately 50 pounds. Responsibilities are planned to rotate among three technicians. The successful candidate is flexible, collaborative, communicates clearly, identifies urgent needs, and takes initiative.
Requirements
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- At least 6 months of relevant experience.
- Commonwealth of Virginia Pharmacy Technician Registration.
- CPhT credential through the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) or Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB).
- Prolonged standing; proficient communicative, auditory, and visual skills; attention to detail; ability to write legibly; and ability to lift, push, or pull less than 20 pounds.
Responsibilities
- Receive, verify, unpack, organize, and distribute pharmaceutical and supply orders to the IV room, Inpatient Pharmacy Operations, carousel areas, and other pharmacy locations.
- Process approximately 20 to 30 daily requisitions from clinics and satellite locations, including pulling products, obtaining pharmacist verification, preparing orders, and staging them for courier pickup.
- Monitor and fulfill routine, new, and STAT carousel requests.
- Receive morning and midday deliveries from vendors such as Cardinal Health, FedEx, and UPS.
- Complete purchase-order receiving activities in PeopleSoft so vendor invoices can be processed accurately and promptly.
- Monitor inventory levels, support cycle counts, initiate hospital storeroom requisitions, and coordinate replenishment needs with pharmacy buyers.
- Track packages and totes through the receiving area’s scanning process.
- Respond to inventory, delivery, and receiving questions through the Pharmacy Supply Chain inbox.
- Communicate proactively about medication shortages, delayed deliveries, changing inventory needs, and competing operational priorities.
- Support contrast inventory and distribution across hospital and clinic locations as assigned.
- Contribute practical ideas to improve and modernize receiving workflows and processes.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Generous paid time off.
- Retirement savings.
- Long-term and short-term disability.
- Health savings plans and flexible spending accounts.
- Certification and education support.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
