Lead Oncology Data Specialist - Full Time, Day 7A-3P, Oncology, Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center
About The Position
The Lead Oncology Data Specialist collects, captures, updates, and maintains information about patients’ histories, symptoms, diagnoses, treatments, and health statuses. The role gathers information from physicians, medical records, patients, and families, and follows up with discharged patients and families for timely updates. It prepares reports and visual presentations of registry data in accordance with government regulations and medical ethics. The specialist abstracts and codes cancer registry information, follows patients over time, coordinates abstractor activities and quality reviews as assigned, and prepares reports and graphic presentations for studies and annual reporting. The role also performs administrative duties such as answering phones, faxing, scanning and destroying confidential documents, and using internet and email services.
Requirements
- National Cancer Registrars Association certification.
- Experience working with databases.
- Minimum of 3 years of lead experience.
- High school diploma or GED.
Nice To Haves
- Associate degree.
- 5 or more years of leadership experience.
Responsibilities
- Identify, compile, update, and maintain patient data from hospitals, clinics, electronic health record systems, and other relevant sources, following applicable data-collection procedures.
- Abstract data into specialized medical software, including patient demographics, diagnostic procedures, disease history and extent, treatments, outcomes, follow-up data, physicians, and related information, with supporting narrative information.
- Assign codes for treatments, procedures, and diagnoses in accordance with coding requirements, classification systems, and standard-setters.
- Perform lifetime follow-up on patients’ health, vital status, treatment, and disease progression, and provide cancer incidence, treatment, and outcome information to appropriate databases for quality improvement, planning, marketing, and support programs.
- Coordinate activities of data abstractors and perform quality review functions as assigned.
- Prepare narrative reports and graphic presentations, and design tables, charts, and graphs of cancer registry data for special studies and annual reports as requested.
- Perform administrative duties, including answering phones, faxing, scanning and destroying confidential documents, and using internet services and email systems.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
- Life and AD&D insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage, with options to supplement.
- 403(b) retirement plan with employer match and additional non-elective contribution.
- PTO and paid sick leave.
- Tuition assistance, advancement, and academic advising.
- Parental, adoption, and surrogacy leave.
- Backup and on-site childcare.
- Well-being rewards.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Fertility benefits and Healthy Pregnancy Program.
- Flexible spending and commuter accounts.
- Pet, home, auto, identity theft, and legal insurance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
