Clinical Pharmacist

Job Requisition : 52876

Opening Date: 01/27/2026
Closing Date: 02/09/2026
Agency: Department of Human Services
Class

Title:

CLINICAL PHARMACIST - 08235
Skill Option: None
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $8,821 - $13,114 per month ($105,852 - $157,368 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Cook
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC063 Professional Employees, Educators, Juvenile Justice School Counselors and Special Education Resources Coordinators,and Physicians AFSCME

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The Office of Clinical, Administrative and Program Support is seeking to hire a licensed registered Pharmacist located in Park Forest, Illinois to serve as a clinical pharmacist at the Facility in the interdisciplinary setting for matters related to pharmacological uses. The Clinical Pharmacist provides guidance and professional leadership to the Pharmacy Technicians in filling physician orders and medication station supply requisitions.

In addition, compiles information from client medication records and assists physicians, pharmacists, and nursing personnel in in-service training regarding drug/medication matters.

• Serves as a clinical pharmacist at the Facility in the interdisciplinary setting for matters related to pharmacological uses.
• Provides guidance and professional leadership to the Pharmacy Technicians in filling physician orders and medication station supply requisitions.
• Compiles information from client medication records.
• Assists physicians, pharmacists, and nursing personnel in in-service training regarding drug/medication matters.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

• Requires current license as a registered pharmacist in the State of Illinois.
• Requires one year (1) of professional experience as a practicing registering pharmacist

• One (1) year of professional experience dealing with medical reactions, benefits, and side effects associated with specific drug therapies.
• One (1) year of professional experience directing and participating in the preparation of complex prescriptions.
• One (1) year of professional experience analyzing and properly interpreting medication and charts and identifying and recommending…