DescriptionSummary:Under the direction of the Registered Nurse, performs duties of a clerical and non-nursing nature on the nursing units. Activities include serving as a receptionist for the unit, transcribing orders and requesting items for patient care, and assisting with maintaining patient, unit, and hospital records.Responsibilities:Serves as a receptionist for the nursing unit; answers the telephone, takes and delivers messages, and offers to assist and answer inquiries of a general nature for patients, families, physicians, and visitors, including answering patient call lights.Maintains an orderly environment in the nursing station.Sorts and delivers interdepartmental mail.Maint