Health Care Assistant & Phlebotomy

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http://www.northwestms.edu/programs/healthsciences/health-care-assistant

The Health Care Assistant (HCA) Program prepares the individual to assist in providing health care as a member of the health care team under the direction of a health care professional. Students who complete the program will be eligible to sit for the State Licensure Exam as well as certification in phlebotomy.

Graduates of the one semester program will be awarded the Career Certificate of Health Care Assistant. Students who complete the program may qualify for employment as Homemakers, Nurse Assistants, Long-Term Care Aides, Home Health Aides or Phlebotomists in the Mississippi health care industry. Admission to the program is on a competitive basis.

Special admissions requirements:

1. Be 18 years of age or older with a high school diploma or HSE.
2. Complete the online Health Care Assistant program application.
3. Be physically and emotionally able to meet the requirements of the program as determined by a qualified physician.
4. Successfully pass a background check and drug screening.
5. Applicant must have a completed HCA clinical packet and on file by the designated deadline date.  

Persons interested in the Health Care Assistant program should complete an online application and select their campus choice. For further information regarding the health care assistant program, visit https://www.northwestms.edu/programs/healthsciences/health-care-assistant or email Marla Kennedy at mkennedy@northwestms.edu,

Applications are open throughout the year.

Directors: Weeks, (Senatobia)

• Offered at Senatobia campus, DeSoto Center (Southaven) & Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center (Oxford)

Career Certificate

Health Care Assistant/Phlebotomy Faculty

Senatobia

Carly Weeks, Director
662.560.1111
cweeks@northwestms.edu

Oxford

Stacy Shoaf
662.238.7909
sshoaf@northwestms.edu

Programs

• Health Care Assistant Certificate

Courses

• HCA 1116 - Basic Health Care Assisting
• HCA 1125 - Special Care Procedures
• HCA 1133 - Phlebotomy
• HCA 1214 - Body Structure And Function

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