Certified Pharmacy Technician III PRN

Schedule

Schedule PRN Shift Day (United States of America)

Job Description

Be able to work at both Hinsdale and Glendale Heights.

• Leads or contributes to compliance audits, documentation, and medication-use process improvement initiatives.
• Prepares reports, assists with compliance documentation, and supports operational accountability, transparency, and readiness for regulatory inspections and accreditation surveys.
• Collaborates actively with pharmacy staff, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to optimize patient care and ensure continuity of pharmacy services across shifts, staffing assignments, and practice areas.
• Serves as a liaison between pharmacy and clinical teams to resolve medication-related issues.
• Mentors technicians and supports onboarding, competency validation, and peer development.
• Leads or participates in departmental quality improvement projects, educational initiatives, and practice advancement efforts.
• Serves as a resource for resolving workflow issues and optimizing distribution processes.
• Supports training programs and contributes to the development and mentorship of pharmacy learners and staff.
• Executes advanced pharmacy technician duties with autonomy and precision across core workflows, hospital systems, and pharmacy operational programs.
• Demonstrates expertise in medication dispensing, preparation, inventory management, sterile compounding, controlled substance handling, and regulatory compliance.
• Supports system upgrades, configuration changes, and training of staff in technology use.
• Independently prepares and dispenses patient-specific medication doses, ensuring correct drug, dose, dosage form, expiration dating, and barcode scanning.
• Independently compounds and manages complex and sterile medication preparations, including chemotherapy and hazardous formulations, following USP , , guidelines and institutional protocols.
• Leads troubleshooting and optimization of pharmacy automation systems, ADCs, and software platforms.
• Independently manages accurate medication inventory operations, including ordering and stocking product, receiving and rotating stock, removing expired medications, and guaranteeing perpetual inventory counts.
• Maintains proper medication storage, including cold chain custody, quarantine areas for expired medications, and overall inventory integrity.
• Conducts advanced inventory management including controlled substance audits, reconciliation, and diversion prevention.
• Serves as a safety advocate within the pharmacy team.
• Leads hazardous medication handling practices, including spill response, PPE training, and environmental safety audits.
• Ensures departmental adherence to USP and institutional protocols.

  Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

  • Strong verbal and written communication, organizational, problem-solving, and customer service skills
  • Flexibility and willingness to adapt to changes as necessary
  • Ability to interact constructively with supervisors, peers, and external customers
  • Ability to follow direction from formal management personnel and work well under direct supervision of a pharmacist
  • Ability to identify, follow up, and resolve discrepancies
  • Ability to identify, mitigate, and assist in resolving pharmacy operational or program issues
  • Ability to keep accurate and complete records
  • Knowledge of medical terminology
  • Must be able to read, write and speak conversational English
  • Basic computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office
  • Ability to teach pharmacy technician students
  • Proficiency in hospital computer system technology and automation
  • Knowledge and competence in aseptic techniques, hazardous drug compounding and USP 795, 797 and 800 standards (if applicable)
  • Knowledge and competence in the medication reconciliation process (if applicable)

  Education

  • Technical/Vocational School
  • High School Grad or Equiv
  • Completion of a pharmacy technician training program

  Work Experience

  • 1+ years of contemporary hospital pharmacy experience, retail or ambulatory experience

  Additional Information

  N/A

  Licenses And Certifications

  • Registered Pharmacy Technician (RPhT)

  Physical Requirements

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  Pay Range

  $19.62 - $31.40