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Utica, New York

PRN Float Pharmacist

PharmacistNo weekendsPer Diem

Listed compensation

$44-$79/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 1mo ago

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.

We seek a Per Diem Float Pharmacist for upstate New York to perform professional duties and responsibilities associated with the processing of prescriptions. Per Diem Pharmacists are classified as temporary employees and work on an intermittent basis.

Tour a Genoa Pharmacy at the following link: Genoa Healthcare On-site Pharmacy Tour (youtube.com)

Schedule of Genoa Healthcare Pharmacies are Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm. Candidates must have some availability during that time.

Pharmacy Locations: Troy, Albany, Gloversville, Queensbury, Poughkeepsie, Morrisonville, Utica NY

Primary Responsibilities

  • Distributes drugs prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners
  • Provides information to customers about medications and their use
  • Focuses on providing a superior level of customer service
  • Ensures compliance with all relevant laws of the applicable State Board of Pharmacy
  • Administration of immunizations as allowed by State Boards of Pharmacy

Any Other Usual and Customary Pharmacy Duties

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy or PharmD
  • Current pharmacist license in the state of New York
  • Certified immunizer or willing to become an immunizer within 3 months of hire
  • Driver’s License and access to a reliable transportation

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 - $79 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 pharmacist will process and distribute prescriptions while providing medication information to patients within a collaborative care team. They are responsible for ensuring compliance with state pharmacy laws and administering immunizations as required.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or a PharmD and possess a current pharmacist license in New York. A valid driver's license and access to reliable transportation are required for travel between pharmacy locations.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Pharmacy operationsPrescription processingImmunization administrationRegulatory complianceClinical pharmacyBehavioral health support

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 57% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$128k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $119k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

How many Pharmacy jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score3.9 / 10 · above average in pharmacyranked against 10,003 Pharmacy listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$92k–$164kPharmacy median $146k (middle half $131k–$169k)17 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$119k in purchasing powerNew York index 107.9 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Pharmacy listings in New York382 active10,164 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 28% remote · 57% no call · 60% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedNew York Pharmacist listings: 8% state a sign-on bonus · 19% offer loan repayment394 active listings, Nov 2026
New Pharmacy listings3,763 in the last 30 days3,073 the 30 days before (+22%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Pharmacy pay trend+3.3% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
UnitedHealth Groupsilver tier, 72/100Top Employers work-life index1,614 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (10,003 Pharmacy listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 3.9
Better work-life than 70% of Pharmacy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,003 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
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About UnitedHealth Group

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10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive benefits package
Incentive and recognition programs
Equity stock purchase
401k contribution

Living in Utica

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$214k
Typical market rent
$1,392/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.7
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Utica-Rome, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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