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Float Pharmacist - Community - Massachusetts

Pharmacist 8.7 Work-LifeNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

from $44/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

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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 Float Pharmacist to perform professional duties and responsibilities associated with the processing of prescriptions. This onsite position will float between our pharmacies located in eastern and central Massachusetts.

  • Tour a Genoa Pharmacy at the following link: Genoa Healthcare On-site Pharmacy Tour (youtube.com)
  • Pharmacy Locations: Boston, Charlestown, Chelsea, Lynn, Quincy, Brockton, Milford, Lexington, Framingham, Marlborough, Worcester
  • Hours: Pharmacy hours are Monday-Friday: 8:00am-5:00pm, no nights, weekends, or holidays

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 state of Massachusetts
  • Certified immunizer or willing to become an immunizer within 3 months of hire
  • Access to reliable transportation and valid driver’s license

Preferred Qualifications

Authorization to administer long-acting injectables or willing to obtain within 3 months of hire

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 $44.09 to $78.70 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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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

Key Responsibilities

The Float Pharmacist is responsible for processing prescriptions and distributing medications across multiple pharmacy locations in Massachusetts. They provide medication information to customers and ensure strict compliance with State Board of Pharmacy laws.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or a PharmD and a current Massachusetts pharmacist license. A valid driver's license and reliable transportation are required, along with immunization certification or the willingness to obtain it.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Prescription ProcessingPatient CounselingImmunization AdministrationPharmacy Law ComplianceDrug DistributionBehavioral Health Pharmacy

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 45 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 58% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$128k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $121k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts 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 75/100, 1,420 active listings.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Float Pharmacist - Community - Massachusetts at UnitedHealth Group a 8.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Pharmacy — ranked against 10,350 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

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Among the best 10% of Pharmacy listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,350 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Benefits & Perks

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