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Pharmacy Tech Part Time Rotating Shifts Marianjoy

Northwestern Medicine · Wheaton, IL · Part time · Health Care Provider

Posted Oct 1, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 5, 2026

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Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

This is a rotating-shift, part-time role. How do you stay reliable and accurate across days, evenings and nights?

What they are checking: Adaptability and steady performance across the rotating schedule.

Tell me about a time you worked under pressure without much supervision.

What they are checking: Judgment and composure, which the posting describes directly.

What would you do

Marianjoy is a rehabilitation hospital where patients may stay for weeks. How might that change your daily work as a pharmacy tech?

What they are checking: Understanding that longer stays mean ongoing cabinet restocking, cart exchange and steady routines.

A pharmacist asks you to redo a compound you're sure was correct. How do you respond?

What they are checking: Accepting checks without defensiveness while asking to understand the concern.

About the work

Walk me through how you'd prepare an IV admixture using aseptic technique.

What they are checking: Real compounding skills, including garbing, cleaning and labeling.

What do you know about handling hazardous drugs safely?

What they are checking: Awareness of USP 800 practices and personal protection when compounding.

How do you fill patient medications from a computer-generated profile without errors?

What they are checking: Careful checking of drug, strength and patient for every fill.

A patient's medication was discontinued. What do you do with the doses still in the cabinet?

What they are checking: Retrieving and returning discontinued medications properly.

How do you manage floor stock so medications don't expire on the shelf?

What they are checking: Inventory habits like rotating stock and checking dates.

How do you receive and put away a pharmaceutical order correctly?

What they are checking: Matching orders to invoices and storing items properly, including refrigerated and controlled drugs.

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The full job description

As published by Northwestern Medicine.

0.8FTE The Pharmacy Tech reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, 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. Responsibilities: • Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action. • 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; 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. • Enter patient charges and credit information into the computer. • Maintains logs, records, and other required documentation. Minimum Requirements: Education: • High School Diploma or equivalent Licensure: • Pharmacy Technician License (IDFPR) Certification: • Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) certification through PTCB or NHA required for all licensed after 2008 (within 6 months of hire or sooner if required by IL pharmacy practice act) Preferred: • One year or less of related work experience, demonstrating familiarity with routines and procedures customary to the position. Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status. Background Check Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Artificial Intelligence Disclosure Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person. Benefits We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Click on or copy and paste URL to your browser to view detailed benefits information NorthwesternMedicine Career Page https://jobs.nm.org/benefits Please refer to the Benefits Eligibility by Employment Classification to determine benefits eligibility for job postings. If sign-on bonus is included in a job posting eligibility is as followed: Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign-on bonus. Exception : New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position as a Registered Nurse at NM may be eligible.