A peristaltic pump has an arcuate raceway (32, 130) with a partially concave inner surface (36, 136) extending through an arc of at least one hundred eighty degrees (180). The arc defines a midpoint (38/138), and a rotor (34/134) faces the inner surface of the raceway (32, 130) and is both rotatable relative to the raceway (32, 130) and translationally movable relative to the raceway (32, 130) between a pump position, wherein the rotor (34/134) is spaced from the midpoint (38/138) a first distance, and a tube load position, wherein the rotor (34/134) is spaced from the midpoint (38/138) a second distance greater than the first distance. A rotor motor (58) is coupled to the rotor (34/134) to rotate the rotor and rollers (46, 48) are arranged on the rotor to contact tubing disposed between the rotor (34/134) and the raceway (32, 130) when the rotor (34, 134) is in the pump position. A manual positioning mechanism (70) or a loading motor (140) can move the rotor (34 or 134) toward and away from the raceway (32, 130).
