Nikki Moorer

• Works seven 12hr shifts (seven days off) with one pharmacist for the majority of the shift
• Aids in maintaining pharmacy drug inventory by routinely counting and organizing products and ensuring expiration dates are appropriate; stays informed of current backordered/unavailable drugs as well has handles drug recalls that affect current inventory
• Maintains moderate knowledge of pharmacy products, in order to pull medications verified by pharmacy staff
• Versed in computer software such as Pharmacy Keeper to record intravenous preparations as well as Cerner One Chart to track relevant patient information, and KitCheck to organize and update pharmacy assortments sent to floors in order to aid in emergent situations such as postpartum hemorrhage and respiratory or cardiac distress
• Competent with Pyxis ES software and Pyxis machines in order to assign medications verified by pharmacy with appropriate quantities, loading medications to make available for nursing staff
• Responsible for overnight troubleshooting of pyxis machines if software/hardware issues occur
• Full access to narcotic vault and handling narcotic drugs for delivery, compounding and aseptic compounding for pregnant patients, post surgical adults, pediatric and neonatal patients
• Proficient in aseptic technique within a laminar flow hood
• Prepares IV fluids such as Tumescents, Heparin Irrigations, Joint Cocktails, and Shugarcaine to be used in the operating room for general, cosmetic, and ophthalmic surgery
• Pharmacy Operations Supervisor, Katie Vandiver(256)265-5720

• Responsible for monitoring patient cardiac rhythms, including pre/post open-heart candidates, trauma patients, and patients in immediate cardiac distress
• Expected to provide detailed documentation of cardiac output; maintain orderly and accurate patient paperwork to include charting on an hourly basis
• Knowledgeable use of hospital-wide computer programs for the purpose of locating patients, printing outpatient labels, and paging nursing staff to maintain telemetry monitoring of patient/alert them to cardiac changes
• Analyzes patient heart rhythms in order to alert clinical staff of any vital changes; responsible for timely and accurate analysis that deem the necessity of rapid response and/or code procedures
• Expected to be able to explain cardiac information to non-cardiac nursing staff
• Assembles telemetry monitors as well as proper placement on patients
• Troubleshoots telemetry equipment in person and/or over the phone using proper cardiac terminology and professional phone etiquette
• Delivers patient rhythm printouts, quarterly recordings, code recordings to nursing and ICUs
• Periodically acts as a trainer to new hires to HH main as well as Madison Hospital
• Able to be self-reliant and perform job duties without direct supervision

Supervisors- Carla Simms (256)658-0816, Wendy Cantrell (256)520-0567

• Hospital Main
• Responsible for collecting patients’ vital signs and blood sugars in a timely fashion
• Efficient in sheath pull procedure to be performed in Cardiac Short Stay as well as on different units
• Responsible for preparation of patients for outpatient procedures such as catheterization, pacemaker implantation, etc
• Collected blood necessary for lab testing as well as properly labeling blood vials with patient labels to send to the lab
• Performed patient transport.

Supervisor- Janet Derringer, Nurse Manager

• Main
• Responsible for inquiring and recording initial patient symptoms in order for clinical staff to perform triage care
• Acted as the initial person to obtain proper identification from patient/EMTs in order to validate their identity and/or determine if the patient would be a Jane/John Doe; printed and fitted patients with barcode wristbands
• Collected insurance forms and identification as well as patient copays from potential patients in the waiting rooms as well as trauma patients arriving by ambulance
• Entered patients’ identification information and insurance specifics with the proper coding into the computer system for the purposes of billing and producing patient identifiers (patient labels for wristbands)
• Supervisor Janet Derringer