Patient Escort

Patient Escort

Location: Houston, TX

Pay Rate: Starting at $15.00/hour

Schedule: Full-time positions available:11:45 AM–8:15 PM or 6:45 AM–3:15 PM

Shift Requirements: Rotating weekends, some holidays, and varying shift times as needed.

Dean’s Professional Services is seeking a dependable, customer-focused Patient Escort to support a leading healthcare organization in Houston, TX. This opportunity is ideal for someone with patient care or patient transport experience who enjoys helping others and providing safe, courteous assistance in a fast-paced hospital environment.

Responsibilities

• Escort hospital and ambulatory patients to appointments and other destinations using wheelchairs, stretchers, or hydraulic stretchers.

• Sanitize and inspect wheelchairs before each patient transport, following the facility’s high-touch disinfection and inspection protocol.

• Follow equipment checklists when assisting patients on and off wheelchairs.

• Safely and promptly transport patients from designated entry points to their initial appointments or destinations.

• Complete daily disinfection and tracking logs for each patient transported, documenting required information such as date, start and completion times, equipment details, disinfectant used, patient MRN, and destination.

• Provide courteous, professional service to patients and their caregivers at all times.

• Follow directions, navigate the hospital campus independently, and communicate effectively with patients and staff.

• Perform other patient escort duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.

• At least 1 year of patient care or patient escort experience required, preferably in a hospital setting.

• Strong customer service experience required.

• Ability to safely push and maneuver a wheelchair carrying 200+ pounds.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to follow instructions and navigate a large healthcare campus independently.

• Dependable, professional, and compassionate demeanor.

• Ability to work rotating weekends, some holidays, and varying shift times.

Why Join Dean’s Professional Services?

• Competitive pay.

• Full-time employment opportunity.

• Opportunity to gain valuable experience in a healthcare environment.

• Supportive and collaborative healthcare team.

• Professional work environment with opportunities for career growth.

• Access to benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).

Dean’s Professional Services is a national, award-winning staffing firm. Since 1993, we have connected over 50,000 professionals with leading organizations nationwide by matching talent with the right skills, experience, and culture fit. We provide temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct-hire staffing solutions across healthcare, administrative, and hospitality industries.

Apply today at www.deansprofessionalservices.com or call 713-785-7483 for more information.