How do they match: 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. Psychiatric orderlies are included in Psychiatric Aides.

  • Stock or issue medical supplies, such as dressing packs or treatment trays.
  • Stock utility rooms, nonmedical storage rooms, or cleaning carts with supplies.
  • Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.
  • 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.
  • Transport specimens, laboratory items, or pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel.

  • Stock medical or patient care supplies.
  • Move patients to or from treatment areas.
  • Transport biological or other medical materials.