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Job Field: Office Jobs
Location: Shiprock, New Mexico

Salary: $39,179.00 - $50,932.00 / Per Year
Job Type: Full Time - Permanent
Phone: (505)368-6090

JOB SUMMARY:

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The Indian Health Service (IHS) is the principal federal health care provider and health advocate for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). The IHS goal is to raise Indian health status to the highest possible level. IHS provides leadership and direction to programs and activities designed to improve health outcomes to over 1.9 million AI/AN through a system of IHS, Tribal, and Urban operated facilities and programs.

The IHS is required by law to give absolute preference to qualified applicants who meet the Secretary of the Interior's definition of Indian for appointment to vacancies within the IHS in accordance with established IHS policy as outlined in the Indian Health Manual Part 7, Chapter 3. The IHS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

This position works in a hybrid (paper/electronic) medical record environment, alternating between abstracting and coding pertinent outpatient medical data from the medical record into Resource Patient Management System (RPMS); and analyzing medical data entered by the clinician into the Electronic Health Record (EHR).  Reports to the Supervisory Medical Records Technician. 

TRAVEL REQUIRED

• Not Required

RELOCATION AUTHORIZED

• No

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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• The selected applicant will be subject to a pre-employment background
• investigation, which will include a fingerprint check.
• If applicable-Selective Service registration (Males born after 12/31/59)
• U.S. Citizenship is required