Occupation

442532 Patient Services Assistant

Latest release
OSCA - Occupation Standard Classification for Australia
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Reference period
2024, Version 1.0

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

Skill level: 4

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