Staff Pharmacist Part Time

Pharmacy Technician

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.

Silver Oaks Behavioral Hospital provides mental health and substance use disorder treatment for adolescents to senior adults.

Pharmacy Location: Located within Silver Oaks Behavioral Hospital 1004 Pawlak Pkwy New Lenox, IL 60451

Hours of Operation: Monday through Friday 7:30am to 4pm and Saturdays and Sundays 7:30am to 1pm

Primary Responsibilities:

• Reviews, verifies, and dispenses medication orders to ensure appropriateness, safety, and accuracy
• Provides 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
• Monitors patient outcomes and medication safety, identifying and preventing adverse drug events
• Supervises and supports pharmacy technicians and interns, ensuring efficient and compliant workflow
• Ensures 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:

• Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy- ACPE-accredited pharmacy degree
• Active Illinois state pharmacist license in good standing
• 2+ years of pharmacist experience in a hospital setting
• Skilled with pharmacy systems and Microsoft Office
• Demonstrated ability to review, verify, and dispense medication orders to ensure appropriateness, safety, and accuracy
• Demonstrated ability to provide clinical pharmacy services, including medication therapy management and pharmacokinetic dosing and monitoring
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with physicians, nurses, and care teams to optimize medication regimens for hospitalized patients
• Demonstrated ability to monitor patient outcomes and medication safety, identifying and preventing adverse drug events
• Demonstrated ability to supervise and support pharmacy technicians and interns, ensuring efficient and compliant workflow
• Demonstrated ability to ensure regulatory and accreditation compliance, including Joint Commission, state, and federal requirements

Preferred Qualification:

• PharmD

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 $16 - $29 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.