Successful healthcare professionals throughout the Cincinnati area made their start at Great Oaks Career Campuses. If you’re interested in career training for a critical role in health care, you might be interested in the short-term Health Unit Coordinator certification program. This vital role supports patients and medical staff through progressive management and communication techniques. Getting certified puts you at an enormous advantage in the workforce—so if you’re determined to jump-start your career, this accelerated training program will take you there.

Thorough Career Training

The 50-hour Health Unit Coordinator program is taught on the Diamond Oaks Career Campus, and tuition includes the cost of textbooks. In this intensive trade school course, you will learn the roles and responsibilities of being a health unit coordinator through lab work and interactive lectures. You’ll learn HIPAA regulations, patient vital signs, chart documentation, diagnostic and therapeutic testing, transcription of physician’s orders, and other important skills. Health unit coordinators are frequently employed at hospitals, insurance companies, government organizations, and nursing homes, so your skills will be useful almost everywhere you go.

Getting NAHUC-Certified

Following completion of the Health Unit Coordinator program, you will be prepared to sit the National Association of Health Unit Coordinators (NAHUC) national certification exam. Passing this exam will significantly boost your job opportunities, as it will show employers you have the skills and knowledge to hit the ground running. All that is required to sit the exam is a high school diploma or GED, plus your specialized career training from Great Oaks Career Campuses.

If you’re serious about starting your new career in the health care sector, you can learn more about enrolling in the medical assistant certification program by calling Great Oaks Career Campuses at (513) 771-8881. You are also strongly encouraged to attend a career training information session—view upcoming sessions online.