Pharmacy Technician: Sterile Prep & IV Admixtures

Jackalope Digital LLC; Lake Forest (IL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to join a patient‑focused team in Illinois. The role supports medication preparation, labeling, and delivery within the hospital system while adhering to ethics, compliance, and safety standards.

Responsibilities include preparing sterile compounds and IV admixtures, maintaining cabinet inventories, and entering charges. Minimum requirements include a high school diploma, IDFPR license, and CPhT certification.

Qualifications

• Requires critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a stressful environment.
• Pharmacy technician roles with adherence to ethics and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and fills medications, surgical kits, and carts.
• Prepares sterile compounds and IV admixtures including chemotherapy.
• Fills and labels medications according to patient profiles.
• Packages medications with required information and logs each preparation.
• Delivers medications to nursing units and retrieves discontinued meds.
• Maintains automated dispensing cabinet inventory and rotates stock.

Skills

Critical thinking

Judgment

Independence

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

High school diploma

Pharmacy Technician License (IDFPR)

CPhT certification (PTCB/NHA)

Job description

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to join a patient‑focused team in Illinois. The role supports medication preparation, labeling, and delivery within the hospital system while adhering to ethics, compliance, and safety standards.

Responsibilities include preparing sterile compounds and IV admixtures, maintaining cabinet inventories, and entering charges. Minimum requirements include a high school diploma, IDFPR license, and CPhT certification.