It All Begins at Clarita Career College

Clarita Career College offers the highest standard of continuing education and training in California for the medical and legal industries and professions. Our programs include medical insurance billing and coding, medical assisting, dental assisting, massage therapy, pharmacy technician and vocational nursing.

Develop a new career. Earn more money. Ask us about our registered programs with flexible day and evening courses. Fast track your future with courses ranging from 7 to 15 months. Our student services include financial aid. Our advisors can help Clarita graduates find jobs using our comprehensive job placement strategies.

See your future clearly with Clarita! There's a job and career opportunity waiting for you right here.

Dental Assisting - Diploma

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Fast track your career in 8 months!

Typical job titles for the Dental Assistant graduate entering the field include:

• Chairside Dental Assistant
• Dental X-Ray Technician
• Dental Office Manager

The Dental Assistant program has been designed to prepare students for entry-level employment in a variety of dental settings. The content of the program provides the student with:

• Didactic, laboratory and clinical instruction in chairside assisting procedures
• Infection control
• Treatment procedures commonly performed in a dental office setting
• Basic training in front office procedures

Emphasis is placed on the guidelines required by the California Dental Board of Examiners for a Registered Dental Assistant Program. Upon successful completion of the program, the Clarita graduate will be provided with a Diploma for Coronal Polishing and Dental X-Ray.

Massage Therapy - Diploma

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Fast track your career in 9 months!

Typical job titles for Massage Therapists entering the field include the following:

• Massage Therapist
• Masseuse

The Massage Therapy program has been designed to prepare students for entry-level employment as a massage therapist and/or to enter private practice. Employment opportunities include positions in:

• Massage offices and private practice
• Physicians' offices
• Hospitals and medical centers
• Chiropractic offices
• Nursing facilities
• Outpatient clinics
• Health clubs and fitness centers
• Spas and resorts, hotels
• Cruise ships
• Beauty and hair salons
• Pain management centers
• Sports team facilities
• Individual private practices

Medical Assisting - Diploma

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Fast track your career in 8 months!

Typical job titles for Medical Assisting entering the field include the following:

• Clinical Medical Assistant
• Electrocardiogram Technician
• Medical Secretary
• Medical Receptionist

The Medical Assisting program has been designed to prepare students for entry-level employment in a variety of medical settings, such as a physician's office or a medical clinic. The content of the program provides the student with specialized training in procedures relating to:

• Industry-current medical
• Clinical
• Administrative procedure

Medical Insurance Billing and Coding - Diploma

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Fast track your career in 7 months!

Typical job titles for Medical Insurance Billing and Coding include the following:

• Medical Secretary
• Medical Insurance Biller
• Medical Receptionist

The Medical Insurance Billing and Coding program has been designed to prepare students for entry-level employment in a medical front office, hospital office setting, or medical insurance company. The content of the program provides the student with:

• Specialized training in industry-current medical administrative procedures
• Instruction in:
  • Medical terminology
  • Anatomy and physiology
  • Processing insurance forms
  • Scheduling appointments
  • Collections
  • Medical bookkeeping
  • Other critical patient services

Students will be able to have specialized hands-on training on state-of-the-art processing equipment. This instruction ranges from:

• Introductory keyboarding
• Electronic calculating
• Current word processing skills in Microsoft Word for Windows

At the completion of the classroom instruction, the student will receive supervised job-related skills at a selected insurance company, hospital or medical office setting to complete a well-rounded education.

Pharmacy Technician - Diploma

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Fast track your career in 11 months!

Typical job titles for Pharmacy Technicians entering the field include the following:

• Pharmacy Technician
• Pharmacy Assistant

The Pharmacy Technician program has been designed to prepare students for entry-level employment as an entry-level assistant to a licensed pharmacist. Employment opportunities include positions in:

• Hospitals
• Medical centers
• Skilled nursing facilities
• Private pharmacies
• Outpatient clinics
• Pharmaceutical companies

Vocational Nurse - Diploma

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Fast track your career in 15 months!

Typical job titles for Vocational Nursing entering the field include the following:

• Staff Nurse
• Industrial Nurse
• Private Nurse
• Practical Nurse
• General Nurse

The Vocational Nursing program has been designed to prepare with nursing skills for direct patient care. Training in the following areas:

• Patient care
• Nursing skills
• Medical-surgical
• Specialty nursing:
  • Family nursing/obstetric
  • Pediatrics
  • Mental health
  • Home health
  • Hospice
  • Rehabilitation

The program provides the Clarita student with the fundamentals of nursing. The program emphasizes theory, as well as hands-on practice. Clarita graduates of this program will be qualified for the entry level position as a vocational nurse, functioning as part of the interdisciplinary health care team in selected health care settings with individuals, families, and communities across the life span.

Employment in this field requires a license and the Clarita Vocational Nursing program prepares you for the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical/Vocational Nurses (NCLEX-PN Examination).

Accreditation:

Clarita Career College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT), an institutional accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a national accrediting agency for private, postsecondary institutions offering occupational vocational programs.

Partnership:

Clarita Career College is an active partner with the following organizations:

• Career College Association
• Committee on Dental Auxiliaries (COMDA)
• Antelope Valley Chamber of Commerce
• Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce
• Long Beach Chamber of Commerce

Information

If you are interested in this school and would like to find out more, please Request Information from Clarita Career College - Lancaster.