Oncology Clinical Data Specialist

Montefiore Health System

1d•$100,000 - $125,000•Onsite

About The Position

Cancer is among the leading causes of death in the U.S. Health systems are mandated to collect data on cancer cases from diagnosis through survivorship in order to help identify trends, aid in research and ultimately improve treatment and care for patients diagnosed with cancer. Based on required criteria, data is abstracted from each patient's record by Cancer Registry staff and stored in the Cancer Registry data base for submission to the National Cancer Database and New York State Cancer Registry for use in epidemiological research, public health program planning, and patient care improvement. The Oncology Clinical Data Specialist must review the data for use by the Montefiore Cancer Program to ensure that data regarding incidence of cancer by primary site, trends, morphology, stage at diagnosis, survival rate, treatment modalities and other variables are of the highest quality for use in patient care research and education and is abstracted completely and accurately. The Oncology Clinical Data Specialist is responsible to ensure that the data abstracted is accurate and complete and meets the requirements of both NYS and National Cancer Data submission requirements. The Specialist must understand case finding techniques, abstracting rules, morphology of the disease, staging criteria, treatment modalities, research protocols and survivorship requirements to provide meaningful data reporting and feed back to the Montefiore Cancer Program Committee and to prepare for Accreditation surveys The Specialist must collaborate with physician, nursing and other clinical staff on patient data accuracy, completeness, survey readiness and documentation requirements and provide guidance and coaching on cancer registry data and requirements as required.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED required
Certification as a Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) as a Oncology Data Specialist(ODS) is required.
Candidates for this position must have satisfactorily completed a course in Cancer Registry operations/abstraction including abstracting and Staging of cases, coding using ICD-O and other applicable classifications.
Must demonstrate strong combination of education/knowledge/experience in use of Cancer Registry Operations and Standards Manual.
Must demonstrate familiarity with practices and guidance of national standard setters such as: CoC, SEER, NAACCR, ICD-O, AJCC and other industry standards and methodologies.
Knowledge of State and National regulations and guidelines for Cancer Registries, CoC accredited cancer programs and cancer reporting
Familiarity with reviewing medical records in an electronic environment.
Critical thinking and excellent communication and problem solving skills

Nice To Haves

Bachelors Preferred
3 Years of applicable experience preferred.
Knowledge of data manipulation and analysis preferred.

Responsibilities

Review data for use by the Montefiore Cancer Program to ensure data regarding incidence of cancer by primary site, trends, morphology, stage at diagnosis, survival rate, treatment modalities and other variables are of the highest quality for use in patient care research and education and is abstracted completely and accurately.
Ensure that the data abstracted is accurate and complete and meets the requirements of both NYS and National Cancer Data submission requirements.
Understand case finding techniques, abstracting rules, morphology of the disease, staging criteria, treatment modalities, research protocols and survivorship requirements to provide meaningful data reporting and feed back to the Montefiore Cancer Program Committee and to prepare for Accreditation surveys.
Collaborate with physician, nursing and other clinical staff on patient data accuracy, completeness, survey readiness and documentation requirements.
Provide guidance and coaching on cancer registry data and requirements as required.