Pharmacy Technician Level 1-Dispensing
Mount Prospect, ILFull-time$17–31.3/hrPosted 4 days agoStill listed 2 days ago
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Job overview
CVS Health is hiring a Pharmacy Technician for its mail order pharmacy team in Mount Prospect, Illinois. The role supports the prescription process in a closed-door pharmacy, including filling and packing medications and preparing packages for shipment. The technician works under team leads and pharmacy supervisors, with a 40-hour weekly schedule and mandatory overtime when needed.
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Full job description
We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.
Position Summary
CVS Health has an exciting opportunity in Mount Prospect, IL for a Pharmacy Technician to be a part of our Mail Order Pharmacy team! A Pharmacy Technician is essential to ensuring patients receive their medications in a timely manner. As part of the team, you will have an important, uniquely rewarding role putting your Pharmacy Technician skills and experience to work in a closed-door pharmacy setting. You will make a difference by excelling in a complex, high impact dispensing role positively impacting the lives of others. You will collaborate with a team of talented individuals in a concerted team effort under the direct supervision of Team Leads and Pharmacy Supervisors. The ideal candidate will possess high elevated levels of reliability, accuracy, professionalism, team orientation, and critical thinking skills.
As a pharmacy technician working in the pharmacy, you will be responsible for many aspects of the mail order prescription process. You may be asked to work in any or all of the following areas; manually fill or pack both refrigerated and ambient temperature medicines, fill medicines for automated machines or pack orders using automated packing machinery and support the shipping handler department such as; manually metering packages and placement of packages to be sorted for shipment.
Schedule: Sunday 2pm-12:25am, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 3pm- 1:25am
Required Qualification
- Apply for an Illinois Pharmacy Technician License.
- Ability to stand for extended periods of time.
- Ability to reach/twist/turn/bend/stoop/walk and lift up to 40 pounds.
- Detail focused and task orientated.
- Ability to read and understand English.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Regular and predictable attendance.
- Work mandatory overtime when needed based on business needs.
- Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam successfully passed by December 31st of your 2nd IL Pharmacy Technician License renewal.
Preferred Qualifications
- Formal Pharmacy Technician training
- Pharmacy Technician experience
- Certified Pharmacy Technician prior to 2024
Education
- Verifiable High School Diploma (or equivalent) is required.
Anticipated Weekly Hours 40
Time Type Full time
Pay Range The typical pay range for this role is:
$17.00 - $31.30 This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.
Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.
Great benefits for great people
We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.
This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility. Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 12/01/2026
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
How this job compares
Set against the 13,591 open Pharmacy Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$17–31.3/hr
- Illinois median$17–27/hr608 hourly ranges
- US median$18–27/hr10,840 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $24.15/hr, is 10% above the Illinois median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the middle half of Pharmacy Technician hourly ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 638 open Pharmacy Technician jobs in Illinois and 13,591 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Walgreens223 open
- Walmart117 open
- CVS Health (this employer)101 open
- Experience
- Pharmacy Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (2,644 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 4,743 of the 13,591 open Pharmacy Technician jobs (35%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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