Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Honors Employees with Annual Service Awards

KNOXVILLE, Iowa – Knoxville Hospital & Clinics is proud to recognize its staff with service awards this year. Thirty-eight employees are recognized for their years of service totaling 390 years of providing health care to our patients and the communities we serve.

This year employees are recognized with 5, 10, 15, 25, 40, and 50-year service awards.

5 years of service: Bob Augustin, Registration; Dawn Bender, Nursing-Med/Surg; Kellie Beyer, Nutrition Services; Kelsey Brackett, Registration; Katelyn Clark, Health Information Management; Jen Coxe, ARNP, Clinic Provider; Erika DeGeest, Nursing-Knoxville Clinic; Angelique Deright, Nursing-ER; Alex Dunkin, Specialty Clinics; Jessica Enfield, Referrals; Alex Gibson, Nursing-Med/Surg; Norma Grimm, Nursing-Med/Surg; Dr. Cynthia Hoque, Clinic Provider; Ginny Krichau, Community Health Navigator; Dr. Ryan Laughlin, Clinic Provider; Dr. J.B. Law, Clinic Provider; Haili McKeever, Nursing-ER; Ami Morgan, Nursing-Infusion Center; Caitlyn Shilling, Nursing-Knoxville Clinic; Heidi Smith, Nursing-Med/Surg; Lacey Stielow, Nursing-ER; Madison Swayne, Business Office; Stephanie Weir, Nursing-ER; and Mark Worrall, Administration.

10 years of service: Hayley Dobson, Lab; Maggie Hamilton-Beyer, Administration; Jeffrey Johnston, Nursing-ER; Katherine Smith, Clinic Scheduling; Larry VanBaale, Nursing-Med/Surg Coordinator; Tina VandeKamp, Imaging; and Sheryl Woods, Clinic Scheduling.

15 years of service: Dr. Bhama Jayaveerapandian, Clinic Provider; Kevin Swartzendruber, Environmental Services; and Mike Worthington, Maintenance.

25 years of service: Jennifer Padellford, Nursing-Surgery.

40 years of service: Julie Albert, Registration and Karen Kraber, Fiscal Services.

50 years of service: Barb Anderson, Lab.

Each employee was honored with a VISA gift card in various amounts.

PICTURED: Left to right: Alex Dunkin, Kelsey Brackett, Julie Albert, Maggie Hamilton-Beyer, Dawn Bender, Mark Worrall, Ami Morgan, Mike Worthington, Jen Coxe, Jessica Enfield, Karen Kraber, and Ginny Krichau.

Knoxville Hospital & Clinics is a non-profit community hospital serving Marion County and the surrounding area. Named a “Top 100 Critical Access Hospital” and voted as Best of Red Rock Area’s “Best Place to Work” and “Best Hospitality”, KHC’s highly skilled medical staff and specialists provide personal, compassionate and innovative quality health care to patients. For more information regarding this release and other happenings at Knoxville Hospital & Clinics, call Public Relations at (641) 842-1485.