How do they match: Orderlies

  • Operating Room Aide
  • Operating Room Assistant
  • Operating Room Orderly

  • 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. Psychiatric orderlies are included in Psychiatric Aides.

  • Restrain patients to prevent violence or injury or to assist physicians or nurses to administer treatments.
  • Stock or issue medical supplies, such as dressing packs or treatment trays.
  • Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds.

  • Assess physical conditions of patients to aid in diagnosis or treatment.
  • Clean patient rooms or patient treatment rooms.
  • Move patients to or from treatment areas.