Concorde Career Institute
7960 Arlington Expressway
Jacksonville, FL 32211
The following programs are available:
As a patient care technician, you will work closely with doctors and other medical professionals in monitoring the condition of your patients. You will use your technical knowledge to provide direct patient care including phlebotomy (blood work) and EKGs. Your responsibilities will include monitoring patients for changes in condition and recording and reporting those changes, setting up and operating therapeutic equipment, instructing and supervising patients about rehabilitative therapy, helping to carry out planned patient care programs, and assisting medical staff in changing dressings and conducting patient examinations.
At Concorde you will receive "multi-tasked" training, which means you will be trained in both clinical and
administrative capabilities.
Clinical responsibilities include sterilizing and preparing instrument trays, exposing and processing X-rays,
conducting oral inspections, preparing patients for treatment and taking vital signs. Administrative responsibilities
include patient charting, appointment setting, completing insurance forms, accounts payable and fee collections.
In your position as an Insurance Coding & Billing Specialist, you play an integral role in your employer's office.
You help make it possible for your employer to collect monetary reimbursements from patient insurance providers.
You will assess patient records and classify levels of claims for reimbursement using detailed healthcare coding
systems. Your work is essential to the success of your employer's medical business.
As a medical assistant, you will be an integral part of the healthcare delivery team. In this position, you are
considered a "multi-tasked" provider. This means you will be trained and qualified in both clinical and administrative
capabilities.
Medical assistants work closely with doctors in clinics and physicians' offices. You will be entrusted with a variety
of critical responsibilities.
Administrative skills and responsibilities include scheduling and receiving patients, preparing and maintaining medical
records, performing basic secretarial skills and medical transcription, handling telephone calls and written correspondence,
serving as a liaison between physicians and other individuals and managing practice finances.
Clinical responsibilities include taking patient histories and vital signs, performing first aid and CPR, preparing
patients for procedures, assisting the physician with examinations and treatments, infection control, collecting and
processing specimens, performing selected diagnostic tests and preparing and administering medications as directed by
the physician.
As a surgical technologist, you perform essential tasks before, during and after operations. You work closely with surgeons, anesthesiologists,
registered nurses and other key surgical personnel in hospital operating rooms and outpatient surgery centers. Surgical technologists play a
critical role in patient care.
Graduates will be eligible to sit for the national examination leading to the Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) credential as sponsored by the
National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) formerly known as the Liaison Council on Certification for the Surgical
Technologist (LCC-ST).
Upon completion of the program and passing the licensing examination, as an LPN you can enter the workforce as a competent, skilled nurse.
Practical nurses provide patient-side nursing care at the direction of physicians and/or registered nurses. The practice of practical nursing
is based on concepts from the physical, biological and behavioral sciences. Each state has its own nurse practice act, so the scope of practice
varies from state to state.
Our State Board of Nursing approved program will prepare you to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses, NCLEX.PN.
This program leads to an Associate in Science degree and prepares students to take the National Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX.RN).
Graduates, who pass the NCLEX.RN, can enter the healthcare workforce as a confident, competent, professional entry level registered nurse. The RN is
highly skilled and educated and is prepared to function in the roles of provider of care, manager of care, and contributing member of a healthcare team.
While at the bedside, the RN is accountable for decisions that impact the healthcare outcomes for the patient. The scope of the RN's practice is defined
in individual state statutes.
Students in this program are enrolled in general education courses, nursing theory courses, and clinical practice. The nursing courses begin with Foundations
courses that introduce students to the practice of nursing, nursing theories, legal and ethical issues in nursing, and basic concepts of patient care.
Students then advance through nursing courses that include more complex concepts in patient care and specialty nursing areas such as mental health,
maternal-child nursing and care of pediatric patients.
Applicants who meet all other admission criteria and possess a current, unencumbered license to practice in the State of Florida as LPN's may be given academic credit for selected nursing courses.
As a respiratory therapist, you will assist physicians in the diagnosis and management of heart/lung deficiencies and abnormalities, as well as utilize
sophisticated equipment to measure lung function and monitor heart functions. You might treat newborns, trauma victims, drowning victims, and patients
suffering from asthma, bronchitis, coronary heart disease, emphysema and pneumonia.
In addition to the realistic laboratory environment Concorde provides, we also offer a hands-on working experience in various hospital settings through
clinical rotations. This program prepares you to successfully complete the entry-level examination of the National Board for Respiratory Care.
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