Infusion Technician/Full Time Days

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Lehighton (Carbon County); On-site; USD 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network is seeking an Infusion Technician to provide patient care at our infusion centers. You will welcome patients, gather information for registration, perform phlebotomy, vital signs, and basic procedures within your scope.

Work includes entering orders in electronic medical records, coordinating with RNs, and preparing charts for the next day. A High School diploma and BLS are expected, with training provided by St. Luke’s Health Network.

Qualifications

• High School graduate or GED preferred.
• Health care specialty training preferred.
• BLS or completion within 6 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Welcomes and assists all individuals in the unit in a professional, friendly and efficient manner.
• Completes patient registration process as needed.
• Performs phlebotomy and vitals as part of patient care.
• Assembles and maintains outpatient records and prepares charts for next day.
• Enters orders and uses electronic medical records for patient care.
• Triage and support RNs and scheduling using Cadence Snap Board.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Vital Signs

Glucometry

EMR navigation

Education

High School graduate or GED

Health care specialty training

Tools

Cadence Snap Board Scheduling

Electronic Medical Records

Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care. Float to network infusion centers as needed. The Infusion Technician is responsible for providing patient care. Participates in date collection, planning and implementation of patient care.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Welcomes and/or assists all individuals when they arrive in the unit in a professional, friendly and efficient manner.
• Gathers appropriated information to complete the patient registration process.
• Completes patient registration process as needed.
• Assembles and maintains order of the outpatient record.
• Prepares chart documents to be picked up by medical records and scanned into chart and or scan documents into HPF to get into electronic medical record.
• Triage/Prioritize calls and distributes to RNs in the clinic when necessary.
• Demonstrates knowledge of registration as it relates to electronic medical record.
• Works assigned patient and account work ques as assigned to department.
• Schedules patients using Cadence Snap Board Scheduling.
• Accurately enters orders through electronic medical records.
• Performs clinical procedures within scope of practice.
• Performs the following tasks as assigned: Vital Signs.
• Glucometry.
• Phlebotomy – both lab draws and therapeutic phlebotomy.
• Prepare charts for next day's patients.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS

• Sit up to 7 hours per day; 1 hour at a time.
• Stand for up to 10 hours per day; 8 hours at a time.
• Walk 6 hours per day; 10 minutes at a time.
• Consistently lift, carry and push objects up to 10 lbs. occasionally lift, carry and push objects up to 75 lbs.
• Transport patients weighing up to 250 lbs. via wheelchair, bed and/or stretcher.
• Frequently stoop and bend.
• Frequently reach above shoulder level.
• Must be able to perceive attributes of an object through touch.
• Must be able to hear as it relates to normal conversation, and high and low frequencies.
• Must be able to see as it relates to general, near, far, color and peripheral vision.

EDUCATION

• High School graduate or GED preferred.
• Health care specialty training preferred.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Evidence of successful completion of BLS or completion within 6 months of hire.
• Attend St. Luke’s Health Network Associate Patient Care Course or evidence of previous training determined through competency testing.

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. St. Luke’s is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke’s has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award. In 2025, St. Luke’s was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024. Lastly, St. Luke’s was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row.