Oncology Clinical Data Specialist

City/State:

Tarrytown, New York

Grant Funded:

No

Department:

HIM - Cancer Registry Program and Analytics

Work Shift:

Day

Work Days:

MON-FRI

Scheduled Hours:

8:30 AM-5 PM

Scheduled Daily Hours:

7.5 HOURS

Pay Range:

$100,000.00-$125,000.00

Job Summary

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.   

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Bachelors Preferred
• 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.  
• 3 Years of applicable experience preferred.
• Candidates 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 
• Knowledge of data manipulation and analysis preferred.  
• Relevant combination of Education, Knowledge and Experience will be considered  

Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.