Lead Pharmacy Technician
CHRISTIANSBURG, VAFull-time$25–28/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
PharMerica’s Pharmacy Alternatives team is a closed-door pharmacy serving long-term care and senior living clients. The Lead Pharmacy Technician supports technician training and workflow, prepares schedules, and performs prescription filling and medication preparation. The role may also involve inventory, data entry, automated dispensing equipment, and IV medication tasks. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Full job description
Our Company
PharMerica
Overview
Join our Pharmacy Alternatives team! Pharmacy Alternatives is aclosed-door pharmacywhere you can focus on fulfilling the pharmaceutical needs of our long-term care and senior living clients. We offer a non-retail pharmacyenvironment. Our organization is inhigh growth mode, which meansadvancement opportunitiesfor individuals who are looking for career progression!
Schedule:
Monday - Friday 9am-6pm
We offer:
DailyPay
Flexible schedules
Competitive pay
Shift differential
Health, dental, vision and life insurance benefits
Company paid STD and LTD
Tuition Assistance
Employee Discount Program
401k
Paid-time off
Tuition reimbursement
Non-retail/Closed-door environment
Our Pharmacy group focuses on providing exceptional customer service and meeting the pharmacy needs for hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, and other specialized care centers nationwide. If your passion is service excellence and top-quality care come join our team and apply today!
Responsibilities
- Participates in orientation, training, competency assessment, and evaluation of Pharmacy Technicians.• Monitors work flow and reassigns Pharmacy Technicians as needed.• Prepares Pharmacy Technician schedules to meet the needs of the pharmacy.• Fills prescription items, as permitted by the State Board of Pharmacy, packaging medications for dispensing and for delivery, meeting the accuracy and productivity standards of the pharmacy.• Prepares medications including emulsions, liquids, powders and ointments, which may include non-sterile compounding.• May perform the following:o Works in the Controlled Drugs (Narcotics) Room.o Works with automated machines to prepack drugs.o Manages inventory functions such as monitoring pharmaceutical levels and identify expired medications, managing to the pharmacy standard for Days on Hand.o Inputs patient data and medication orders into a computer system to produce labels (data entry).o Mixes/packages IV medications, sanitizes IV room, equipment and hood.o Services facility-based medication dispensing machines (e.g., RxNow).• Communicates with internal and external customers in a pleasant and professional manner.• Ensure technician adherence to local, state, and federal regulations.• Performs other tasks as assigned.• Conducts job responsibilities in accordance with the standards set out in the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, its policies and procedures, the Corporate Compliance Agreement, applicable federal and state laws, and applicable professional standards.• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Each essential function is required, although reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Qualifications
Education/Learning Experience• Required: HS diploma or equivalentWork Experience• Required: Experience in an LTC pharmacy setting• Desired: Prior supervisory experienceSkills/Knowledge• Required: Basic understanding of drugs, medication terminology, and metric system; ability to operate a computer.• Desired: Workflow management skills; scheduling skills; performance management
About our Line of Business
PharMerica, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, delivers personalized pharmacy care through dedicated local teams, serving health care providers such as skilled nursing facilities, senior living communities, and hospitals. We also cater to individuals with behavioral needs, infusion therapy needs, seniors receiving in-home care, and patients with cancer. Operating long-term care, home infusion, and specialty pharmacies across the nation, we combine the personal touch of a neighborhood pharmacy with the resources of a national network. Our comprehensive solutions, backed by industry-leading technology and regulatory expertise, ensure accurate medication access, cost control, and compliance with best-in-class clinical standards. We are committed to enhancing resident health, reducing staff burdens, and supporting our clients' success. For more information, visitwww.pharmerica.com. Follow us onFacebook (https://www.facebook.com/PharMericaCorp) ,Twitter (https://twitter.com/PharMericaCorp) , andLinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/pharmerica/) .
Salary Range
USD $25.00 - $28.00 / Hour
BrightSpring Health Services, and our family of brands, provides equal employment opportunity
Job LocationsUS-VA-CHRISTIANSBURG
ID 2026-199047
Line of Business PharMerica
Position Type Full-Time
Pay Min USD $25.00/Hr.
Pay Max USD $28.00/Hr.
How this job compares
Set against the 13,801 open Pharmacy Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$25–28/hr
- Virginia median$18–27/hr359 hourly ranges
- US median$18–27/hr10,928 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $26.50/hr, is 18% above the Virginia median midpoint ($23/hr) — in the middle half of Pharmacy Technician hourly ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 404 open Pharmacy Technician jobs in Virginia and 13,801 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Walmart93 open
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- CVS Health87 open
- Experience
- Pharmacy Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (2,654 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 4,857 of the 13,801 open Pharmacy Technician jobs (35%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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