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MedWiz of Illinois
Woodridge, Illinois

Pharmacist

PharmacistFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

MedWiz is the premier pharmacy partner for long-term-care communities that share our commitment and priority to patient-care first. We have transformed the conventional medication management process by being high-touch and patient-focused.

At MedWiz we work tirelessly to streamline the often-disjointed communication process between the integral stakeholders in the medication ordering and administration life-cycle. We accomplish this by simplifying processes, educating and communicating frequently.

Our comprehensive technology solutions and breadth of pharmaceutical products and services – allow us to be nimble and creative in offering the right service everyone of our unique customer needs.

MedWiz understands its customers’ needs and has the industry’s highest standards – with strict adherence to federal and state regulations.

Pharmacists at MedWiz provide safe, accurate, timely, and compliant pharmacy services by reviewing and verifying medication orders, exercising professional judgment, resolving medication-related issues, guiding pharmacy technicians, and supporting production and clinical workflows.

Job Responsibilities

Review, interpret, and clinically verify prescriptions and medication orders for accuracy, completeness, appropriateness, and compliance.

Perform final verification of prepared medications and ensure product quality before dispensing.

Identify and resolve interactions, duplications, dosing concerns, contraindications, allergies, and other medication-safety issues.

Communicate with prescribers, facilities, caregivers, and internal partners to resolve prescription or medication concerns.

Provide pharmacist oversight and direction to pharmacy technicians and student pharmacists within applicable law.

Support controlled-medication, emergency-kit, MedBank, DOSIS, compounding, and other pharmacy workflows as qualified and assigned.

Maintain complete documentation and comply with privacy, security, quality, controlled-substance, and regulatory requirements.

Participate in quality assurance, service recovery, and continuous improvement activities.

Basic Qualifications

  • Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from an accredited pharmacy program.
  • Active and unrestricted pharmacist license in the state of practice.
  • Ability to exercise independent professional and clinical judgment in a high-volume pharmacy environment.
  • Strong attention to detail, medication-safety orientation, communication skills, and ability to prioritize competing demands.
  • Ability to work the schedule associated with the position and maintain all professional requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in long-term care, institutional, closed-door, specialty, infusion, IV, or high-volume pharmacy practice.

  • Experience with pharmacy management systems, automation, and electronic medication-order workflows.
  • Experience collaborating with pharmacy technicians and interdisciplinary healthcare partners.

Key Responsibilities

The pharmacist is responsible for clinically verifying medication orders, ensuring compliance with regulations, and maintaining high standards of medication safety. They also provide oversight to pharmacy technicians and collaborate with healthcare partners to resolve medication-related issues.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Medication verificationPharmacy operationsRegulatory compliancePrescription reviewInterdisciplinary communicationPharmacy technician oversight

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 50 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 14% are remote, 54% have no call, 54% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Pharmacy market look like in Illinois?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPharmacy median $135k (middle half $131k–$145k)10 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingIllinois index 100.0US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Pharmacy listings in Illinois320 active10,237 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 14% remote · 54% no call · 54% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedIllinois Pharmacist listings: 20% state a sign-on bonus (median $65k) · 33% offer loan repayment328 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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<$155k
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$155k-175k
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
5%
Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Pharmacy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,165 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About MedWiz of Illinois

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Bardonia, NY
201-500 employees

Living in Woodridge

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$416k
Typical market rent
$1,638/mo
Residents’ average commute
30 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.