Part-Time
Nationally Certified Pharmacy Technician
Kinney Drugs
501-1,000 employees
Neighborhood pharmacy offering health and retail
Compensation Overview
$17 - $19.75/hr
Lake Placid, NY, USA
In Person
Associate's
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- An Associate of Science degree or higher is preferred.
- Previous hospital or retail pharmacy experience is preferred.
- A Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or other nationally recognized certification is preferred.
- Vermont employees must be registered with the State of Vermont as a pharmacy technician.
- Employees must complete a drug test and undergo initial and continuous exclusion and sanction or disciplinary monitoring.
- Employees must complete all mandatory and regulatory training programs.
- Employees must comply with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act standards, state and federal regulations, and company operational policies and procedures.
- Work under the direct supervision of a pharmacist and follow standard procedures to complete assigned tasks.
- Assist professional staff with triaging, processing, and delivering prescriptions to patients.
- Assist with pharmacy inventory management and third-party receivables.
- Perform pharmacy clerk duties as needed, including operating the cash register and answering telephones.
- Learn and use the pharmacy management system, including reception and release to patient queues, and the point-of-sale system.
- Follow instructions, complete tasks with urgency, and maintain daily department standards.
- Follow quality assurance policies and procedures and support patient care programs and initiatives.
- Maintain accuracy with cash and related cash controls.
- Perform product dispensing, data entry, and claims adjudication workflow steps.
- Ensure every prescription is checked by a pharmacist before dispensing to the patient.
- Assist with initial submission and resubmission of third-party claims.
- Manage inventory ordering, receiving, freshness, return-to-stock processes, and cycle counting.
- Check pharmacy inventory for outdated products and process returns.
- Locate prescription files and other manual records from storage as needed.
- Prepare and file manual records for pharmacist signatures and review.
- Perform all store clerk duties as needed.
- Manage the medication therapy management program and other patient-centered professional services.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Previous hospital or retail pharmacy experience.
- A Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or other nationally recognized certification.
- An Associate of Science degree or higher.
Kinney Drugs runs a regional network of pharmacies that provide prescription medications, health services, and retail products. Customers bring prescriptions or choose health and wellness items, pharmacists fill prescriptions, offer usage guidance, and provide services like immunizations and health screenings; retail items are purchased at checkout. It differentiates itself with a strong community focus, private ownership, and emphasis on fair pricing and ethical conduct toward customers, employees, and suppliers. Its goal is to deliver high-quality pharmacy and health services at fair prices while investing in people, community well-being, and steady growth for long-term value for stockholders.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Town of Gouverneur, New York
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Kinney’s July 2026 Medicare Part D comparisons deepen senior acquisition during open enrollment.
- OTC Narcan and 52-store hearing centers expand higher-margin health services beyond prescriptions.
- Rural Health Care Transformation funding favors Kinney’s pharmacist-led primary-care push in 2026-2027.
What critics are saying
- Kinney closed Ithaca’s North Cayuga store on March 5, 2026 after lease hikes.
- Shrinking pharmacy profits are already forcing location exits and prescription transfers to Triphammer Marketplace.
- CVS, Walgreens, and mail-order pharmacy compress margins; continued closures threaten neighborhood relevance.
What makes Kinney Drugs unique
- Kinney Drugs is 100% employee-owned, aligning frontline incentives with store performance.
- Nearly 100 stores in New York and Vermont anchor dense rural-market coverage.
- KPH Healthcare Services controls Kinney’s distribution, giving it supply-chain leverage versus independents.
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AI assistant named for long-dead pharmacy founder mutters incomprehensibly and "demands that you talk to him" 4 2 minutes read A Vermont pharmacy chain's new AI assistant led not to the efficiency improvements promised but to "delays, incorrect information and privacy concerns." The AI, named "Burt" after the chain's long-dead founder, is said to suggest the wrong refills on sensitive medications, among other alarming problems. Customers "have no idea they agreed to it." Kinney Drugs' AI assistant for prescription refills was implemented earlier this summer and VTDigger reports that customers hate it. One told them her phone rings nearly every day and she hears an "incomprehensible mutter." If she expresses approval she gets drugs she doesn't need: "I've got four bottles of something that I take twice a week sitting here." Delays have grown between physicians ordering drugs and the pharmacy processing them. The system has been unable to locate longtime customer accounts, has ordered incorrect dosages and has failed to notify customers when refills were ready for pickup. And these inaccuracies are raising privacy concerns amongst customers. Their mounting frustrations toward the AI is leading some customers to leave the pharmacy entirely, they said, and forcing others to continue using a system they distrust due to a lack of pharmaceutical options in rural areas. It's as if the new technology has inadvertantly summoned the confused and disembodied spirit of Burt Kinney himself, invoked like MMAcevedo on every call, handing random drugs out like candy and occasionally trying to describe the inchoate horrors of the afterlife. "Burt demands that you talk to him," said Maria Aveni, a Vermont Kinney Drugs customer who has worked in healthcare as an anesthesiologist "Burt" was announced to much fanfare in May. Kinney Drugs said that when people use Ask Burt, they are tapping into a knowledge base that carries the latest updated guidance for vaccine eligibility for a range of vaccinations, including COVID, influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), pneumonia and shingles. As vaccine guidance continues to evolve, Burt will be able to help patients to stay up to date. Burt is also sharing the customers' data, too. Synerio is a company in Texas that develops "AI-first pharmacy solutions" and The pharmacy's privacy policy, released the same month as the AI assistant, discloses, for example, that customers' protected health information may be used in AI tools to improve the pharmacy's operations. Kinney Drugs "spreads its terms and conditions across 11 documents," VTDigger notes. The privacy disaster notwithstanding, I'm a big fan of all these deranged "hinterland model" AI chatbots that talk nonsense and can be talked out of whatever context they're given. Burt seems vulnerable to jailbreaks but shuts down or resets pretty quick once you get him out of the pharmacy. One guy convinced a Chevrolet dealership's AI chatbot to sell a 2024 Tahoe for a dollar. Air Canada was ordered to compensate a grieving customer whose chatbot promised a bereavement deal that didn't exist. A delivery firm's AI assistant composed a haiku calling itself useless. Taco Bell spiked an AI trial at 500 drive-thrus after it accepted an order for 18,000 cups of water.
Kinney Drugs raises $53,931 to support local kids through Children's Miracle Network.
A Newport pharmacist for Kinney Drugs was recently named the company's 2024 Quest for Excellence Award Winner.
Kinney Drugs, pharmacy chain in New York and Vermont, has partnered with Health Plan One and Enliven Health to offer free Medicare Part D plan comparisons.
Kinney Drugs, a 100% employee-owned community pharmacy chain in New York and Vermont, has partnered with Health Plan One and EnlivenHealth to offer free Medicare Part D plan comparisons.