Pharmacy - Karriere | Uniklinikum Erlangen

Providing the full spectrum of pharmacy services

We are a central institution at UKER and provide patients at UKER and patients from our external partner clinics with our pharmaceutical expertise and advice. Quality is crucial to all that we do, but we take care not to neglect economic aspects either, working every day to ensure a reliable supply of pharmaceutical products. We look forward to welcoming you into our interprofessional team, where quality, economy and future viability are our guiding principles.

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“We stand for top performance in the hospital pharmacy sector. With a high degree of dedication, we make a crucial contribution to ensuring the safety of patients and the drugs used to treat them.”

Prof. Dr. Frank Dörje MBA, senior pharmacist

The pharmacy at UKER – an introduction to the team

We offer a wide range of services. As well as supplying and providing advice on medicines, we are classed as a manufacturer pursuant to Section 13 Medicinal Products Act (Arzneimittelgesetz, AMG). Research and participation in clinical studies are also part of our remit. In accordance with our mission, our patients are at the center of everything that we do.

Research and clinical studies

We offer comprehensive pharmaceutical assistance during drug testing projects. As we are officially authorized to manufacture investigational medicinal products pursuant to Section 13 AMG, we are able to provide effective support to physicians conducting clinical studies for testing innovative new bioactive agents for use in the medical sector.

We are also involved as a partner in numerous interprofessional research projects aimed at improving drug safety and raising awareness among patients at the same time as training patients in how to use medicinal products effectively.

Find out more about our research projects and clinical studies.

Manufacturing and inspection

According to valid international GMP standards, we manufacture the following products on site:

Individual infusions, injections, drugs, and parenteral nutrition solutions tailored to the needs of individual patients in our Aseptic Preparation Center (AZZ)
Sterile and non-sterile drugs that are not available on the market, are too expensive, or have to be customized to suit the needs of individual patients.

We are guided at all times by our commitment to provide patients exclusively with drugs that meet the highest pharmaceutical quality standards. For this reason, we check all raw materials used in the manufacturing process as well as all the products we have manufactured and stored ourselves, and carry out spot checks on all ready-made drugs we purchase. In addition, our quality assurance department is responsible for monitoring hygiene and evaluating the results.

Find out more about our production of parenteralia, our production of medicinal products and our quality control.

Pharmaceutical advice and supplies

Our portfolio covers:

Expert advice for doctors on all aspects of drug therapy
Recording patients’ medical history, as we are the direct points of contact for patients when they are admitted to UKER
Clinical-pharmaceutical advice on the UKER wards, provided by our ward pharmacists
As the regional information office for medicinal products of the Bavarian state chamber of pharmacists (Bayerische Landesapothekenkammer) we support public pharmacies in Bavaria with complex pharmaceutical issues
Providing high-quality drugs and prescription-only medical products to inpatients and outpatients at UKER
Supplying pharmaceutical products to staff at UKER for their own personal use via our staff pharmacy

Find out more about the services we offer as a pharmaceutical competence unit.

Pursuing a career in the UKER pharmacy

Our aim is to remain innovative and fit for the future. That is why we offer various options for training, professional development and continuing education within our pharmacy. In addition, students studying pharmacy or training to become a pharmaceutical technical assistant (PTA) can complete their internship or clinical elective at our pharmacy.

Training

Are you interested in completing training as a pharmaceutical commercial assistant?

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Internship and clinical elective

For pharmacy students

For trainee pharmaceutical technical assistants (PTA)

In our pharmacy, prospective pharmaceutical technical assistants can focus on producing drugs.

They can complete three months of their obligatory six month internship with us.
It is also possible to complete the clinical elective during the lesson-free period.

Training programs for professional development

More information about training and professional development for our staff is included in the profiles of the various professions, depending on the area of specialization.

Special benefits of the pharmacy at UKER

Certified place of work

We are a certified pharmacy according to DIN EN ISO 9001. Every day we work at the highest standard to ensure the high quality, safety and reliable supply of drugs.

We are a prize-winning pharmacy

We are one of the leading hospital pharmacies in Germany and have received several awards for our achievements in training and research. We were recently awarded the MSD Health Prize 2021 for our collaborative research project AMBORA.

Working with cutting-edge technology

We offer a fully equipped, modern working place in accordance with the latest pharmaceutical standards.

All benefits at UKER

Your career options in the pharmacy at UKER

Our pharmacists

As a pharmacist, you work in our pharmacy and on the wards in Universitätsklinikum Erlangen. You are responsible for a wide range of tasks, ranging from organizing the operational running of our pharmacy, to advising our medical staff and talking directly to our patients.

Your area of responsibility

You are responsible for providing expert advice to our doctors and nursing staff on topics covering pharmacology, treatments and pharmaceutical economics.
You inform our patients about the medicines they have been prescribed and now to use them safely.
You check stocks of drugs on the UKER wards.
You are responsible for strategic and operative purchasing of our drugs.
You are responsible for the professional and structural organization of our pharmacy procedures for drug production.
You are responsible for checking the quality of the raw materials, our working spaces and the drugs we produce.
You support clinical studies with your pharmaceutical expertise.

