About this role
Job Details
ChristianaCare is seeking a dedicated and service‑focused Patient Escort Supervisor to lead and support our Patient Escort Services team during the overnight shift. In this role, you will oversee patient and materials transport operations, ensure timely and safe service delivery, and provide leadership to departmental staff. This position plays a key part in maintaining smooth hospital flow, patient experience, and staff coordination.
Status: Full-Time
Why ChristianaCare?
We offer a comprehensive benefits package guided by our values of Love and Excellence, including:
- Full medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 403(b) retirement plan
- Generous paid time off
- Annual membership to Care.com
- Fitness and wellness reimbursement
- Tuition reimbursement and career development opportunities
- Discounts on hotels, rental cars, theme parks, entertainment & more
Key Responsibilities
- Supervise and coordinate overnight Patient Escort Services operations and staff, with emphasis on dispatch activities.
- Perform dispatch functions, including receiving and prioritizing transport and errand requests via computer or written logs, and dispatching personnel through radio or pager.
- Utilize patient treatment schedules alongside on-demand requests to efficiently allocate staff for transports.
- Assess incoming requests to ensure tasks are handled efficiently and safely based on available staffing and workflow.
- Assist in developing work schedules, assigning duties, monitoring performance, and ensuring completion of tasks.
- Train, orient, coach, and participate in performance evaluations and discipline of assigned staff.
- Monitor and adjust staffing patterns to meet changing workload demands.
- Prepare and maintain documentation related to daily activities, performance, maintenance, incidents, and departmental reports.
- Ensure safety compliance, identifying and addressing unsafe conditions or practices.
- Maintain equipment oversight, including monitoring usage, ensuring maintenance, and tracking equipment records.
- Maintain positive communication with staff, patients, and hospital departments to support exceptional service delivery.
- Respond promptly to inquiries, concerns, and departmental needs.
- Support compliance with all State, Federal, and regulatory standards.
- Serve as a role model and uphold ChristianaCare’s Core Values in all interactions.
Education & Experience
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Minimum of two years’ experience in patient transport or related healthcare field preferred.
- Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.
Skills & Abilities
- Knowledge of patient/materials transportation methods and related equipment.
- Proficiency in dispatch and scheduling functions.
- Strong leadership skills, including delegation, supervision, and staff development.
- Ability to problem-solve and recommend effective operational solutions.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
- Ability to work effectively with diverse personalities and maintain positive relationships.
- Proficiency in radio, phone, paging, and basic computer applications.
- Strong organizational and record‑keeping skills.
- Basic math and keyboarding proficiency.
Special Requirements
- Must pass back evaluation examination.
Physical Demands & Working Conditions
- Frequent sitting with intermittent walking, standing, pushing, and pulling.
- Occasional lifting, lowering, bending, or crouching, sometimes involving considerable weight.
- Exposure to noise, frequent communication through headsets, and fast‑paced environments.
- Occasional exposure to weather conditions, cleaning agents, and blood/body fluids.
Join a team that values compassion, excellence, and collaboration. As one of the region’s most trusted healthcare providers, ChristianaCare offers meaningful opportunities to support patient care and community well‑being, day and night.
Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
Post End Date
Feb 11, 2026EEO Posting Statement
ChristianaCare offers a competitive suite of employee benefits to maximize the wellness of you and your family, including health insurance, paid time off, retirement, an employee assistance program. To learn more about our benefits for eligible positions visit https://careers.christianacare.org/benefits-compensation/
Other facts
About ChristianaCare
Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, ChristianaCare is one of the country’s most dynamic health care organizations, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs.
ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of primary care and outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals (1,336 beds), a freestanding emergency department, a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women’s health. It also includes the pioneering Gene Editing Institute.
ChristianaCare is nationally recognized as a great place to work, rated by Forbes as the 2nd best health system for diversity and inclusion, and the 29th best health system to work for in the United States, and by IDG Computerworld as one of the nation’s Best Places to Work in IT. ChristianaCare is rated by Healthgrades as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals and continually ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek and other national quality ratings. ChristianaCare is a nonprofit teaching health system with more than 260 residents and fellows. With its groundbreaking Center for Virtual Health and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is shaping the future of health care.
What you'll do
- Supervise and coordinate overnight Patient Escort Services operations and staff, focusing on dispatch activities. Ensure timely and safe service delivery while maintaining positive communication with staff and hospital departments.
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