Surgery Coordinator - Orthopedics; Lehighton/Palmerton

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Lehighton (Carbon County); On-site; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network is seeking a Scheduling Coordinator to coordinate and schedule services across outpatient practices and hospital departments, including surgical or hospital-based procedures.

The role focuses on completing registrations, gathering insurance information, arranging pre-operative tests, coordinating operating room time, and ensuring smooth, timely patient care while maintaining clear communication with patients and staff.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required.
• College education or trade school preferred.
• Two years of related experience preferred.
• Comfortable using email and interacting with computer applications.
• Knowledge of practice management and word processing software.
• Ability to perform multiple and diverse tasks simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and cheerful attitude.
• Able to enter data into the computer system accurately.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates and schedules various appointments for patients.
• Coordinates and completes accurate basic registration, demographic, and insurance information to ensure timely and accurate payments for services while scheduling appointments as well as collecting all pertinent information needed and required to complete referral or pre-certification process.
• Determines patients’ financial needs and assists when necessary.
• Communicates with other departments on the coordination of services.
• Maintains flow of communication by providing information and direction to patients, and if necessary, identifies other staff members for a patient to speak with to resolve questions and concerns.
• Schedules all appropriate pre-operative tests and blood work.
• Discusses pre-operative instructions with the patient, as directed by physicians.
• Schedules and coordinates operating room time, according to physician scheduling protocols.
• Coordinates all business and clinical paperwork prior to surgery, using physician-approved forms and checklists; has paperwork ready for surgeon prior to the day of surgery.
• Continuously reviews surgical schedules to ensure optimization of block time and maximization of efficiency is achieved

Skills

Written and verbal communication

Email and computer applications

Data entry accuracy

Multitasking

Education

High school diploma

College education or trade school preferred

Tools

Practice management software

Word processing software

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 Scheduling Coordinator SLPG is responsible for coordinating and scheduling services among St. Luke's Physician Group outpatient practices and various hospital departments, including surgical or hospital-based procedures.

The Scheduling Coordinator completes all appointment scheduling, coordination of services, and facilitating all necessary paperwork, documentation, and communication to proceed with appointments and procedures.

They review surgical or procedural schedules in advance to ensure efficiency and optimization of the physician/surgeon’s schedules.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinates and schedules various appointments for patients
• Coordinates and completes accurate basic registration, demographic, and insurance information to ensure timely and accurate payments for services while scheduling appointments as well as collecting all pertinent information needed and required to complete referral or pre-certification process
• Determines patients’ financial needs and assists when necessary.
• Communicates with other departments on the coordination of services
• Maintains flow of communication by providing information and direction to patients, and if necessary, identifies other staff members for a patient to speak with to resolve questions and concerns.
• Schedules all appropriate pre-operative tests and blood work.
• Discusses pre-operative instructions with the patient, as directed by physicians.
• Schedules and coordinates operating room time, according to physician scheduling protocols
• Coordinates all business and clinical paperwork prior to surgery, using physician-approved forms and checklists; has paperwork ready for surgeon prior to the day of surgery.
• Continuously reviews surgical schedules to ensure optimization of block time and maximization of efficiency is achieved

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS

• Sit up to 7 hours per day; 4 hours at a time.
• Walk 1 hour per day; 20 minutes at a time.
• Consistently required to use manual dexterity for fingering and handling.
• Frequently lifts objects up to 10 pounds.
• Frequently reaches 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, high and low frequencies.
• Must be able to see as it relates to general, near, far, color and peripheral vision.

EDUCATION

High school diploma required.

College education or trade school preferred.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Two years of related experience preferred.
• Comfortable using email and interacting with computer applications.
• Knowledge of practice management and word processing software.
• Ability to perform multiple and diverse tasks simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and cheerful attitude.
• Able to enter data into the computer system accurately.

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.