Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2015 wage data.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2015 2014-2024 employment projections external site. "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2014-2024). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.

Attendant

Cart Attendant

Clinical Support Associate

Emergency Room Orderly

Health Service Worker

Hospice Entrance Attendant

Hospital Corpsman

Hospital Orderly

Infirmary Attendant

Institutional Aide

Medical Orderly

New Patient Escort

Operating Room Aide

Operating Room Orderly

Orderly

Patient Care Assistant (PCA)

Patient Care Associate

Patient Care Technician (PCT)

Patient Escort

Patient Sitter

Patient Transport Orderly

Patient Transporter

Psychiatric Orderly

Radiology Orderly

Resident Assistant

Security Orderly

Surgical Aide

Surgical Orderly

Transportation Aide

Transporter

Ward Aide

Ward Assistant

Ward Attendant

Ward Helper

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.

Adjustable hospital beds

Automated blood pressure cuffs

Automated external defibrillators AED

Desktop computers

Electronic patient thermometers

Hydraulic patient lifts

Laptop computers

Manual blood pressure equipment

Mechanical stethoscopes

Medical examination protective gloves

Medical gurneys

Medical scales

Multi-line telephone systems

Oxygen tanks

Oxygen tents

Oxygen therapy equipment

Patient bed scales

Patient limb restraints

Patient transfer boards

Patient transport wheelchairs

Personal computers

Portable x ray machines

Protective patient restraints

Safety razors

Shower chairs

Specimen collection containers

Therapeutic cold packs

Therapeutic hot packs

Electronic medical record EMR software

GE Healthcare Centricity EMR

Medical record charting software

Microsoft Windows