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UnitedHealth Group
Portland, Oregon

Float Pharmacist - Community Pharmacy

PharmacistNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$44-$86.5/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

Ask the employer about call expectations.

Posted 2mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

Opportunities with Genoa Healthcare. A career with Genoa Healthcare means you're part of a collaborative effort to serve behavioral health and addiction treatment communities. We do more than just provide medicine: we change lives for the better.

People with serious mental or chronic illness - and those who care for them - have moving stories, and at Genoa we become their voice, their partner.

Working as part of a coordinated care team, we partner with community-based providers and others to ensure that people with complex health conditions get the right medications and are able to follow their treatment plans.

Our personalized services - in-clinic pharmacies, medication management and more - are leading the way to a new level of care.

Genoa is a pharmacy care services company that is part of Optum and UnitedHealth Group’s family of businesses. We are part of a leading information and technology-enabled health services business dedicated to making the health system work better for everyone. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

This full-time, high-travel float pharmacist position is ideal for a pharmacist who enjoys variety and working in smaller, community-based pharmacy settings. You'll provide coverage and operational support across the Northern part of Oregon pharmacy locations, including Salem, Portland, St. Helens, Beaverton, McMinnville, Milwaukie, Hillsboro, and Tillamook. This role requires frequent travel and flexibility to work in different locations based on business needs.

Why This Role?

This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacist who enjoys working in diverse retail pharmacy environments and thrives in a highly mobile role. As a full-time float pharmacist, you'll support multiple locations throughout the Portland Area, making a meaningful impact wherever coverage is needed while enjoying the variety of different teams, communities, and practice settings.

  • Schedule & Travel
  • Full-time position, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
  • Serves as a primary float pharmacist supporting all Northern Oregon locations

Frequent Travel Between Pharmacy Locations Is Required

  • Occasional overnight stays and weekend travel may be required based on staffing and operational needs
  • Mileage and overnight hotel accommodations are reimbursed when traveling
  • Guaranteed 40 hours per week

Why You'll Love This Role?

  • Hourly wage $65.00-86.50 based on labor markets, experience, etc.
  • Drive Time is Compensated
  • 23 PTO days + 9 paid holidays
  • 401(k) + Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Paid parental & caregiver leave
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications

  • Active Oregon Pharmacist license
  • Reliable vehicle, valid driver's license, and insurance

Clean Driving Record

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The hourly pay for this role will range from $44.00 - $79.00 per hour based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life.

Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes.

We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Key Responsibilities

The float pharmacist will provide coverage and operational support across multiple community-based pharmacy locations in Northern Oregon. They will work as part of a coordinated care team to ensure patients with complex health conditions receive appropriate medication management.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an active Oregon Pharmacist license and possess a reliable vehicle with a valid driver's license and insurance. The role requires a clean driving record and the flexibility to travel frequently between various clinic locations.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Pharmacy operationsBehavioral health supportClinical pharmacyPatient careCommunity pharmacyPharmacist licensure

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 53% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Oregon is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$136k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $131k in an average-cost state. 62.0% of Oregon clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Float Pharmacist - Community Pharmacy at UnitedHealth Group a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Pharmacy — ranked against 10,254 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Top Pharmacist Jobs

20 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution20 jobs · 15 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks20 jobs · 15 employers

401k / retirement match
95% this job
Sign-on bonus
30%
Relocation assistance
5%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 6.4
Better work-life than 90% of Pharmacy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,254 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
  • On-site

Living in Portland

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$526k
Typical market rent
$1,732/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
105.4
State income tax
Up to 9.9%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

23 PTO days
9 paid holidays
401(k)
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Paid parental & caregiver leave
Medical, dental, and vision benefits
Mileage reimbursement
Overnight hotel accommodations reimbursed