Per Diem Pharmacist - Community Pharmacy

Company: Optum
Location: Independence
Posted on: April 27, 2025

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.
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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.
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We seek a Per Diem Pharmacist 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.
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Tour a Genoa Pharmacy at the following link: -
This position will cover PTO in area of 9 sites in Missouri and if willing multiple sites in Kansas -

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• Missouri locations: Independence, Lees Summit (3), St. Joseph (2), Kansas City (2), Raytown, -
  
• Possible Kansas locations: Kansas City, Shawnee, Topeka (2), Leavenworth, Olathe
  
  Our pharmacies are Monday-Friday and will include an 8 hours shift between 8:00 - 5:30, with a 30 minutes lunch.
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  Primary Responsibilities:
  
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  • 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
    
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    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: -
    
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    • BA or PharmD in Pharmacy
      
    • Current pharmacist license in the state of Missouri
      
    • Willing to complete LAI Training and administer LAI
      
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      Preferred Qualifications: -
      
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      • Current pharmacist license in the state of Kansas
        
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        The hourly range for this role is $43.17 to $84.95 per hour based on full-time employment.. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.
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        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.
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        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.
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        UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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