Health Unit Coordinator
Program Quick Facts
Join the Ever-Growing Health Care Field with this Short-Term Certification Program
This 50 hour/7 week program is designed to prepare a student to perform the tasks and responsibilities of a Health Unit Coordinator in support of medical staff, nursing personnel, hospital departments, and to assist patients and visitors. This program includes interactive lecture, labs and exercises designed to review medical terminology, methods of effective communication and progressive management techniques. Throughout this program students will perform multiple exercises in the complexities of transcribing physician’s orders; patient chart documentation; HIPAA regulations; dietary orders; vital signs documentation; ordering of diagnostic and therapeutic testing; all in an effort to prepare a student to function as a vital member of the healthcare team. Upon successful completion of this Health Unit Coordinator Program, students will be eligible to sit for the National Association of Health Unit Coordinators (NAHUC) national certification exam.
90% in-class attendance is required.
* Please note: This program is not eligible for Pell Grant or Stafford Loans (FAFSA). Please click here to view other types of assistance.
Download the admission packet here!
Enrollment Requirements:
- BCI and FBI background check*
- WorkKeys® testing* (must achieve a level 4 or higher)
- Copy of high school diploma or HSE
*May be additional cost
Ready to Enroll?
- Watch the information session video
- Fill out the Health Professions Academy Interest Form
- Print admission packet to the left and complete requirements listed for your program
- Submit completed program requirements to Scarlet Oaks
- Register for class with full payment or funding
Questions?
- Call hotline 513-771-8881.
- Contact Vernocia Johnson, Supervisor, 513.612.7019, johnsonv@greatoaks.com or Colleen Baldwin, Secretary, 513.612.5789, baldwinc@greatoaks.com
The Health Unit Coordinator program is offered at Great Oaks by Condensed Curriculum International (CCI). Since 1993, CCI has supported schools in communities nationwide with educational programs focused on healthcare and other in-demand disciplines.