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Healthcare Support · Updated Aug 2026

Orderlies

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.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
43/100
Moderate

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
42/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence81/100
Task coverage86%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Disinfect or sterilize equipment or supplies, using germicides or sterilizing equipment.High
66
Change soiled linens, such as bed linens, drapes, or cubicle curtains.High
69
Separate collected materials for disposal, recycling, or reuse, in accordance with environmental policies.High
68
Stock or issue medical supplies, such as dressing packs or treatment trays.Medium
69
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.High
56
Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.Medium
67
Turn or reposition bedridden patients, alone or with assistance, to prevent bedsores.High
58
Position or hold patients in position for surgical preparation.Medium
59
Respond to emergency situations, such as emergency medical calls, security calls, or fire alarms.High
71
Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.High
25
Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds.High
23
Clean equipment, such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, or portable medical equipment, documenting needed repairs or maintenance.High
21
Restrain patients to prevent violence or injury or to assist physicians or nurses to administer treatments.High
57
Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas.High
25
Transport specimens, laboratory items, or pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel.High
22
Transport portable medical equipment or medical supplies between rooms or departments.Medium
22
Collect and transport infectious or hazardous waste in closed containers for sterilization or disposal, in accordance with applicable law, standards, or policies.High
22
Stock utility rooms, nonmedical storage rooms, or cleaning carts with supplies.Medium
18
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Respond to emergency situations, such as emergency medical calls, security calls, or fire alarms.71
  2. Change soiled linens, such as bed linens, drapes, or cubicle curtains.69
  3. Stock or issue medical supplies, such as dressing packs or treatment trays.69
  4. Separate collected materials for disposal, recycling, or reuse, in accordance with environmental policies.68
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Transport specimens, laboratory items, or pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel.01
  2. Transport portable medical equipment or medical supplies between rooms or departments.02
  3. Collect and transport infectious or hazardous waste in closed containers for sterilization or disposal, in accordance with applicable law, standards, or policies.03
  4. Stock utility rooms, nonmedical storage rooms, or cleaning carts with supplies.04
  5. Clean equipment, such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, or portable medical equipment, documenting needed repairs or maintenance.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency61
Physical dependency55
Adoption pressure43
Labour-market resilience69
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence81/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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