Nursing Unit Clerk

8-Month Online Certificate Online

Delivered with the following methods: Online

Applications

Applications can be submitted, via online or mail, to Distance Admissions at the Castlegar campus. You will receive a letter advising receipt of your application. This letter will contain your student number and instructions on how to complete your application file for acceptance into the program.

Pre-Requisite Medical Terminology Courses

If you have already completed medical terminology courses, send your transcripts and a course outline to Admissions with your application. The college must have those to determine course comparability. 

If you still need to complete the pre-requisite medical terminology courses, please email Distance Admissions to register for these courses.  Admissions must have a completed application and payment of application fee before they can register you for any courses.  Admissions can provide you with information about the medical terminology courses such as the next available start dates, fees, course time frames, etc.  We recommend you register for these courses as soon as possible after submission of your application, as they are popular and there is limited enrollment.

Completing your Application File

Once Distance Admissions has received proof of completion of the medical terminology courses and all other supporting documentation for the program pre-requisites as listed below, your file will be considered complete. Admissions will send you an acceptance letter one your application file is complete.  This letter will contain the next available NUC program start date and instructions on how to get started in the program. You can click here to get your Information Package.

Admission Requirements

Fully qualified applicants are accepted in the order in which their applications are received and completed, therefore, it is important that the application form and supporting documentation are submitted as early as possible. For an application to be considered complete, Admissions must be provided with a completed application form and documentation of the following:

• Grade 12 or equivalent, or mature student status.
• Criminal Records Search - available from local RCMP detachment.
• Medical Terminology - MTAT 140* and MTAT 141* with a grade of 80% or better, or equivalent (transcripts required).
• Typing/Keyboarding - Test result showing 50 nwpm (supervised, 5 minute timed).
• Up-to-date immunizations - Immunization Form will be mailed from Admissions upon receipt of application.
• Computer skills - verified through transcripts, certificates, employer letter, resume.

*These Medical Terminology courses are available online through Selkirk College.  Contact Distance Admissions for more information.

Work Practicum

This is a placment in an acute care hospital where students work under the supervision of experienced Unit Clerks.  Placement requests are sent to a hospital of the student's choice in their local area.  Prospective hospitals are contacted by the College only; students are not to solicit placements.  Every attempt is made to find a placement in the student's local area, but in some cases the student may be required to travel to another area. Students are eligible for a work practicum after they have successfully completed all other mandatory courses. Students must receive credit for practicum before certification is granted.  Students currently employed as Unit Clerks may apply for prior learning assessment for the work practicum.  Students seeking placements within IHA and FHA are advised to attend an on-campus computer training session prior to practicum.