The Health Care Assistant 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.
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, or Home Health Aides in the Mississippi health care industry. Admission to the program is on a competitive basis.
Special admissions requirements:
- Be 18 years of age or older with a high school diploma or HSE.
- Complete a Health Care Assistant program application.
- Be physically and emotionally able to meet the requirements of the program as determined by a qualified physician.
- Successfully pass a background check and drug screening.
- Applicant must have a HCA clinical packet complete and on file with the HCA program of choice.
Persons interested in the Health Care Assistant program at DeSoto Center should contact:
Sarita Kramer, HCA Instructor
Northwest Mississippi Community College
DeSoto Center
5197 W.E. Ross Parkway
Southaven, MS 38671
Persons interested in the Health Care Assistant program at Oxford should contact:
Carly Weeks, HCA Instructor
Northwest Mississippi Community College
Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center
1310 Belk Drive
Oxford, MS 38655
Persons interested in the Health Care Assistant program at Senatobia should contact:
Brooke Slocum, RN, BSN
Northwest Mississippi Community College
4975 Highway 51 North
Drawer 7030
Senatobia, MS 38668
The Senatobia campus will accept applications for the fall, spring and summer semesters.
