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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 “Operating Room Orderly”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

Electronic medical record EMR software
Microsoft Windows
GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
Medical record charting software