Health Professions

 

This is the newest program within the Health Sciences, Education, & Wellness Institute and was created to offer new courses and certificates necessary to help meet the growing needs of the health care industry. The focus of this department is to offer entry – level and intermediate – level healthcare that as a career option or to provide stepping stones to that may lead into other healthcare professions. Our goal is to provide quality programs that give our students the skills and knowledge to provide quality care for diverse patient populations.

 

 

Clinical Lab Assistant:

Clinical lab assistants perform the basic functions of laboratory work under the supervision of other lab professionals. Tasks include processing specimens, simple testing, reporting results, and performing data entry in the lab setting. Work settings include doctor’s offices, hospitals, research facilities, industrial laboratories, etc...

 

 

Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist

Electroneurodiagnostic (END) Technologists are trained professionals that specialize in studying and recording the electrical activity of the brain and nervous system. They use electroencephalograph (EEG) machines, evoked potential (EP), polysomnography (PSG), and other high-tech equipment to record these measurements taken from the central nervous systems. END technologists often work in collaboration with other health professionals, such as the Electroencephalographer. They perform tasks such as obtaining and reviewing medical histories, attaching electrodes to a patient's scalp and body, observing and documenting a patient's clinical condition, and communicating with friends, family, and other health care personnel. They may also be called upon to assist the neurologists by producing graphs that can help in detecting and diagnosing diseases such as epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease. END technologists must also be prepared to manage any emergency situation that may arise in the laboratory. etc....

 

 

Health Unit Coordinator

Health Unit Coordinator is an entry level health profession which includes setting up charts for patients to be admitted into the hospital, performing data entry encluding ordering lab tests, x-rays, transcribing physician orders and communicating them to nursing staff and other hospital departments, using computerized order entry systems, setting up and maintaining patient records, managing communications of the unit (both in person, electronically, and by phone); keeping the unit in compliance with facility policy and confidentiality regulations.

 

 

Medical Office Reception

A person in the position of medical office reception is often the first person that a client or patient talks to when they enter a medical office, a clinic, a hospital, or other health care facility. Common tasks include greeting the patient, taking information, referring patient questions to appropriate sources of information, scheduling visits, answering the phone, and other duties as assigned by the employer.

 

 

Nursing Assistant:

 

 

Phlebotomy:

A phlebotomy technician’s primary responsibility is drawing blood and conducting other specimen collections. A phlebotomist must recognize any conditions that might alter collections, have a high regard for patient safety, and communicate with both the laboratory and the patients to provide the best care possible. They must also understand lab test requirements and maintaining specimen quality. Work settings include doctor’s offices, hospitals, research facilities, industrial laboratories, etc…