Health Unit Coordinator

Graduates of this certificate will have acquired the knowledge, skills and ability needed to:

1. Use Patient Information Management systems to process physicians' orders;
2. Apply information literacy skills such as problem solving, critical thinking and decision making in practice;
3. Liaise and collaborate with health care professionals when processing physicians' orders and managing admissions, transfers and discharges;
4. Practice professional communication as a member of a healthcare team with an attention to patient safety;
5. Identify and process diet, laboratory, diagnostic, medication, intravascular therapy and treatment orders;
6. Use effective oral, writing, listening and electronic communication skills;
7. Take initiative and responsibility to coordinate patient and unit activities;
8. Use organizational, time and stress management skills;
9. Apply Quality Improvement concepts in a healthcare environment;
10. Act safely, ethically and responsibly as a professional in a healthcare environment.

Program-specific

General

• This program is available to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. See program options for international students at VCC International.
• Applicants must be 16 years of age or older or a graduate of a secondary school. (Some exceptions may apply.)
• Applicants must submit official transcripts and educational documents as required by their course or program.

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