Possibilities for development

You can complete a doctoral degree while working.
You can complete further training in the area of clinical pharmacy and drug information.
It is also possible to take courses in medication management in a hospital setting, in infectiology or in oncological pharmaceuticals.

“As a ward pharmacist, I have a lot of responsibility. I advise the teams treating critically ill patients. My opinion is greatly respected when I share it in interdisciplinary and interprofessional contexts. Providing advice on pharmacotherapy for critically ill patients can prove quite a challenge. I am pleased that I can rely at all times on the expertise and experience of the team from our clinical-pharmaceutical services.”

Johannes Plechschmidt, ward pharmacist in the Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology

Our pharmaceutical technical assistants (PTA)

As a PTA, you work in our pharmacy without direct patient contact and yet still with a highly patient-oriented focus. Our PTA’s are mainly responsible for working in the Aseptic Preparation Center (AZZ). You work in teams of two in the naturally lit clean rooms in the AZZ to produce crucial infusion solutions with the highest degree of care and in GMP quality.

Your area of responsibility

You are responsible for providing patients at UKER and our external partner clinics with drugs tailored specifically to their needs. Thanks to our rotating system, you have a varied place of work in our pharmacy, as you regularly rotate through each of the areas in the AZZ.

Other tasks for which our PTA’s are responsible include:

Producing non-sterile drugs and solutions for infusions and injections that are sterilized once they are poured into the final container.
Participating in clinical studies involving the production of drugs pursuant to Section 13 AMG
Checking the quality of the raw materials we use and the products we produce according to legal requirements.
Taxation and settling accounts for private prescriptions and those covered by health insurance companies
Providing advice to UKER staff in our staff pharmacy.

Possibilities for development

Depending on the focus in their place of work, our PTA’s can systematically pursue training in the areas of oncology, hygiene, clinical studies or quality management. You may also choose to take the certificate “PTA in a hospital setting (ADKA)”.

“I chose to work as a PTA in our hospital pharmacy because I can work under the highest quality standards to produce intravenous preparations for our patients, both young and old, that are vital for their survival. I really enjoy doing such worthwhile work.”

Julia Rahn, pharmaceutical technical assistant

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Our pharmaceutical commercial assistants (PKA)

As a PKA you work in our pharmacy in the department of pharmaceutical logistics or in the Aseptic Preparation Center. You are skilled at organizing a pharmacy and business operations and always keep track of our very comprehensive stock of drugs.

Your area of responsibility

Your responsibilities as a pharmaceutical commercial assistant in a hospital setting include commercial tasks, stock management and supporting pharmaceutical staff. You ensure that our patients are provided reliably with drugs, procure the correct medicine at the right time and manage merchandise.

Commercial tasks and merchandise management

You process orders, invoices and delivery notes.
You manage incoming goods.
You are responsible for checking and recording drugs and medicinal products.
You are also responsible for organizing the warehouse and managing stocks.

Your tasks in the Aseptic Preparation Center

You support pharmacy staff when producing drugs tailored to individual patients.
You are involved in deciding on requirements for drugs.

Your varied job also covers documentation tasks, invoicing and controlling.

Options for professional development

Our PKA’s can pursue further training depending on the main focus of their work.

“I work as a PKA in the UKER pharmacy because I am keen to provide our patients with severe diseases with the best possible medicine.”

Stefanie Woitscheck, pharmaceutical commercial assistant

Drug manufacturing

Some of our staff specialize in the manufacturing of drugs. If you decide to work in this area you will be responsible for the following:

Setting up and dismantling devices, equipment and glass containers for manufacturing drugs.
Cleaning devices, equipment and glass containers for the sterile bottling of drugs
Bottling, portioning, labeling and packaging drugs
Stock management and waste disposal

Commissioning pharmaceuticals and accepting incoming goods

Some staff choose to specialize in commissioning pharmaceuticals and accepting incoming goods, assuming the following tasks:

Taking care of incoming goods and managing returns
Supervising the commissioning of infusion solutions
Managing warehouse stocks and disposing of waste
Operating a pedestrian stacker

Other career openings at the UKER pharmacy

Are you interested in working in our pharmacy? Even if you have not completed training or have experience in any of the professions listed above, we would still be pleased to hear from you if you have already worked as a

study assistant
chemical laboratory assistant
technical chemical assistant
pharmaceutical technician

Please get in touch, we look forward to hearing from you.

