Pharmacist - Inpatient Operations (Sterile Compounding/IV Room)

Your sterile compounding expertise directly supports safe, timely, high-quality medication therapy for patients across a complex academic medical center. In this dedicated IV Room role, you will bring precision, focus, and clinical accountability to a pharmacy environment where accuracy, sterility, teamwork, and pace all matter.

This is an opportunity to join a highly specialized inpatient pharmacy team focused on sterile compounding for adult and pediatric hospital patients. You will work in a dedicated IV Room environment with strong peer support, structured onboarding, and the chance to build advanced sterile compounding capability within one of the region's leading academic health systems.

The Role

As a Pharmacist-Inpatient Operations Sterile Compounding IV Room, you will spend most of your workday in a focused sterile compounding environment preparing IV medications that support inpatient care. This is a dedicated IV Room position, not a rotating inpatient operations assignment, making it an excellent fit for a pharmacist who enjoys technical depth, repeatable precision, and the responsibility that comes with high-volume sterile medication preparation.

You will work within a dedicated IV Room team that includes approximately 23 pharmacists and 23 pharmacy technicians, with hazardous and non-hazardous sterile compounding rooms connected by a central workroom. The environment is structured, collaborative, and built around specialized training before independent work

In an average day, you will:

• Compound sterile IV medications for hospitalized patients while following strict sterile preparation procedures.

• Apply USP 797 standards and sterile technique requirements consistently in a high-detail environment.

• Label, prepare, and process patient medications with close attention to accuracy, sterility, and workflow demands.

• Support pediatric medication preparation, including preparing reservoirs for pediatric dosing and pulling patient-specific doses from prepared reservoirs.

• Compound medications for adult inpatient populations and cross-cover adult and pediatric areas when needed.

• Build independence through extensive sterile compounding instruction, dedicated pediatric training, dedicated adult training, educational modules, and progressive onboarding.

Success in this role requires a pharmacist who is adaptable, coachable, team-oriented, comfortable in a busy environment, and able to follow detailed procedures closely. Strong candidates will be ready to learn UVA-specific processes, maintain pace with high-volume work, and consistently uphold sterility requirements.

Why UVA Health

At UVA Health, sterile compounding is connected to the broader mission of delivering advanced care across an integrated academic health system. UVA Health includes a world-class academic medical center with a Level 1 trauma center, Level IV NICU, the first NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in Virginia, UVA Health Children's, three community hospitals, a specialty rehabilitation hospital, and an integrated network of primary and specialty care clinics across Virginia.

For pharmacists, this means your work is part of a highly collaborative care model serving patients with complex needs. UVA Health pharmacy teams work with medical teams across acute care, infusion, ambulatory clinic and retail, specialty, post-acute care, pediatrics, investigational drug services, specialty pharmacy, patient assistance, and regional infusion pharmacy services.

This role is especially compelling because it offers:

• A dedicated sterile compounding practice environment where you can develop deep technical strength in IV medication preparation.

• Specialized onboarding and training, including sterile compounding instruction, pediatric training, adult training, educational modules, and a progressive pathway to independent work.

• A mature, collaborative, and welcoming team culture with strong camaraderie, extensive peer support, and coworkers who are willing to assist one another when needed.

• Exposure to both adult and pediatric sterile compounding, creating meaningful variety within a specialized IV Room focus

• Continuous learning and internal mobility opportunities within an organization focused on employee development, retention, growth, and expansion.

• The opportunity to work in an academic medical center environment where pharmacy professionals may have opportunities to teach and train pharmacists, residents, students, and technician trainees through partnerships with pharmacy schools and technician training programs.

UVA Health is also guided by a vision to be the nation's leading public academic health system and a best place to work while transforming patient care, medical research, education, and engagement with the communities it serves. For a pharmacist who values precision, patient safety, and team-based practice, this IV Room role offers the chance to do focused, meaningful work in a system built for clinical complexity and professional growth.

Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.

Why People Love Living in Charlottesville:

Charlottesville offers the kind of balance that matters to healthcare professionals doing high-focus clinical work: a vibrant community, immediate access to natural beauty, and the cultural amenities of a much larger city. Nestled near the Blue Ridge Mountains, the area offers outdoor access, a strong local food scene, independent restaurants, shopping, arts, music, theater, and a pedestrian-friendly Downtown Mall. For pharmacists relocating to the area, Charlottesville can offer a strong quality of life for individuals and families alike, with the ability to build a rewarding healthcare career while enjoying a community known for culture, outdoor living, and connection.