Occupation

442532 Patient Services Assistant

Latest release
Consultation draft: Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO)
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Reference period
July 2024
Released
25/07/2024
Next release Unknown
First release

442532 Patient Services Assistant

Assists with the provision of care to patients in a hospital by ensuring wards are neat and tidy, lifting and turning patients, transporting them in wheelchairs or on movable beds, and providing direct care and support.

Personal Care Assistants are excluded from this occupation. Personal Care Assistants are included in Occupation 442531 Patient Care Assistant.

Alternative titles

  • Hospital Orderly
  • Orderly
  • Patient Support Assistant
  • Theatre Orderly
  • Wardsperson

ANZSCO skill level

This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

Australia

  • Skill Level 4: AQF Certificate II, AQF Certificate III, or at least one year of relevant experience

New Zealand

  • Skill Level 4: NZQF Level 2 or 3 qualification, or at least one year of relevant experience

Main tasks

  • Transports patients in wheelchairs or mobile beds
  • Provides safe patient handling and positioning in beds and transfers to and from beds
  • Undertakes general duties, ensuring hospital wards are clean, orderly, and sanitised, maintaining infection control protocols
  • Provides direct care and support to patients, assisting with their personal needs, such as showering and dressing
  • Stocks and replenishes supplies of medical equipment, and transfers items between departments or wards
  • Assists with the preparation and serving of patients' meals and beverages