VGCC offers Health Unit Secretary job training course

Vance-Granville Community College will soon begin a certificate program that provides students with the skills and knowledge to succeed as a Health Unit Secretary.

The course is scheduled to be held Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., June 1 through July 23, in room 7335 on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County. There will be no classes during the week of June 29 through July 3.

This 168-hour course is designed to introduce a variety of clerical and managerial duties within a hospital setting. Emphasis is placed on clerical, computer, and receptionist duties for nursing units, maintenance of consistent patient medical records and inter/intradepartmental communication.  Topics to be covered include keyboarding and basic computer skills; medical office administrative procedures; medical terminology; medical law and ethics; and hospital procedures.

Upon completion, students should be able to perform patient and unit support services in a patient care environment. Graduates will be eligible to apply for entry-level administration positions in hospitals, health-care facilities like nursing homes and retirement communities, as well as doctors’ offices and clinics.

The instructors are Tammy Ball and Candy Parker, both of whom teach for the college’s Office Administration curriculum program.

Students taking this course who are 18 years or older must have a high school diploma or its equivalent. Students who are 16-17 years old may take the course if they have an authorization form signed by their parents/guardians and high school officials.

The cost of the course is $187.

Prospective students can now register and pay for this course online ( www.vgcc.edu/oex ).   Individuals also have the option to register and pay for classes at Main Campus, Building 7, Room 7120, Tuesday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

For more information, contact VGCC Occupational Extension at oex@vgcc.edu or (252) 738-3300.