Hospital Pharmacy Technician
Mercyhealth
Rockford, ILPer Diem$16.89–31.68/hrPosted 6mo agoStill listed today
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The Hospital Pharmacy Technician works under the direct supervision of pharmacists and other pharmacy staff while learning pharmacy technician skills. The role assists with preparing, stocking, distributing, and filling medication orders, as well as maintaining inventory and completing administrative tasks. It also responds to patient and provider requests, triages phone calls, and follows procedures to support a clean and safe pharmacy.
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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Works under direct supervision of pharmacists and other pharmacy staff to learn the skills needed to become a pharmacy technician.
- Assists in preparing, stocking and distributing medications. These tasks may also include procuring, measuring, compounding (sterile and non-sterile), counting, and delivering medications.
- Fills prescription/medication orders.
- Maintains inventory and restocks items in the pharmacy.
- Performs administrative tasks such as updating records, keeping the pharmacy clean and organized, and handling billing and insurance documentation.
- Responds to the requests of patients and healthcare providers and refer various inquiries to the Pharmacist.
- Complies with rules, regulations and procedures to help maintain a clean and safe pharmacy.
- Obtains a working knowledge of the functionality of all equipment and technology in the department.
- Appropriately triages phone calls and takes detailed phone messages.
- Demonstrates professionalism in behavior, appearance and interactions.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE IL applicants: License is required. WI applicants: Registration is required.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Computer competencies
- Good interpersonal skills, including both verbal and written communication skills
- Good interpretive/analytical skills for medication dosage calculations
- Reliable
- Attention to detail
- Ability to problem solve
- Time and task management, prioritizing, and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team
- Ensures quality and safety in all work functions
LEVEL OF SUPERVISION Work is performed according to specific procedures and methods, but the employee must make minor decisions in order to adapt to routine situations.
SUPERVISES N/A
PAY RANGE:
$16.89 - $31.68 Mercyhealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Mercyhealth offers competitive pay and benefits, including retirement, time off, on-demand pay, access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and more. Click here for more details.
At Mercyhealth, we don’t simply hire people, we empower employee-partners who are passionate about making lives better. As an integrated health system, we deliver exceptional, coordinated across seven hospitals, 85 primary and specialty clinics, and a team of over 7,500 professionals serving northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
Mercyhealth has been nationally recognized for our commitment to our people and culture, including:
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#1 in the nation on AARP's Best Employers for Workers Over 50
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One of Working Mother magazine's 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers
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A Top 50 Company and Top 10 Nonprofit for Executive Women
How this job compares
Set against the 13,292 open Pharmacy Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$16.89–31.68/hr
- Illinois median$17–27/hr585 hourly ranges
- US median$18–27/hr10,577 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $24.29/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 615 open Pharmacy Technician jobs in Illinois and 13,292 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Walgreens210 open
- Walmart112 open
- CVS Health97 open
- Experience
- Pharmacy Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (2,618 postings).
- Education
- 183 of the 13,292 open Pharmacy Technician jobs (1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Pay, requirements and demand for Pharmacy Technician jobs
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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