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Pharmacy Technician Casual Rotating

Northwestern Medicine · Palos Heights, IL · Part time · Health Care Provider

Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

This is a casual rotating line. How do you keep your practice consistent across different shifts?

What they are checking: The posting states casual and rotating.

Casual work with no guaranteed hours at Palos Heights. How does that fit your life?

What they are checking: The posting states the arrangement and the site.

What would you do

You notice something wrong with a fill before it leaves the pharmacy. What do you do?

What they are checking: The technician's catch is the last one before a nurse gives the drug.

About the work

Tell me about your pharmacy technician experience.

What they are checking: The posting is a hospital pharmacy technician role at Palos Heights.

Tell me about preparing sterile compounds and IV admixtures.

What they are checking: The posting names preparing sterile compounds and admixtures for injection and infusion.

How do you handle chemotherapy and other hazardous drugs safely?

What they are checking: The posting names hazardous medications, chemotherapy and biologics specifically.

Walk me through filling a medication against a profile.

What they are checking: The posting names filling and labeling individual patient medications from a computer-generated profile.

How do you stock and check an automated dispensing cabinet?

What they are checking: The posting names delivering to cabinets, maintaining inventory and retrieving discontinued medications.

How do you keep floor stock from going out of date?

What they are checking: The posting names rotating floor stock and inventory to reduce outdated medications.

Tell me about stocking a crash cart or a surgical kit.

What they are checking: The posting names emergency crash carts, surgical kits and specialty items.

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The full job description

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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. This position is casual (non-benefited). Scheduled as needed based on departmental needs. Minimum 16 hours per month. Weekend coverage required. 1 summer holiday and 1 winter holiday required. Required • High School Diploma or equivalent • Pharmacy Technician License (IDFPR) • 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. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more. Sign-on Bonus Eligibility (if sign-on bonus offered for position): 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 at NM may be eligible depending upon the job family.

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