Join the Indian Health Service at Northern Navajo Medical Center, Division of Nursing, Medical-Surgical Branch, as a Medical Support Assistant. Support patients and healthcare professionals by providing essential administrative and clerical services that contribute to quality patient care. A REAL ID will be required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021).
Provides front-line patient support by welcoming patients and visitors, directing calls, escorting patients, assisting with emergencies and walk-ins, answering routine inquiries, and maintaining accurate patient logs before and after evaluation, treatment, and disposition. Prepares minutes, reports, and memoranda while ensuring proper formatting, grammar, punctuation, and medical terminology.
Uses computer systems to schedule appointments, update patient information, print documents, and perform word-processing tasks. Maintains patient records and administrative reports, reviews records for accuracy and compliance, prepares forms for surgeries and procedures, monitors supplies, and orients new clinic staff on file locations, forms, and resources.
Provides administrative support by routing requisitions, delivering specimens, retrieving test results, and assisting with supply and equipment management. Coordinates referrals and consultations with other departments and schedules patient follow-up appointments. Total Compensation Package - Check out IHS's outstanding total compensation package for this job: Medical Support Assistant Total Compensation | Pay (ihs.gov)
If you are substituting education for experience; You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer. Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
brooklynne.cooke@ihs.gov · 505-722-1415 X71415
This position is with Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.
The posted pay range is $37193 – $47848/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-11-19.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-11-04 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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