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Program/Project Coordinator - Surgical Services (Full-Time, 8-Hour Day Shifts/Hybrid)

Stanford Health Care

Palo Alto, CA · HybridFull-time$45.08–58.61/hrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$45.08–58.61/hr
Location
Palo Alto, CAHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Program/Project Coordinator plans and supports specialized programs and projects, providing administrative and technical assistance to managerial staff. The role coordinates program logistics, monitors budgets, prepares reports, and evaluates program effectiveness. It also supports hospital regulatory and compliance tools, maintains records, and liaises with internal departments and external organizations, including the Joint Commission and California Department of Public Health.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Program AdministrationMicrosoft Office SuiteOffice EquipmentEnglish GrammarProject ManagementPlanningOrganizationPolicy ApplicationPrioritizationDecision-MakingJudgmentReport WritingPresentationOral CommunicationWritten CommunicationRelationship BuildingLiaison

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED4 Years Administrative Support Experience

Full job description

Hybrid

500P Hospital - J/K/L/M Patient - PALO ALTO

Full time

R2659880

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

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A Brief Overview

Plans, coordinates, and participates in the performance of varied and responsible work in the administration, project administration and operation of specialized programs or projects. Provides varied and complex project administrative support and technical assistance to managerial staff (with a focus on assigned projects, programs and operations). These activities include budget preparation, reconciliation and monitoring; report preparation and conducting preliminary analyses and liaison with other project coordinators for coordinating and facilitating the smooth operation of projects.

Locations

Stanford Health Care

What you will do

  • Plans, coordinates, and participates in the implementation of activities including, but not limited to: seminars, conferences, workshops, fairs and other related programs. Develops and coordinates new ideas and concepts for program themes. Coordinate all program logistics, materials and resources.

  • Provides administrative assistance to management staff within assigned areas to support the accomplishment of program objectives.

  • May provide work-lead direction and/or train others.

  • Plans, coordinates, and administers activities of assigned programs to include developing, implementing, and supervising related procedures, processes, services and systems. Train employees in proper methods and procedures and ensure correctness of work.

  • Advises manager as to the status of current activities and additional or expanded program requirements. Makes recommendations for solutions to problems identified.

  • Monitors and evaluates program effectiveness, investigate trends, and recommend and implement modifications to supervisor/manager to improve program effectiveness.

  • Coordinates and/or participates in a variety of public or agency facing activities including the preparation and planned release of documents, reports and related materials and responds to inquiries. Manages access to hospital regulatory and compliance software, manages the implementation of the hospital’s policy management tools and committees.

  • Maintains liaison with other programs, offices, and departments across SHC to coordinate program business and to accomplish program objectives. Interfaces with external organizations, such as Joint Commission and California Department of Public Health (CDPH), as appropriate to ensure cooperative efforts are enhanced and available resources are utilized.

  • Assists in the preparation of budgets. Monitors, verifies, and reconciles expenditure of budgeted funds as appropriate.

  • Prepares reports and conducts preliminary analyses setting forth progress and adverse trends. Provides input into appropriate program recommendations or conclusions.

  • Maintains files and records pertaining to various clinical locations and the hospital such as licenses to conduct business, city, county and state permits, and may prepare reports to requesting agencies.

  • Performs other related and incidental duties as assigned or needed.

Education Qualifications

  • A high school diploma OR GED equivalent.

Experience Qualifications

  • Four (4) years of increasingly responsible administrative support experience (with a focus on supporting projects, budget preparation, monitoring and reconciliation and report preparation).

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Knowledge of general practices, program, and/or administrative specialty.

  • Knowledge of and proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite applications and standard office equipment.

  • Knowledge of English grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

  • Familiarity and understanding of project management principles and practices.

  • Ability to take initiative and independently plan, organize, coordinate, and perform work in various situations where numerous and diverse demands are involved.

  • Ability to learn, interpret, and apply a wide variety of policies and procedures relating to and impacting the applicable program, organizational unit, and/or administrative specialty.

  • Ability to organize and plan work and projects including handling multiple priorities.

  • Ability to make independent decisions and exercise sound judgment.

  • Ability to compile, write, and present reports related to program or administrative specialty.

  • Ability to communicate effectively, using C-I-CARE, both orally and in writing.

  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within and outside the work group and serve as a liaison for the organizational unit.

Licenses and Certifications

  • None

These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.

You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective:

  • Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care

  • Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health

  • Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $45.08 - $58.61 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.

At Stanford Health Care, we seek to provide patients with the very best in diagnosis and treatment, with outstanding quality, compassion and coordination. With an unmatched track record of scientific discovery, technological innovation and translational medicine, Stanford Medicine physicians are pioneering leading edge therapies today that will change the way health care is delivered tomorrow.

As part of our spirit of discovery, we also leverage our deep relationships with luminary Silicon Valley companies to develop new ways to deliver preeminent patient care.

Learn about our awards (https://stanfordhealthcare.org/about-us/awards.html) and significant events (https://stanfordhealthcare.org/about-us/our-history.html) .

How this job compares

Set against the 1,267 open Program Coordinator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$45.08–58.61/hr
  • California median$28–30/hr44 hourly ranges
  • US median$23–27/hr341 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $51.85/hr, is 73% above the California median midpoint ($30/hr) — in the top quarter of Program Coordinator hourly ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 92 open Program Coordinator jobs in California and 1,267 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience — more than three in four Program Coordinator postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 792 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 473 of the 1,267 open Program Coordinator jobs (37%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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