Details Report for:
31-1015.00 - Orderlies
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.
This title represents an occupation for which data collection is currently underway.
Tasks | Tools & Technology | Work Values | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
Tasks Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.
- Carry messages or documents between departments.
- Change soiled linens, such as bed linens, drapes, or cubicle curtains.
- Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas.
- Clean equipment, such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, or portable medical equipment, documenting needed repairs or maintenance.
- Collect and transport infectious or hazardous waste in closed containers for sterilization or disposal, in accordance with applicable law, standards, or policies.
- Collect soiled linen or trash.
- Disinfect or sterilize equipment or supplies, using germicides or sterilizing equipment.
- Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.
- Position or hold patients in position for surgical preparation.
- Respond to emergency situations, such as emergency medical calls, security calls, or fire alarms.
- Restrain patients to prevent violence or injury or to assist physicians or nurses to administer treatments.
- Serve or collect food trays.
- Stock or issue medical supplies, such as dressing packs or treatment trays.
- Stock utility rooms, nonmedical storage rooms, or cleaning carts with supplies.
- Supply, collect, or empty bedpans.
- Transport bodies to the morgue.
- 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.
- Transport specimens, laboratory items, or pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel.
- Turn or reposition bedridden patients, alone or with assistance, to prevent bedsores.
- 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.
- Separate collected materials for disposal, recycling, or reuse, in accordance with environmental policies.
- Take and record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.
Tools & Technology Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Tools used in this occupation:
| Automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles — Automated external defibrillators AED |
| Clinical hydraulic lifts or accessories — Hydraulic patient lifts |
| Electronic blood pressure units — Automated blood pressure cuffs |
| Electronic medical thermometers — Electronic patient thermometers |
| Extremity restraints — Patient limb restraints |
| Gurneys or scissor lifts — Medical gurneys |
| Mechanical stethoscopes or accessories — Mechanical stethoscopes |
| Medical aerosol tents — Oxygen tents |
| Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves — Medical examination protective gloves |
| Medical gas cylinders or related devices — Oxygen tanks |
| Mercury blood pressure units — Manual blood pressure equipment |
| Notebook computers — Laptop computers |
| Patient bed or table scales for general use — Patient bed scales |
| Patient floor scales — Medical scales |
| Patient shifting boards or accessories — Patient transfer boards |
| Razors — Safety razors |
| Shower or bath chairs or seats for the physically challenged — Shower chairs |
| Therapeutic heating or cooling pads or compresses or packs — Therapeutic cold packs; Therapeutic hot packs |
| Wheelchairs — Patient transport wheelchairs |
Technology used in this occupation:
| Medical software — Electronic medical record EMR software; GE Healthcare Centricity EMR; Medical record charting software |
Work Values Save Table (XLS/CSV)
 Extent |
Work Value |
|
|---|---|---|
61   |
Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. | |
| 56 |
Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. | |
| 31 |
Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. | |
| 22 |
Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. | |
| 17 |
Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. | |
| 17 |
Recognition — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. | |
Wages & Employment Trends
National
Employment data collected from Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants.
Industry data collected from Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants.
| Median wages (2012) | $11.53 hourly, $23,990 annual |
| Employment (2010) | 1,505,000 employees |
| Projected growth (2010-2020) | 
Faster than average (20% to 28%)
|
| Projected job openings (2010-2020) | 496,100 |
| Top industries (2010) | Health Care and Social Assistance (89% employed in this sector)
|
State & National
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2012 wage data
and 2010-2020 employment projections
.
"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2010-2020). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
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Sources of Additional Information
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- Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants
. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2012-13 Edition.
- National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC)
, 228 7th St. SE, Washington, DC 20003. Phone: (202) 547-7424. Fax: (202) 547-3540.
