OSCA 2024 · 442532 · Skill level 4
Patient Services Assistant: OSCA 442532
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
Patient Services Assistant is OSCA 2024 code 442532. It corresponds to ANZSCO 423311 Hospital Orderly, which is not on the skilled visa lists. Visa lists still use the ANZSCO code.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO code for OSCA 442532
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 423311
Hospital Orderly
Not on the skilled occupation lists.
The job
What a patient services assistant does
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.
Skill level 4: Certificate II or III, or at least 1 year of relevant experience
Also known as
- Hospital Orderly
- Orderly
- Patient Support Assistant
- Theatre Orderly
- Wardsperson
Main tasks
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
Unit group 4425
Other occupations in Patient Care and Patient Services Assistants
Questions
OSCA 442532: common questions
What is the OSCA code for patient services assistant?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 442532?
Is Patient Services Assistant on Australia's skilled occupation lists?
Does Home Affairs use OSCA codes for visas?
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, OSCA 2024 v1.0 (CC BY 4.0); Department of Home Affairs, checked 21 October 2026. General information only, not immigration advice.
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