Takeda has announced that they will be eliminating many pharmaceutical jobs in Chicago.

The drug maker said they will cut as many as 500 jobs as part of a restructuring plan that will eliminate 1600 employees nationwide.

The Japan-based company said the cuts are being made at its Deerfield-based Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America headquarters and will reduce head count there by 28 percent, including 300 workers locally.

Cuts also will be made at Takeda Global Research and Development Center in Lake Forest, which employs 840 people. Twenty percent of the workforce there will be cut.

According to the SunTimes.com, the cuts are being made “to reduce costs and better align the organizations with the company’s current product portfolio, which is challenged by development delays and patent expirations of some of our core products,” spokeswoman Kara Hoger said in a statement.

Even though healthcare has long been considered a recession-proof industry, those looking for Chicago nurse jobs are finding that might not necessarily be the case.

It seems that many recent graduates are having trouble finding nursing jobs at any of the medical centers in the Chicago area.

“We are definitely seeing a decrease in openings for new grads,” Vicki Keough, acting dean of Loyola University Chicago’s Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, told the Chicago Sun-Times.

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If you’re looking for a healthcare job in Illinois, you should know that being a doctor or nurse aren’t your only options. If you’re interested in something different, you might want to see what kind of positions in a CNA job Chicago has to offer.

Certified nursing assistants are responsible for giving personal care to patients in hospitals and nursing homes, according to an article by the Illinois Department of Employment Security.

They work under the direction of nursing and medical staff. CNA duties often include giving baths and back rubs; making hospital beds; carrying meal trays; helping patients in and out of bed; taking temperature, pulse, respiration, weight and blood pressure readings; answering calls; writing notes on patients’ charts and taking appropriate action during emergencies.

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One company has eliminated more than 100 Chicago healthcare jobs.

Resurrection Health Care, based in Chicago, recently announced its plan to lay off 125 workers. The company is cutting 80 manager positions, as well as ambulatory services and system support positions. The company is cutting 81 positions in all and leaving 44 vacancies unfilled.

According to an article by The Hospital Review, Resurrection Health Care operates eight hospitals in the Chicago area. The company lost $73 million during 2008 and expects more losses by the end of the fiscal year in June.

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Although the healthcare industry is often considered recession-proof, one Chicago area hospital is planning to cut more than 100 Chicago healthcare jobs.

NorthShore Skokie Hospital recently announced that it would cut 150 jobs, or about 14 percent of the company’s workforce. The job eliminations will not affect caregivers, but will leave seven senior executives and some secretaries, clerical support and business office staff without jobs. The hospital employs 1,100 workers.

“It has no impact on clinical activities and it involves redundant back office administrative services,” Jeffrey Hillebrand, chief operating officer of NorthShore University HealthSystem, said in the article. “None of the affected employees provide direct, hands-on care to patients.”

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