Pharmacy Technician

3 weeks ago


Palos Heights Illinois, United States Northwestern Memorial Healthcare Full time
Job Summary

The Pharmacy Technician reflects the mission, vision, and values of Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, adheres to the organization's Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines, and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

Key Responsibilities
  • Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment.
  • Identifies and fills medications, surgical kits, medication carts, emergency crash carts, requisitions, and specialty items.
  • Prepares sterile compounds and IV admixtures for injection and infusion, including hazardous medications, chemotherapy, and biologics.
  • Fills and labels individual patient medications according to a computer-generated medication profile.
  • Packages medications into a unit-of-use form, labeling all medications and supplies with the required information, and maintains a log of each preparation.
  • Delivers medications to nursing units to automated dispensing cabinets and retrieves discontinued medications.
  • Maintains appropriate inventory of automated dispensing cabinets, rotates all floor stock and inventory to reduce outdated medications.
  • Assists in ordering, receiving, unpacking, and storing pharmaceuticals and supplies in appropriate locations.
  • Replaces returned medications to appropriate locations, rotating the inventory and checking for expired medications.
  • Controls and checks medications outside of the department by performing unit inspections and emergency cart checks.
  • Appropriately handles controlled substances, including maintaining security, reconciling controlled substance dispenses, and accounting for transactions of expired, waste, and return.
  • Enters patient charges and credit information into the computer.
  • Maintains logs, records, and other required documentation.
Work Schedule

This part-time position is 40 hours per pay period, working day shift (6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.) or evening shift (2:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.) weekdays; no weekends.


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