Health Unit Coordinator Program

Health Unit Coordinator

Program Number: 30-510-3

• Less-than-one-year program
• Allied Health Program Cluster
• Center for Health and Safety Education
• Program offered at the following campuses:
  • Truax, Madison
• For information call: (608) 246-6065

About the Program

View the Health Unit Coordinator Webcast

Learning modules included in the course:

• Introduction to Health Care
• The Role of the Health Unit Coordinator
• Communication and Interpersonal Relations
• Unit Manager
• The Client Chart
• Health and Safety Standards
• Transcription Process
• Transcription of Medication Orders
• Admission and Discharge Procedures
• Pre and Post Operative Orders
• Transfer Procedures
• Professionalism

Admissions Requirements for All Applications Submitted for the Current Academic Year

1. Basic computer skills;
2. Concurrent enrollment or completion of any of the following Body Structure classes: 31-543-335, 10-501-153, 30-537-337; and
3. Concurrent enrollment of completion of any of the following Medical Terminology courses: 10-509-180, 10-501-101. Advanced standing may be possible.

Applicants will be required to complete a health history form including a tuberculosis skin test and/or chest x-ray, if indicated, and a blood specimen to determine immunity from measles and mumps. Evidence of current immunization for diphtheria and tetanus is also required.

All students must have a Caregiver Background Check (CBC) and a Caregiver License Check completed in order to participate in the clinical portion of this course. Refer to Caregiver Background Check (CBC) on the MATC Website for Health, Human and Protective Services Policy.

Career Potential

• Health Unit Coordinator
• Unit Clerk

Health Unit Coordinators work in hospitals, nursing homes and clinics.