Full-Time

Pharmacist

Retail

Deadline 4/16/27
Kinney Drugs

Kinney Drugs

501-1,000 employees

Neighborhood pharmacy offering health and retail

Compensation Overview

$125k - $135k/yr

Waterbury, VT, USA

In Person

Bachelor's, PharmD

Category
Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1)
Required Skills
Inventory Management
Quality Assurance (QA)
Customer Service

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Requirements
  • A Bachelor of Science or PharmD degree in Pharmacy is required.
  • Candidates must possess and maintain a valid state license and current registration to practice pharmacy.
  • Candidates must be able to stand and walk throughout the majority of the shift.
  • Candidates must successfully complete a pre-employment and/or random drug screening test.
  • Candidates must be certified immunizers.
  • Candidates must complete the HIPAA Privacy Course, HIPAA Security Course, Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Course, MethGuard Course, and the corresponding continuing education mastery exams.
  • Candidates must provide timely and accurate responses to business associates and customers.
  • Candidates must develop effective plans, objectives, and goals that achieve desired results in a timely manner.
  • Candidates must organize work systematically, establish clear lines of responsibility, and delegate effectively.
  • Candidates must write and speak clearly and effectively at all levels, listen, and be attentive to others.
  • Candidates must gather and analyze data and make or implement effective decisions in a timely manner.
  • Candidates must use technology to its fullest potential to achieve department and corporate goals.
  • Candidates must provide strong customer service and communication, organizational, and basic keyboarding skills.
  • Candidates must complete all mandatory and regulatory training programs.
  • Candidates must comply with initial and continuous exclusion and sanction/disciplinary monitoring.
Responsibilities
  • Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Pharmacy department.
  • Follow the Kinney Standard of Practice to dispense prescriptions and counsel patients.
  • Perform all quality assurance steps to ensure technically accurate prescriptions are dispensed and report dispensing incidents in accordance with company guidelines.
  • Follow all state and federal guidelines governing the practice of pharmacy.
  • Oversee the initial submission, resubmission, and collection of all third-party claims.
  • Manage and balance pharmacy inventory to maximize turns while maintaining stock for customer needs.
  • Oversee the transmitting, processing, and receiving of orders to and from the Kinney Warehouse and additional suppliers as needed.
  • Oversee checking pharmacy inventory for outdates and processing all returns.
  • Ensure prescription files and other manual records are maintained in accordance with state and federal guidelines.
  • Ensure in-store pharmacy technology is used to its fullest potential to maximize return on investment and technology lifespan.
  • Ensure all employees consistently exhibit outstanding customer service.
  • Ensure all employees follow loss prevention policies and report deviations to Loss Prevention.
  • Assist in implementing corporate pharmacy marketing, advertising, and promotional programs.
  • Oversee maintenance of the pharmacy department to ensure a clean and professional environment.
  • Maintain and develop professional relationships with doctors and others in health service professions.
  • Maintain awareness of developments in pharmacy and health care services relevant to job responsibilities and integrate them into practice.
  • Maintain confidentiality regarding patient information.
  • Facilitate communication between professional staff and pharmacy personnel.
  • Assist in meeting or exceeding budgetary sales guidelines and operating the pharmacy within those guidelines.
  • Assist in training and developing all pharmacy department personnel, including use of the Kinney Pharmacy Clerk and Technician Training Program.
  • Interface with auditors and outside agencies as needed.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

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

Founded

N/A

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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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Company News

REAL HACKER NEWS
Jul 31st, 2026
AI assistant named for long-dead pharmacy founder mutters incomprehensibly and "demands that you talk to him"

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.

WWTI
May 30th, 2024
Kinney Drugs Raises $53,931 to support local kids through Children's Miracle Network

Kinney Drugs raises $53,931 to support local kids through Children's Miracle Network.

Caledonian Record
Mar 1st, 2024
Analesa Muir Named Kinney Drugs Award Winner

A Newport pharmacist for Kinney Drugs was recently named the company's 2024 Quest for Excellence Award Winner.

The Times Argus
Oct 18th, 2023
Times Argus Community News

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.

Drug Store News
Oct 17th, 2023
Kinney Drugs partners with Health Plan One, EnlivenHealth on 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.