Current vacancies in the pharmacy

Mechatroniker für Kältetechnik / Kälteanlagenbauer (m/w/d)

Published:
20.08.2025

Application deadline:
31.08.2025

Department:
Dezernat Gebäudewirtschaft

Special benefits of the pharmacy at UKER

Certified place of work

We are a prize-winning pharmacy

Working with cutting-edge technology

Julia Rahn about working as a PTA at UKER

Drug manufacturing

Commissioning pharmaceuticals and accepting incoming goods

Other career openings at the UKER pharmacy

Current vacancies in the pharmacy

Mechatroniker für Kältetechnik / Kälteanlagenbauer (m/w/d)

Facharzt für Innere Medizin (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger Onkologische Tagesklinik Frauenklinik/ ITC (m/w/d)

Operationstechnischer Assistent (OTA) für unser FlexTEAM (m/w/d)

Meister Kältetechnik / Kälteanlagenbauermeister (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger Anästhesiologische Klinik OP und Aufwachraum (m/w/d)

Anästhesietechnischer Assistent - Anästhesiologische Klinik (m/w/d)

Operationstechnischer Assistent Zentral-OP inkl. Herz- u. Kieferchirurgischer OP (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger Zentral-OP inkl. Herz- u. Kieferchirurgischer OP (m/w/d)

Operationstechnischer Assistent Herz-OP (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger Herz-OP (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger Kieferchirurgischer OP (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger chirurgische Ausbildungsstation (m/w/d)

Operationstechnischer Assistent Kieferchirurgischer OP (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger Chirurgie (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger Interdisziplinäre Operative Intensivstation (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger Intermediate Care Bereich der Interdisziplinären Operativen Intensivstation (m/w/d)

Kaufmännischer Mitarbeiter Kalkulation und Abrechnung (m/w/d)

Sachbearbeiter Drittmittelmanagement in Teilzeit (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger Notaufnahme Chirurgisches Departement (m/w/d)

Studentische Hilfskraft Studienambulanz (m/w/d)

Pharmazeutisch-technischer Assistent (PTA) (m/w/d)

Study Nurse in der Strahlenklinik (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger Allgemeinstationen Frauenklinik (m/w/d)

Pharmazeutisch-kaufmännischer Angestellter (PKA) (m/w/d)

Data Scientist (m/w/d) / Bioinformatiker (m/w/d)

Poststellenmitarbeiter (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Kinderkrankenpfleger Allgemeinstationen Kinderklinik (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Kinderkrankenpfleger Hochschulambulanz Kinderklinik (m/w/d)

Medizininformatiker Schwerpunkt Knowledge Graphs (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Kinderkrankenpfleger Intensiv Pädiatrie (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Kinderkrankenpfleger Intensivstation Neonatologie (m/w/d)

Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d)

Pflegehelfer OP-Abteilung Frauenklinik (m/w/d)

Medizinischer Fachangestellter in der Hochschulambulanz (m/w/d)

Pflegefachhelfer Intensiv Neurochirurgie (m/w/d)

Medizinischer Fachangestellter OP Neurochirurgie (m/w/d)

Physiotherapeut (m/w/d)

Medizinisch-technischer Radiologieassistent - MTRA (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger Intensivstation Neurochirurgie (m/w/d)

Studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d)

Psychologe (m/w/d)

Pflegefachmann / Pflegefachfrau Interdisziplinäres Tumortherapie Centrum ITC (m/w/d)

Medizinischer Fachangestellter als Stations-Teamassistent (m/w/d)

Medizinischer Fachangestellter für unsere Hochschulambulanz (m/w/d)

Klinische Kodierkraft (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger OP Neurochirurgie (m/w/d)

Studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d)

Studentische Hilfskraft für das Epilepsiezentrum (m/w/d)

Operationstechnischer Assistent Neurochirurgie (m/w/d)

Oberarzt für Plastische und Ästhetische Chirurgie (m/w/d)

Operationstechnischer Assistent (OTA) Augenklinik (m/w/d)

Studienarzt mit Möglichkeit zur Weiterbildung Facharzt für Augenheilkunde (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger Stroke Unit (m/w/d)

Mechatroniker (m/w/d)

Stationsleitung für das Chirurgische Department (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger Neurologie (m/w/d)

Medizinischer Fachangestellter Stroke Unit (m/w/d)

Medizinischer Fachangestellter OP Augenklinik (m/w/d)

Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger OP Augenklinik (m/w/d)

Psychologe (m/w/d)

Arzt (m/w/d)

Fach- oder Oberarzt Pathologie (m/w/d)

Tierpfleger - Fachrichtung Forschung und Klinik (m/w/d)

Abrechnungsprofi (m/w/d) für die Zahn-Mund-Kieferklinik

Bürokraft (m/w/d)

PhD position in Infection Immunology (m/f/d)

Tierpfleger-Assistent - Fachrichtung Forschung und Klinik (m/w/d)

PhD position in Bioinformatics and Super-Resolution Imaging

Teamassistenz für die Hochschulambulanz der Augenklinik (m/w/d)

Med. Technologe für Funktionsdiagnostik der Augenklinik (m/w/d)