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Saginaw, Michigan

Staff Pharmacist

Pharmacist Top 10% in PharmacyNo callNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$44-$79/hr

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Employment & setting
Full-Time · on_site
Call expectations
No call
Weekends
No weekends
Posted 1h 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.

We seek a full-time Staff Pharmacist to perform professional duties and responsibilities associated with the processing of prescriptions.

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

Pharmacy Location: Located within Saginaw County Community Mental Health Authority (SCCMHA) - 500 Hancock St, Suite 100, Saginaw, MI, 48602

Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am-6:00pm. Rotating Saturdays 11:00am-2:00pm

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 Michigan
  • Certified immunizer or willing to become an immunizer within 3 months of hire

Preferred Qualification

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 - $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 Staff Pharmacist will process and distribute medications while providing essential information to patients within a behavioral health setting. They will work as part of a coordinated care team to ensure patients adhere to their treatment plans and receive high-quality pharmacy services.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or a PharmD and possess a current pharmacist license in the state of Michigan. Additionally, applicants must be certified immunizers or willing to obtain certification within three months of hire.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Pharmacy operationsImmunization administrationRegulatory complianceBehavioral health supportPrescription processingPatient careClinical pharmacy

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Staff Pharmacist 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.

Pharmacist Career Context

UnitedHealth Group holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 77/100, 1,088 active listings.

Of the 47 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 19% are remote, 47% have no call, 77% require no weekends.

Pharmacy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 5.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$128k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $133k in an average-cost state. 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Benefits & Perks

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