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Job Description

Transport patients to areas such as operating rooms or x-ray rooms using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds. May maintain stocks of supplies or clean and transport equipment.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 31-1015.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 28,550.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 13.00
Currently, there are 52,940 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Orderlies”.

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Tasks for “Hospital Orderly”

Take and record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.
Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas.
Change soiled linens, such as bed linens, drapes, or cubicle curtains.
Clean equipment, such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, or portable medical equipment, documenting needed repairs or maintenance.
Transport bodies to the morgue.
Provide physical support to patients to assist them to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising.
Collect and transport infectious or hazardous waste in closed containers for sterilization or disposal, in accordance with applicable law, standards, or policies.
Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.
Position or hold patients in position for surgical preparation.
Transport portable medical equipment or medical supplies between rooms or departments.
Restrain patients to prevent violence or injury or to assist physicians or nurses to administer treatments.
Transport specimens, laboratory items, or pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel.
Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.
Stock or issue medical supplies, such as dressing packs or treatment trays.
Carry messages or documents between departments.
Stock utility rooms, nonmedical storage rooms, or cleaning carts with supplies.
Respond to emergency situations, such as emergency medical calls, security calls, or fire alarms.
Turn or reposition bedridden patients, alone or with assistance, to prevent bedsores.
Collect soiled linen or trash.
Supply, collect, or empty bedpans.
Disinfect or sterilize equipment or supplies, using germicides or sterilizing equipment.
Serve or collect food trays.
Separate collected materials for disposal, recycling, or reuse, in accordance with environmental policies.
Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds.

Related Technology & Tools

Therapeutic hot packs
Shower chairs
Multi-line telephone systems
Hydraulic patient lifts
Medical scales
Oxygen tanks
Oxygen therapy equipment
Patient transfer boards
Patient limb restraints
Laptop computers
Medical gurneys
Medical examination protective gloves
Specimen collection containers
Personal computers
Desktop computers
Automated external defibrillators AED
Manual blood pressure equipment
Portable x ray machines
Automated blood pressure cuffs
Adjustable hospital beds
Electronic patient thermometers
Protective patient restraints
Safety razors
Patient transport wheelchairs
Patient bed scales
Therapeutic cold packs
Oxygen tents
Mechanical stethoscopes

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Microsoft Windows
Electronic medical record EMR software
GE Healthcare Centricity EMR