Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital ยท 4 months ago
Pharmacy Tech - Full Time Variable shifts
Lake Forest, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
1+ years expNorthwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital is committed to delivering world-class care and innovation in medicine. They are seeking a Pharmacy Technician who will be responsible for preparing and dispensing medications, maintaining inventory, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
Hospital & Health Care
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Maintains appropriate inventory of automated dispensing cabinets; rotates all floor stock and inventory to reduce outdated medications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
Enters patient charges and credit information into the computer
Maintains logs, records and other required documentation
Qualification
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
Benefits
$10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
$10,000 Student Loan Repayment ($5,000 part-time)
$1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
$250 Wellbeing Fund per year ($125 for part-time)
Matching 401(k)
Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
Life insurance
Annual Employee Salary Increase and Incentive Bonus
Paid time off and Holiday pay
Company
Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital
Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital is a 201-bed community hospital with 700 physicians board-certified in 90 medical specialties, conveniently located in offices throughout Lake County.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Kasia Gebicz
Clinical Coordinator, BSN, CNOR
Kristi Sparks
Executive Assistant to Chief Nursing Officer
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