Oncology Data Analyst

Position Overview

Under general supervision, responsible for maintaining the cancer database including case finding, case analysis, abstracting, follow-up, data submission, report writing and quality control.

Key Responsibilities

• Performs activities related to case analysis, abstracting and patient follow-up.
• Documents dates of changes in department operations including coding/staging systems.
• Contributes to development of criteria to assess accuracy of data and run reports to assess quality; assists with system upgrades and data edits for National Cancer Database submissions, investigating and solving quality issues.
• Contributes to statistical/comparison analyses & presentations for approved requests, including: Annual Report; Studies of Quality & Outcomes; ACoS-CoC required CP3R reports for benchmarks & other ad hoc requests.
• Contributes to Cancer Committee meetings, team meetings/in service and CoC on-site consultation and survey activities.
• Helps to achieve patient care improvement by contributing to cancer program goals and monitoring the database for compliance with Standards of Care.
• Oversees coordination and maintenance of CoC required reporting for cancer conferences/tumor boards.
• Helps plan training schedules and trains new Data Analysts in all aspects of case-finding, case analysis and abstracting, first course of treatment documentation, recurrence treatment documentation, and follow-up; contributes to ongoing team training.
• Completes Patient Survivorship Care Plans as required for the facility.

Required Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in cancer registry management (CRM) or cancer information management (CIM) from an NCRA-accredited program OR a related associate degree complemented by a Certificate in CRM or CIM from an NCRA-accredited program along with two semesters of Human Anatomy and Physiology.
• 1 year of relevant experience in data entry.
• CRT-Tumor Registrar, Certified (CTR) – NCRA National Cancer Registrars Association, with 2 years of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the cancer registry field.

Benefits & Perks

• Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals. Learn more here.
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv.
• Discounts directory with deals on restaurants, phone plans, spas, and more.
• Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings.