Program Coordinator - School of Phlebotomy

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Quakertown (Bucks County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network is seeking a Program Coordinator for the School of Phlebotomy to lead the program's planning, implementation and evaluation.

The role requires collaboration with faculty and the Director, managing curriculum, externships and student registration while maintaining program standards. The ideal candidate has a BA/BS or MLT equivalent, 2+ years of education administration and solid IT skills, including a learning management system such as CANVAS or Blackboard.

Qualifications

• BA/BS or MLT degree required.
• Minimum 3 years Phlebotomy experience preferred.
• Experience with learning management systems (e.g., CANVAS, Blackboard).
• Strong computer skills with office software.
• Experience in educational administration preferred.

Responsibilities

• Direct the planning, coordination, implementation and evaluation of the phlebotomy program.
• Maintain program standards and outcomes; organize assignments and reports.
• Coordinate curriculum and student registration processes; collaborate with faculty and Director.
• Recruit and orient new students to the School of Phlebotomy.
• Coordinate externships and clinical practice placements within St. Luke's Health Network.
• Represent the School of Phlebotomy to internal and external communities.

Skills

Administrative leadership

Computer skills

Teaching experience

Communication skills

Education

BA/BS degree or MLT equivalent

Phlebotomy certification preferred

Tools

CANVAS

Blackboard

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.

The Program Coordinator, School of Phlebotomy directs the planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating of the phlebotomy program on a daily basis. Maintains program standards & activities to ensure expected outcomes. Organizes program assignments, analysis of outcomes, and academic reports as assigned.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create a positive atmosphere in the campus & clinical laboratory and the phlebotomy program that fosters student learning and development.
• Serves as a professional role model for students & staff.
• Implements the philosophy, mission, vision, and values as well as executes the design, implementation, and evaluation processes of the phlebotomy program in collaboration with the faculty and the Director.
• Implements the “Systematic Plan for Evaluation & Assessment of Outcomes” in collaboration with the faculty and Director.
• Responsible for the daily operations of the school of phlebotomy program to include space requirement scheduling, etc.
• Responsible for designing, coordinating, implementing and ongoing management of the program application and student registration processes.
• Support preparation, implementation & management of the phlebotomy program, conceptual framework, and instructional plan as needed.
• Promotes academic policy supportive to students and faculty; escalation focal as defined in school of phlebotomy handbook; manages student disciplinary actions and escalates to Director as needed.
• Recruits for, and orients, new students to School of phlebotomy Student support focal (non-classroom/clinicals related) for full lifecycle of student (pre-program paperwork requirements through badging/system access, program start, & through completion).
• Coordinates, in collaboration with Instructor (and Director as needed) all aspects of curriculum, including placement of students for classroom and clinical practice within the St Luke’s Health Network, to meet program requirements.
• Ensure engagement of/communication to Outpatient Lab Regional Managers related to clinical externship assignments, changes, schedules, etc.
• Collaborates with Student Services for maximum effectiveness of student programs.
• Represents the School of Phlebotomy in a positive manner to the internal and external community.
• Participates in activities promoting the phlebotomy program and school.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS

• Continuously maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, or running.
• Continuously ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like using feet/legs and/or hands/arms.
• Rarely moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Rarely bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine.
• Continuously picking, pinching, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm as in gross manipulation.
• Continuously use of one or both feet or legs to move controls on machinery or equipment.
• Rarely seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with hand(s).
• Continuously entering text or data into a computer or other machine by means of a keyboard.
• Frequently bending legs at knees to come to rest on knee(s).
• Occasionally extending hand and arms in any direction.
• Frequently remain in a seated position.
• Frequently standing is to remain on one's feet in an upright position.
• Continuously bending or turning, generally to a side.
• Continuously walking is to move about on foot.

EDUCATION

• BA/BS degree or MLT equivalent required.
• Graduate of an accredited allied healthcare program or an allied healthcare course of study or hold professional certification in Phlebotomy from a nationally recognized certification organization preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of Phlebotomy experience preferred.

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 2 years experience in administrative/management experience directing program initiatives/activities enabling expected program outcomes/deliverables required.
• Minimum of 2 years educational administrative/management experience preferred.
• Demonstrated competence and effectiveness as a professional phlebotist in full time environment preferred.
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office & Windows applications required.
• Strong experience with developing & providing verbal and written communications for recipients of varying education levels (students, families, SLUHN management levels, external agencies, etc) required.
• Evidence of at least two years teaching experience in a healthcare-related field in past 5 years preferred.
• Experience with a learning management system such as CANVAS, Blackboard, etc. preferred.
• Maintenance of certified phlebotomy competency preferred.

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, in 2025, St. Luke’s was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row.

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