Job Description

Nursing Unit Clerks are responsible for coordinating the activities of a patient care unit.

They serve as the communication link between staff, patients, visitors, service departments, and outside hospitals and agencies.

Nursing Unit Clerks work at the nurses' station in health care facilities and coordinate the non-clinical activities related to patient care.

Other duties include:

• transcribing doctors' orders for medication, surgery, diagnostic services and laboratory tests
• admitting and discharging patients
• scheduling diagnostic tests and treatments
• managing patient charts
• ordering unit supplies and services

Employment may be found in Acute care Hospitals, Extended Care Hospitals, Rehabilitations Hospitals, Health Care Agencies, Nursing homes, and Medical Walk-In Clinics.