text: 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. Psychiatric orderlies are included in Psychiatric Aides.
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  What Orderlies do:
  Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds.
  Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.
  Disinfect or sterilize equipment or supplies, using germicides or sterilizing equipment.
  Clean equipment, such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, or portable medical equipment, documenting needed repairs or maintenance.
  Carry messages or documents between departments.
  Transport portable medical equipment or medical supplies between rooms or departments.
  Respond to emergency situations, such as emergency medical calls, security calls, or fire alarms.
  Change soiled linens, such as bed linens, drapes, or cubicle curtains.
  Transport specimens, laboratory items, or pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel.
  Restrain patients to prevent violence or injury or to assist physicians or nurses to administer treatments.
  Collect and transport infectious or hazardous waste in closed containers for sterilization or disposal, in accordance with applicable law, standards, or policies.
  Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.
  Stock utility rooms, nonmedical storage rooms, or cleaning carts with supplies.
  Collect soiled linen or trash.
  Transport bodies to the morgue.
  Position or hold patients in position for surgical preparation.
  Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas.
  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.
  Stock or issue medical supplies, such as dressing packs or treatment trays.
  Turn or reposition bedridden patients, alone or with assistance, to prevent bedsores.
  Separate collected materials for disposal, recycling, or reuse, in accordance with environmental policies.
  Serve or collect food trays.
  Supply, collect, or empty bedpans.
  Take and record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.
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  Assisting and Caring for Others - Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
  Performing General Physical Activities - Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
  Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
  Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials - Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
  Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
  Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events - Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
  Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
  Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards - Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
  Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships - Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
  Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
  Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings - Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
  Processing Information - Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
  Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others - Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
  Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People - Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
  Training and Teaching Others - Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
  Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
  Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
  Performing for or Working Directly with the Public - Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
  Controlling Machines and Processes - Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
  Coaching and Developing Others - Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
  Developing and Building Teams - Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
  Documenting/Recording Information - Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
  Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others - Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
  Providing Consultation and Advice to Others - Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
  Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others - Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
  Working with Computers - Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
  Analyzing Data or Information - Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.