SpecialtyRx employs 35 people at its Dunwoody Place pharmacy and expects to add 75 to 100 jobs in two years. It supplies nursing homes and assisted living across Georgia.

SpecialtyRx, a long-term care pharmacy company, expects to add 75 to 100 jobs over the next two years at its regional pharmacy on Dunwoody Place. It already employs 35 people there, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, operations staff and support staff.

The company gave the figures in a news release announcing a ribbon cutting at the pharmacy Nov. 4.

What the pharmacy does

SpecialtyRx supplies medications to care facilities. Its customers include skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities and rehabilitation centers throughout Georgia, according to the company’s Sandy Springs location page.

The pharmacy began operating in Sandy Springs earlier this year, the company said. The city’s business license records list Specialty Rx of GA at 8601 Dunwoody Place, Suite 430, with a start date of April 22. That entry is on our roundup of new businesses in Sandy Springs, drawn from the city’s new business registrations.

According to the company’s release, the Sandy Springs site:

  • covers 14,000 square feet
  • serves more than 5,000 patients now, with room for up to 15,000
  • offers pharmacists around the clock
  • makes emergency medication deliveries and same-day IV services

It is one of 15 regional pharmacies the company runs and is its hub for Georgia. The company said the site also supports care providers elsewhere in the Southeast.

Who runs it

SpecialtyRx describes itself as the nation’s largest privately owned long-term care pharmacy. The company said it serves more than 1,190 health care facilities and 350,000 patients a year in 19 states.

“Being closer to the patients and facilities we serve allows us to deliver the reliable and personalized support our partners depend on,” co-founder Joel Zupnick said in the release.

Co-founder Chesky Berkowitz said Sandy Springs gives the company “the capacity and infrastructure to serve more long-term care communities across Georgia and the surrounding region.”

The release did not give the pay for the new positions or a hiring schedule.

What it means for you

  • Jobs: the company expects to hire 75 to 100 more people at the Dunwoody Place site over the next two years. Applications go through the SpecialtyRx careers page.
  • Where: 8601 Dunwoody Place, Suite 430, in north Sandy Springs. The location page lists the phone number as 943-600-6337.
  • Families: the pharmacy works with care facilities, not individual shoppers. If a relative lives in a nursing home or assisted living community, the facility can say which pharmacy supplies its medications.