Certified Pharmacy Technician III PRN

Schedule

Schedule PRN Shift Day (United States of America)

Job Description

PRN (as needed) Monday–Friday. Be able to work at both Hinsdale and Glendale Heights.

Compliance and Documentation

• 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.

Collaboration and Patient Care

• 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.

Mentorship and Development

• Serves as a mentor for technicians and supports onboarding, competency validation, and peer development.
• Leads or participates in departmental quality improvement projects, educational initiatives, and practice advancement efforts.
• Supports training programs and contributes to the development and mentorship of pharmacy learners and staff.

Advanced Pharmacy Services

• 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 manages accurate medication inventory operations, including ordering and stocking product, receiving and rotating stock, removing expired medications, and guaranteeing perpetual inventory counts.
• Monitors and ensures 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.

Knowledge and Skills

• 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 and Training

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

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