Looking to start your medical career in a hospital, clinic or extended care facility? Health Unit Coordinators (HUC) work at the nursing station in health care facilities and are at the center of communications on the nursing unit. This course provides instruction that enables performance as an entry level HUC in a hospital, extended care facility; or as other positions such as Patient Services, Assistants, Surgery Schedulers, Registration Interviewers, or Patient Care Coordinators.
Cost: $1,184 – tuition & book
Participant Requirements:
- Apply for and receive the State of Minnesota Background Study and the National Background Study
- Current physical exam signed by physician
- Current & complete immunization records signed by provider (including Mantoux)
- Proficient computer and keyboarding skills
- This is a college-level course requiring 10th grade reading and writing skills
- Apply for and be approved by the State of Minnesota Background Study and the National Background Study. More Information: http://blogs.lsc.edu/alliedhealthnursing/
Statement regarding Background Study approval or disapproval: If a student is disqualified from having direct patient contact as a result of any background study/check, and this disqualification is not set aside or expunged, he/she will not be permitted to participate in direct patient care in their program of study resulting in failure to progress in their program of study. It is the student’s responsibility to pursue the set-aside and/or expungement of any background study/check disqualification NOT the program director, Lake Superior College and/or clinical partners. Any costs incurred will be the responsibility of the student.
Pre-Classroom Packets
Please click on the following link below for important information.
HUC Required Forms
HUC Calendar Spring 2018
Apply for Minnesota NetStudy
Apply for National Background Study
For registration questions please call 218-733-5924 or email continuingeducation@lsc.edu
