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UnitedHealth Group
Springfield, Illinois

Specialty Pharmacist, Full-Time

Pharmacist Top 25% in PharmacyNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$92k-$164k

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
No weekends
Posted 16m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Explore opportunities with CPS, part of the Optum family of businesses. We’re dedicated to crafting and delivering innovative hospital and pharmacy solutions for better patient outcomes across the entire continuum of care. With CPS, you’ll work alongside our team of more than 2,500 pharmacy professionals, technology experts, and industry leaders to drive superior financial, clinical, and operational performance for health systems nationwide. Ready to help shape the future of pharmacy and hospital solutions? Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

We are currently conducting a search for a full-time Specialty Pharmacist to join a growing team of colleagues at our customer site, Hospital Sisters Health System, to provide outstanding service to patients with complex, specialty diseases to help them achieve improved clinical outcomes.

Pharmacy Location: Located within Hospital Sisters Health System in Springfield, IL

Schedule: Monday through Friday, either 8:00am - 4:30pm or 8:30am - 5:00pm

Primary Responsibilities

Review, verify, and dispense medication orders to ensure appropriateness, safety, and accuracy

Provide clinical pharmacy services, including medication therapy management and pharmacokinetic dosing and monitoring

  • Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and care teams to optimize medication regimens for hospitalized patients
  • Oversee sterile and non-sterile compounding activities, ensuring compliance with USP and hospital standards
  • Monitor patient outcomes and medication safety, identifying and preventing adverse drug events
  • Supervise and support pharmacy technicians and interns, ensuring efficient and compliant workflow
  • Ensure regulatory and accreditation compliance, including Joint Commission, state, and federal requirements

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

  • PharmD or BS Pharmacy degree
  • Active pharmacist license in good standing in the state of Illinois

Preferred Qualifications

  • Ambulatory or specialty experience
  • Proficiency in multiple EMR systems such as Cerner, EPIC or Meditech
  • Proficiency with dispensing systems such as Willow Ambulatory, QS1, RX30, Computer Rx, etc.

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 salary for this role will range from $91,700 - $163,700 annually 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

Review, verify, and dispense medication orders; provide clinical pharmacy services, including medication therapy management and pharmacokinetic monitoring; and collaborate with care teams to optimize patient medication regimens. Oversee compounding, medication safety, and pharmacy staff workflows while ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory and accreditation standards.

Requirements

A PharmD or BS Pharmacy degree and an active pharmacist license in good standing in Illinois are required. Ambulatory or specialty pharmacy experience, familiarity with multiple EMR systems such as Cerner, EPIC, or Meditech, and experience with dispensing systems are preferred.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Medication Order Review And VerificationMedication DispensingInterdisciplinary CollaborationAdverse Drug Event PreventionPharmacy Technician SupervisionRegulatory ComplianceAmbulatory PharmacyElectronic Medical Records

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Specialty Pharmacist, Full-Time 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 9,782 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Pharmacist Career Context

UnitedHealth Group holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 76/100, 1,180 active listings.

Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 45% are remote, 35% have no call, 75% require no weekends.

Pharmacy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$128k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $128k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Sign-on bonus
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

6.4/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Pharmacy

  • No weekends

Living in Springfield

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$192k
Typical market rent
$1,159/mo
Residents’ average commute
17 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.7
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Springfield, IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About UnitedHealth Group

Hospitals and Health Care
Eden Prairie , Minnesota
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

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