Pharmacy Technician - Inpatient/Acute Care
Aurora, Illinois
Mercy Medical Center

Inpatient/Acute Care Pharmacist - Traveler

Overview

• Specialty: Pharmacy Technician
• Location: Aurora, Illinois
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Required Qualifications

• Valid Pharmacy Technician license in Illinois
• Pharmacy Technician experience of at least 1 year, with experience within the last year
• Sterile compounding experience required
• Driver's license
• DCI/BVP workplace violence prevention training

Onboarding Requirements

Documents to submit

• Resume reflecting accurate, recent work history, due at offer acceptance
• Two references, one from a manager or direct leader/supervisor
• Skills checklist

Documents required for onboarding

• Driver's license, state ID, or passport
• Social Security card (passport accepted if card is unavailable)
• Form I-9 (agency attestation accepted)
• Job description signed by the employee, current within the year (agency form accepted)
• Essentials onboarding packet
• Onboarding education attestation, completed and submitted before clearance to start
• Name verification affidavit (notarized, optional; only needed for name discrepancies between credentials)
• Certificate of attestation (COA) (optional; not required for per diem needs)
• Agency attestation, completed last, with dates matching the credentials on the order
• Badge photo (JPEG, clear headshot from the shoulders up on a solid plain background)

Health and immunizations

• COVID-19 vaccine: two doses and booster, or completed declination
• MMR: proof of two vaccines or positive titer
• Hepatitis B: record of three immunizations, immune titer, or declination (declinations not accepted at some sites)
• Influenza vaccine or declination, required November 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027 (declinations not accepted at some sites)
• Varicella: vaccination or titer showing immunity
• Tdap (declinations not accepted at some sites)
• TB test within one year of start date
• Annual TB questionnaire
• Physical/health statement stating the person is clear to work, completed annually
• Respirator fit test completed before start (fit testing is no longer done on site in the Illinois region; any 3M 1860 series mask is accepted unless the facility directs otherwise)
• Positive PPD with negative chest X-ray (optional)

Background and screening

• OIG check
• SAM/EPLS check (search for "Excluded Individual" and show the completed search date)
• Drug screen, minimum 10-panel with THC, completed within 60 days of start
• Color-blind test, completed annually (Relias accepted)
• National criminal background check within one year of start date

Training and testing

• Core competencies exam, minimum score of 80% (can be completed through the facility-approved platform or similar)
• DCI/BVP workplace violence prevention training (can be completed through the facility-approved platform or similar, or through a free CDC resource)