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Health Assistant

The GJCTC Health Assistant course offers students the opportunity to develop medical assisting skills using high-tech equipment found in today’s health care facilities. Experience live clinical instruction at a long-term care facility, and practice medical assistant skills in a high tech SIM lab.

Hands-On Training

  • Safety
  • Communication
  • Emergency care
  • Nutrition and hydration
  • Human body and diseases
  • Professionalism
  • Infection control
  • Human needs and development
  • Moving, lifting, and positioning
  • Medical terminology

Certifications

  • National Safety Council Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogens
  • American Heart Association Healthcare Provider CPR
  • American Heart Association First Aid
  • Certified Nurse Aide Licensure
  • National Safety Compliance: Safety Orientation for Health Care
  • National Safety Compliance: Bloodborne Pathogens
  • National Safety Compliance: HIPPA Training
  • HIPPA Training
  • Heart Saver First Aid
  • BLS Provider CPR
  • BLS Provider AED
  • OSHA 10-Hour Healthcare

Students will be able to take their Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) license exam in their senior year of high school, once they have completed the 150-hour course within the program.

PA SOAR Program

To qualify for free SOAR credits offered at participating colleges:

  1. Students must be enrolled in an approved Program of Study (POS) in the PDE SOAR program.
  2. Students must prepare for both college and a career by taking college prep academics, for example: College Prep English or Algebra II by their junior year of high school.
  3. Students must achieve a 2.5 GPA in the CTE program.
  4. Students must score competent or advanced on the end-of-CTE-program test, called the NOCTI, which is taken during the spring semester of their senior year of high school.
  5. Students must complete the SOAR statewide articulation competency list for their Program of Study.

For more information about this program, visit CollegeTransfer.Net.

The Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs or activities. Career and Technical education program offerings include: Secondary programs - Automotive Repair Technology, Collision Repair & Refinishing, Construction Technology, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, Diesel Mechanics, Early Childhood Education, Graphic & Digital Media Design, Health Assistant, Laboratory Technology, Machine Tool Technology, and Welding. Adult Education programs – Advanced Manufacturing and Programming Education, Auto Inspection, Commercial Driver Training, Cosmetology, Electrical Technology, HVAC, Mobile Equipment Operations, Nurse Aide, Practical Nursing, and Welding. Inquiries may be directed to: Title IX Coordinator at 445 Schoolhouse Road, Johnstown, PA 15904 or at (814)266-6073 ext. 121 or trummel@gjctc.org. The Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center affirms that all employment practices will be done in adherence to Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. We further affirm that all curriculum offerings and student enrollment practices will be handled without discrimination based on sex, age, race, color, religion, national origin, or non-job related handicaps or disabilities. Inquiries should be directed to: The Title IX Coordinator at the Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center, 445 Schoolhouse Road, Johnstown, PA 15904-2998. (814) 266-6073, ext. 121 or trummel@gjctc.org.