Health Unit Coordinator Vancouver Community College (VCC)

Program Description

Learn to process physicians' orders and coordinate patient activities in hospitals as well as long-term and specialized care facilities. Graduates of this certificate will have acquired the knowledge, skills and ability needed to: Use Patient Information Management systems to process physicians' orders; Apply information literacy skills such as problem solving, critical thinking and decision making in practice; Liaise and collaborate with health care professionals when processing physicians' orders and managing admissions, transfers and discharges; Practice professional communication as a member of a healthcare team with an attention to patient safety; Identify and process diet, laboratory, diagnostic, medication, intravascular therapy and treatment orders; Use effective oral, writing, listening and electronic communication skills; Take initiative and responsibility to coordinate patient and unit activities; Use organizational, time and stress management skills; Apply Quality Improvement concepts in a healthcare environment; Act safely, ethically and responsibly as a professional in a healthcare environment.

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