How do they match: Orderlies

  • Medical Orderly
  • Medical Transporter
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Stock or issue medical supplies, such as dressing packs or treatment trays.
  • Take and record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.
  • Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds.
  • Transport portable medical equipment or medical supplies between rooms or departments.

  • Clean medical equipment.
  • Stock medical or patient care supplies.
  • Transport biological or other medical materials.