5329-Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified

Job Title: 

Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified

Job Description: 

This unit group covers personal care workers in health services not classified elsewhere in Minor group 532 Personal care workers in health services. For instance the group includes occupations such as Dental aid, Sterilization aid, Hospital orderly, Medical imaging assistant, and Pharmacy aid.

Tasks: 

In such cases tasks would include

  • cleaning and sterilizing surgical, dental and pharmaceutical instruments bottles, beakers and other equipment
  • labelling drugs, chemicals and other pharmaceutical preparations and replenishing stock on shelves
  • lifting, turning, and moving patients and transporting them in wheelchairs or on moveable beds
  • preparing patients for examination or treatment
  • setting up instrument trays, preparing materials, and assisting dentists or radiographers during procedures
  • exposing diagnostic X-rays.
Specific Occupations: 

53291
Aid/ Attendant (dental)

53292
Aid, pharmacy

53293
Attendant, ambulance

53294
Orderly

53295
Aide, sterilization

53296
Assistant, medical imaging

53297
Attendant, first aid/ward

53298
Phlebotomist/wards man

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Source Of Info: 

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, PSCO-2285