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33102.00 – Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates

Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates assist nurses, hospital staff and physicians in the basic care of patients.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Health care aide
  • Hospital attendant
  • Long term care aide
  • Nurse aide
  • Nursing attendant
  • Orderly
  • Patient care aide
  • Patient service associate
  • Personal care attendant - medical
  • Psychiatric aide
  • Resident care aide - medical

Core competencies

  • Social Perceptiveness to recognize subtle cues indicating discomfort or distress to provide compassionate care
  • Oral Communication: Active Listening to understand patients' concerns, preferences and needs in order to respond appropriately to patient inquiries or requests
  • Explosive Strength to lift or transfer patients from beds to wheelchairs or assist in moving patients in emergency situations
  • Static Strength to maintain proper posture, stability and endurance while assisting patients with mobility, hygiene or activities of daily living
  • Attention to Detail to carefully observe patients' physical condition, behaviour and vital signs while assisting nurses, hospital staff and physicians to provide care
  • Knowledge in Languages to understand language structure and rules for clear and accurate communication with patients and staff, ensuring instructions, care plans and patient needs are conveyed correctly

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Answer call signals; supply and empty bed pans; bathe, dress and groom patients; serve meal trays, feed or assist in feeding of patients and assist patients with menu selection; weigh, lift, turn, and position patients; shave patients prior to operations; supervise patients' exercise routines, set up and provide leisure activities for patients, accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
  • Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse; report or record fluid intake and output; observe or monitor patients' status and document patient care on charts; collect specimens such as urine, faeces or sputum; administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas and perform other procedures as directed by nursing and hospital staff
  • Administer, in emergency situations, first aid to injured or ill individuals within the scope of competencies
  • Transport patients by wheelchair or stretcher for treatment or surgery
  • Carry messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
  • Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
  • Maintain inventory of supplies
  • May perform maintenance tasks such as assisting with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting-up and operating job-related equipment
  • May transport patients between care facilities.

Additional information

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Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Licensed practical nurses (32101)
  • Other assisting occupations in support of health services (33109)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

3 – Health occupations

TEER

3 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of less than two years; or more than six months of on-the-job training

Major group

33 – Assisting occupations in support of health services

Sub-major group

331 – Assisting occupations in support of health services

Minor group

3310 – Assisting occupations in support of health services

Unit group

33102 – Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates

Occupational profile

33102.00 – Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates

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