Wyoming County Career & Technical Center

Pineville, WV      (304) 732—8050

Health Services

Instructor:  Lynda Evans and Ruth Brooks

Sample Careers in Health Services Assistant:

Phlebotomist, Electrocardiograph Technician, Certified Nursing Assistant, Home Health Assistant, Cardiac Monitor Technician, Long Term Care Assistant, Clinical Data Specialist, Data Coordinator, Health Unit Clerk.

Health Services Assistant

Health Services Assistant is designed to provide an opportunity to acquire a basic knowledge or health care. Students may choose to attend the concepts, fundamentals, and terminology courses as a foundation for the professional pathway, or they opt for the clinical experiences in additional to the other courses to prepare them for the skilled and entry level careers paths. Students may now choose to attend the entire course of study or enroll for the new EKG and Phlebotomy courses only. Health Services Assistant has expanded from a one-year course of study to a two-year course of study. This will allow students to take advantage of the new offerings while providing them with more opportunities to fulfill their career choices. Students interested in this course of study must show proof of Immunization including Hepatitis B vaccine. Those completing the long term care component and successful completion of CPR, may be recommended to take the state nursing assistant examination. This course constitutes 1080 hours completion.