Pharmacist - LTC
Listed compensation
$44-$79/hr
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- No call
- Weekends
- No weekends
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.
Staff Pharmacist - Pharmacy plays a critical role in ensuring the safe, accurate, and timely dispensing of medications to patients served by long-term care facilities and pharmacy operations. This position works collaboratively with pharmacy leadership, pharmacy technicians, nursing staff, providers, and facility partners to deliver high-quality pharmacy services while maintaining compliance with all state, federal, company, and accreditation standards.
The Staff Pharmacist is responsible for prescription verification, clinical oversight, medication dispensing, quality assurance, and supporting pharmacy operations including automation. This individual must be able to work and support locations if needed.
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM-6:00 PM; Saturdays 9:00 AM-1:00 PM (as business needs require)
Primary Responsibilities:
Deliver exceptional customer service and build strong relationships with consumers and clinic partners
Verify prescriptions for accuracy, appropriateness, and regulatory compliance prior to dispensing
Interpret, clarify, and evaluate medication orders to ensure safe and effective medication therapy
Provide drug information and clinical support to providers, nursing staff, caregivers, and patients
Ensure timely and accurate dispensing of medications, including specialty medications, controlled substances, and compliance packaging
Monitor medication profiles for potential interactions, duplicate therapies, allergies, and contraindications
Performs wellness services such as Long-Acting Injectable administrations, immunizations, flu shots and other preventive services
Support medication therapy management and clinical interventions when appropriate
Participate in inventory management activities to maintain adequate medication supplies
Work within automated dispensing, packaging, and workflow systems to promote accuracy and efficiency
Ensure compliance with all pharmacy regulations
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
Current pharmacist’s license in the state of CO Certified immunizer Preferred Qualifications: 2+ years of pharmacy experience Automation experience Experience with compliance packaging LTC pharmacy experience 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. Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants. 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 Staff Pharmacist is responsible for the safe, accurate, and timely dispensing of medications while providing clinical oversight and drug information to patients and providers. They work collaboratively within a care team to ensure regulatory compliance and maintain high-quality pharmacy services.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a current pharmacist license in the state of Colorado and be a certified immunizer. Preferred qualifications include at least two years of pharmacy experience, familiarity with automation, and experience in long-term care settings.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Pharmacist Career Context
Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 25% are remote, 43% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$128k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $124k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
UnitedHealth Group holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 77/100, 1,088 active listings.
Pharmacy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pharmacist - LTC at UnitedHealth Group a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 10% in Pharmacy — ranked against 7,775 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.
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