Quality Assurance Technician

Strive pharmacy; Leesburg (VA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

401(k) with employer matching

Life insurance

Vision and dental insurance

Job summary

Strive Pharmacy is a personalized compounding pharmacy seeking a Quality Assurance professional to ensure site-specific quality compliance and assist with release activities.

Responsibilities include product inspections, environmental monitoring, documentation review, and supporting audits. Requires at least a high school diploma and 2 years in a quality/manufacturing environment within pharma or medical devices.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or GED with work experience.
• Minimum of 2 years experience in a quality or manufacturing department of a Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, or Allied Health Science.

Responsibilities

• Perform product inspection for defects, leaks, and particulates.
• Environmental monitoring of personnel (as needed) and complete documentation.
• Assist in media fill process validations to include inspection of filled units.
• Perform documentation review of compounding activities such as cleaning records, line clearance forms, and inventory sheets.
• Verify that raw materials meet specification
• Account for labeling
• Review temperature and BMS alarms
• Ensure that product test results meet specification limits
• Document non-compliance and work with supervisor/lead as needed for investigations
• Support internal & external audits
• Maintain quality records (calibration, maintenance, training, deviations, environmental monitoring, COA, clean room certification)
• Participate in Quality Manager's staff meetings

Skills

Quality Assurance

Documentation

Inspection

Calibration

GMP

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate degree or higher

Tools

Calibration tools

Documentation systems

Job description

Strive Pharmacy is a personalized compounding pharmacy built on a simple conviction: medicine should fit the patient, not the other way around. We started Strive because we believed the pharmaceutical industry was overdue for a more human approach—one that prioritizes individualized care, clinical nuance, and genuine partnership with patients and providers.

Compounding gives us the tools to do that. Every formulation we prepare is built to the specific needs of a specific person, and every interaction we have is guided by that same commitment to personalized care.

We're growing, and we're looking for people who share that conviction. If you're ready to be part of a pharmacy that takes the work seriously and the people even more seriously, we'd like to meet you.

Mission:

Strive exists to disrupt an industry long overdue for a more personal approach to care. We put the human element at the center of everything: every formulation, every patient interaction, every provider partnership. We're not just a compounding pharmacy. We're a team on a mission to change what personalized healthcare looks and feels like.

Position Type: Full-Time, On-Site

Schedule: M-F 8:00a - 4:30p for 4 weeks of training and then moving to M-F, 7:00a - 3:30p

Position Overview: Ensure and assist with site-specific quality compliance according to Strive Pharmacy SOPs & specifications; quality review of documents, label control, assist with release activities and product inspections.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform product inspection for defects, leaks, and particulates
• Environmental monitoring of personnel (as needed) and complete documentation
• Assist in the media fill process validations to include inspection of filled units
• Perform documentation review of compounding activities such as cleaning records, line clearance forms, and inventory sheets:
  • Verify that raw materials meet specification
  • Account for labeling
  • Review temperature and BMS alarms
  • Ensure that product test results meet specification limits
  • Checking that all documentation is complete
  • Document non-compliance and work with supervisor/lead if further investigation is needed appropriate lab for particulate identification or microbial analysis
• Help with equipment calibration program and maintenance record files
• Assist with raw material release and movement
• Under the direction of supervisor/lead, document and initiate quality events for deviation and noncompliant investigations
• Support internal & external audits
• Maintain quality records (equipment calibration and maintenance, training, deviation and compliant investigation, environmental monitoring, certificate of analysis, clean room certification etc.)
• Participate in Quality Manager's staff meetings

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of High School Diploma/GED with work experience
• Minimum of 2 years experience in a quality or manufacturing department of a Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, or Allied Health Science.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experienced in aseptic operations
• Experience within a regulated environment
• Knowledge & skills in Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance Practices
• Associates Degree or higher level degree in technician technical scientific discipline; Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, or Pharmacy
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to effectively troubleshoot issues
• Comfortable working in a cleanroom-working environment that may be limited to a small area, wearing protective cleanroom attire, tolerating controlled temperatures, and loud noise

This position is primarily based in an onsite work environment. The role requires regular periods of sitting, standing, and computer use, with occasional lifting as needed. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

Hourly Pay Rate

$24 - $28 USD

Join Us in Making an Impact:

At Strive, the work is real and the impact is direct. Every role here contributes to a patient experience that's more personal, more attentive, and more human than what most people have come to expect from a pharmacy. Apply today and help us raise the bar.

Strive Pharmacy offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Employer-paid healthcare coverage, effective the 1st day of the following month of your hire date
• Free Strive compounded medications for employees based on a valid patient-specific prescription from a licensed healthcare provider
• Paid time off
• Sick time
• FSA and HSA options
• Parental leave
• 401(k) with employer matching
• Life insurance
• Vision and dental insurance
• Veterinary insurance

Culture:

Culture isn't an afterthought at Strive. It's something we actively build. We foster a collaborative, engaging workplace where employees have opportunities to connect, celebrate, and build meaningful relationships with their colleagues. We're committed to supporting the personal and professional growth of every employee, both inside and outside the workplace.

EEO:

Strive Pharmacy is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristics as outlined by federal, state or local laws.

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As set forth in Strive Pharmacy's Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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