
Pharmacy Technician
Hoffman Estates, ILPer Diem$21.23–29.59/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Pharmacy Technician works in the Pharmacy department at Ascension Saint Alexius in Hoffman Estates. The role prepares IV and chemotherapy admixtures, supports pharmacy automation and troubleshooting, and provides cross-training, onboarding, and mentorship. The posting requires an Illinois pharmacy technician credential before hire or transfer and describes several alternative education and experience paths.
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Full job description
Your future role at a glance
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Location: Hoffman Estates, IL
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Facility: Ascension Saint Alexius
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Department: Pharmacy
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Schedule: Rotating shift l PRN
How you’ll make an impact in this role
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Prepare IV and chemotherapy admixtures, process order entry, perform peer audits, ensure quality assurance with barcode scanning, and manage controlled substance oversight and billing.
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Serve as technical resource for pharmacy automation technology, including IV workflows, carousels, automated dispensing cabinets, compounding, and robotics troubleshooting.
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Deliver advanced cross-training for buyers, general staff, retail pharmacy, and the operating room satellite.
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Onboard, train, and mentor new hires across pharmacy operations.
What minimum requirements you’ll need
Licensure / Certification / Registration:
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Required Credential(s):
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Pharmacy Tech credentialed from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
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Preferred Credential(s):
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Pharmacy Tech credentialed from the National Healthcareer Association.
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Pharmacy Tech credentialed from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB).
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Education:
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High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Technical degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.
Benefits that help you thrive
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Retirement: 403(b) plan
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Well-being support: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources
Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity
Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you'll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.
Equal employment opportunity employer
Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRightsSp6.12.pdf) poster.
Fraud prevention notice
Prospective applicants should be vigilant against fraudulent job offers and interview requests. Scammers may use sophisticated tactics to impersonate Ascension employees. To ensure your safety, please remember: Ascension will never ask for payment or to provide banking or financial information as part of the job application or hiring process, our legitimate email communications will always come from an @ascension.org email address; do not trust other domains, and an official offer will only be extended to candidates who have completed a job application through our authorized applicant tracking system.
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Min Salary: 21.23
Max Salary 29.59
How this job compares
Set against the 13,481 open Pharmacy Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$21.23–29.59/hr
- Illinois median$17–27/hr599 hourly ranges
- US median$18–28/hr10,755 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $25.41/hr, is 14% above the Illinois median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the middle half of Pharmacy Technician hourly ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 630 open Pharmacy Technician jobs in Illinois and 13,481 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Walgreens220 open
- Walmart114 open
- CVS Health98 open
- Experience
- Pharmacy Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (2,656 postings).
- Education
- 183 of the 13,481 open Pharmacy Technician jobs (1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 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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