Pharmacist Manager - Home Delivery

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Supervises the daily activities and tasks of Pharmacists / employees related to fulfillment of prescription orders
• Monitors operations of business unit and actively assists and provides direction to subordinates as required using standard policies, procedures, and guidelines
• Prioritizes and coordinates work, provides leadership to and reviews the work of assigned staff
• Maintains and reviews most effective scheduling of staff to meet the needs and goals of business unit; assigns workload to staff to meet completion dates / deadlines
• Works to optimize standardized procedures and improve efficiency of subordinates
• Performs or assists subordinates in performing duties and resolving problems
• Analyzes, researches and prepares various reports for management on assigned topics as needed
• Interviews, hires new employees, ensures appropriate training, conducts performance reviews, counsels employees and takes appropriate disciplinary action
• Responsible for supervising about 30 direct reports (pharmacists)
• Interprets physicians' prescriptions and creates order, accesses, inputs, and retrieves prescription information from computer system
• Collaborate with peers / staff from other OptumRx facilities to create, modify and ensure standardized procedures
• Oversees, reviews and handles escalated issues
• Review, develop and deploy processes in ensure consistent execution of business initiatives.
• Flexible work schedule to cover business needs
• Other duties and projects as assigned by management

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 or Doctorate Degree of Pharmacy (PharmD)
• Current and unrestricted Pharmacist licensure in the state of Kansas or willing to obtain within 6 months of starting employment
• 4+ years of Pharmacist experience
• 1+ years experience leading, overseeing or supervising tasks/ projects of pharmacy staff
• Proven experience with change management
• Intermediate to Advanced excel skills. (Formulas (vlookup,hlookup, sumproducts, if statements,etc), Macros, Multi sheet references, report building and maintaining)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Green Belt, Black Belt Six Sigma or Lean certification
• Experience with SQL Database
• Fulfillment experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as presentation skills
• Solid data analysis skills to include organizing large amounts of data and developing remediation/improvement plans
• Expert level competency around teaching and developing talent at all levels

The salary range for this role is $106,800 to $194,200 annually 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.

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.