• Must be 16 years or older. 
• State Issued ID card from any State, Passport, Green card or Driver’s License
• Social Security Card
• High school diploma or unofficial high school transcript, GED, College Diploma or unofficial College transcript is required.
• High School diploma/GED/ College Transcript requirement can be WAIVED if you can display an 8th grade level reading and writing capability. 
• International high schools and colleges accepted
• We offer a payment plan at no cost to all students. Installments are paid in 2 or 3 installments before completion of the program. 
• No Immunizations are required
• A TB test and Immunizations are NOT required 
• Uniforms/Scrubs  are also not required at this time. Please dress casually and  comfortably for school.

•  Doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals rely on patient care technicians to assist with the critical day-to-day care some patients require. 
• PCT's provide hands-on assistance to serve patients' basic needs, which greatly impacts the lives of their patients and their patients' families. As a patient care tech, you may be able to perform some or all of the following tasks:
• Provide basic patient care — bathing, feeding, catheter care, etc. 
• Acquire, distribute and administer patient care supplies
• Perform safety checks and ensure cleanliness in patient rooms
• Accommodate any additional patient needs
• Obtain EKG readings and monitor vital signs
• Perform phlebotomy procedures
• Provide emotional support to patients and families,
  particularly coping with grief and death
• PCT's make a difference every day

• Checking patients in and out upon arrival and departure
• Answering phone calls and questions
• Assisting providers with exams and procedures
• Administering injections or medications
• Working in the electronic health record (EHR)
• Performing EKG, phlebotomy, and laboratory procedures
• Taking patient vital signs

•  Do you have passion for healthcare? Are you looking to work in an exciting and rewarding career?  Becoming a CCMA gives you the ability to grow personally and professionally in the healthcare field.
• If you’re wondering what that could look like, here are a few benefits of becoming a PCT; Job demand and stability, shift and time flexibility, emotionally rewarding, course affordability, enriching work environments, opportunities to specialize, travel opportunities, an ever-growing job market, continuing education and expansion into other healthcare careers.
• PCT's enjoy a steady income, vast job opportunities, flexible work schedules, more days off, career growth, respected and rewarding work.
• PCT's use their work hours to apply to Registered Nursing School, Physician Assistant school and other healthcare degree programs.
• We are proud to be the career school of choice for nursing students from Texas Tech University, Texas Women's University and several other Community Colleges in the area.

•   Across the U.S., PCT's are in high demand. Project growth for this profession 35% by 2026, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
• The projected growth for Clinical Medical Assistants is 3.5 times higher than other medical professions. 

 Level Up with Stacked Credentials and Certificates

Stacking your credentials and earning specialty certificates can increase job opportunities available to you in allied health. By earning more than one credential or certificate, you show potential employers you’re willing to go the extra mile. It proves that you’re work-ready in multiple areas, making you a versatile employee and an asset to their organization. 

Many PCT's stack the following credentials with their PCT credential:

• Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT)
• Certified EKG Technician (CET) 
• Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)

 Other Benefits of certification:

• more responsibility + job opportunity
• Healthcare is evolving, and patient care technicians are in higher demand than ever before. Patient care technicians are also facing increasing responsibilities in their role due to a shortage of LPNs in hospitals combined with the increasing patient hospitalizations. Patient care technicians who are NHA certified (CPCT/A) are better prepared to tackle these responsibilities than CNAs or PCTs who are not certified
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Other job titles with scopes that a CPCT/A can fulfill or exceed include:

• Certified Patient Care Assistant
• Home Health Aid
• Certified Nursing Assistant
• Patient Care Associate
• Patient Care Assistant
• Home Health Assistant

• Distance learning students can do their classes online via our LIVE virtual platform and only come in for 8 in-person days for their clinical practice.  Students will schedule their clinicals before or after they a have completed their online classes. 

• Students can do their classes online via our LIVE virtual platform and only come in for 8 in-person days for their clinical practice.  The online classes are live with an instructor. 

 We start a new class every Monday and every other Saturday. 

• Weekday Classes. Monday to Friday. 9:30am to 3:30pm (3wks)
• Weekend Classes. Saturday & Sunday 9:30am to 5:30pm (6wks)
• Accelerated Classes. Mon to Fri 9:30am to 3:30pm in addition to Sat/ Sun 9:30 to 5:30 pm for 14 days straight. (2 weeks)

We start a new class every Monday

• Evening students can do their classes online via our LIVE virtual platform and only come in for 10 in-person days for their clinical practice.  Students will schedule their clinicals before or after they a have completed their online classes. 

Part time students can start any day. 

• PART -TIME students can do their classes online via our LIVE virtual platform and only come in for 8 in-person days for their clinical practice.  Students will schedule their clinicals before or after they a have completed their online classes. 
• We are able to work around most schedules. 

• Background check $40
• Call 469-312-8885 for any questions concering the background check (or see frequently asked questions below)
• Employability check 

• CNA’s are required to complete 24 hours of continuing education every 2 years.
• Proof of continuing eduation is required to apply for license renewal with the state.
• You will need to submit your continuing education certificate to the state when applying for license renewal.
• To schedule your continuing education or refresher course,  please call the admissions office at 469-312-8885

• Proof of employment is required for license renewal and proof of continuing eduation.
• It is best to start the process of renewing your license before it expires 
• To schedule your refresher course,  or for more details and questions, please call the admissions office at 469-312-8885