Heather Moran

Experience

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  Greenwich Woods

  Feb 2000 - Aug 2001

  Recreation Therapist

  Implemented mentally stimulating games, cultural programs and music therapy with the elderly residents in an effort to enhance their quality of life.

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  Purchase College, SUNY

  Jan 2001 - May 2002

  Resident Assistant/ Admin. Assistant

  Resident Assistant (RA): Planned and coordinated campus education programs and recreational activities. Counseled students on various issues.Administrative Assistant: Assisted Resident Coordinator in management of student apartment complex office. Managed five office assistants. Planned and coordinated RA activities.

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  Freelance

  May 2002 - now

  Musician: Singer/Songwriter

  Heather Moran's voice has the kind of sound that reminds you of another era in music. An 'authentic old-time chanteuse', Ms. Moran lends her clear and soulful vocal musings to songs both old and new, with influences that range from jazz to blues to rock, country and back. Educated in jazz performance at Purchase College Conservatory of Music, State University of New York; Heather studied with such artists as Jon Faddis, Roseanna Vitro, Javon Jackson and Pete Malinverni.

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  Highland Hospital

  Mar 2003 - Sept 2003

  Business Coordinator

  Coordinated business flow of emergency department. Registered patients, assisted doctors with administrative and patient needs, answered phones.

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  Sanderson & Stocker, Inc.

  Dec 2003 - Jul 2004

  Executive Assistant

  Acted as both front desk secretary and personal assistant to CEO. Other duties included office organization and filing, quarterly mailings and travel arrangements.

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  Weill Cornell Medicine

  Aug 2004 - Mar 2008

  Program Coordinator

  Coordinated student and business matters for two graduate programs with students based at Cornell, Sloan-Kettering Institute, and Rockefeller University research labs. Planned recruitment events, seminars, and summer program. Maintained and submitted NIH Training Grant applications and reports. Acted as liaison between Executive and Program Directors. Managed program and application databases, class scheduling, campus transfers, and student purchases.

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  Serendipity Catering

  Sept 2008 - May 2010

  Assistant

  Assisted owner with day-to-day operations and decisions; oversaw event management while attending school full time.

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  Unity Health System

  May 2011 - May 2013

  Staff Nurse

  Acute Rehabilitation and Brain Injury Unit. Provide nursing care for patients with severe brain injuries, acute debility, neuromuscular disease, and orthopedic injury, who are receiving intensive speech, occupational, and physical therapy on this 24-bed acute care unit. Perform nursing assessments, medicine administration and reconciliation, tracheostomy care and respiratory treatments, PEG care and administration of enteral nutrition, wound/ostomy care, continence rehabilitation and education, and patient and family discharge planning. Show less

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  Supplemental Health Care

  Dec 2012 - Aug 2013

  Travel Nurse

  June-Aug 2013: Contracted at Medstar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Brain Injury and Stroke Program. Provide nursing care for patients with severe brain injuries who are receiving intensive speech, occupational, and physical therapy on this 46-bed acute care unit. Perform nursing assessments, medicine administration and reconciliation, tracheostomy care and respiratory treatments, PEG care and administration of enteral nutrition, wound/ostomy care, continence rehabilitation and education, and patient and family discharge planning.December 2012: Contracted at Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital. Performed a comprehensive range of clinical functions on this 30-bed pre/post-surgical acute care unit. Assessed patients’ medical conditions, pre-operative preparedness, post-operative status. Performed wound care and assessment, administered oral and IV infusion medications, maintained patient charts, responded to patient education needs. Show less

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  Fairchild Medical Center

  Feb 2014 - Nov 2016

  ICU, Med-Surg Nurse

  Perform a comprehensive range of clinical functions in this 24-bed rural critical access hospital. Assess patients’ pre-operative preparedness, post-operative status. Monitor patients on hemodynamic and sedative IV drips, cardiac observation, and ventilators. Perform wound care and assessment, administer oral and IV infusion medications, maintain patient charts, respond to patient education needs.

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  Dignity Health, Mercy Medical Center Mt Shasta

  May 2015 - Mar 2023

  Hospice RN

  Provided nursing care to home hospice patients throughout southern Siskiyou County. Managed wound care, coordinated drug and pain management with MDs, evaluated needs for equipment and caregivers, assisted with family concerns and education.

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  Fairchild Medical Center

  Mar 2023 - now

  Intensive Care Nurse

  Perform a comprehensive range of clinical functions in this 24-bed rural critical access hospital. Assess patients’ pre-operative preparedness, post-operative status. Monitor patients on hemodynamic and sedative IV drips, cardiac observation, and ventilators. Perform wound care and assessment, administer oral and IV infusion medications, maintain patient charts, respond to patient education needs.