Oncology Data Specialist

OverviewLabela is seeking certified U.S. Oncology Data Specialists for high-level cancer data abstraction and documentation consulting. You will serve as a subject matter expert to validate, refine, and audit the abstracting logic and staging reasoning of frontier AI models. This is a flexible, remote role designed for practicing registrars and cancer data professionals to influence the accuracy and standards compliance of medical AI at scale. Key ResponsibilitiesAbstraction Logic Auditing: Review and refine AI-generated cancer abstracts to ensure alignment with ICD-O-3.2 topography, histology, and behavior coding, as well as SEER, STORE, and NAACCR data standards.High-Complexity Validation: Provide expert-level ground truth for full case abstractions, including AJCC TNM staging, SEER Summary Stage and EOD, Site-Specific Data Items (SSDIs), grade coding, and first-course-of-treatment capture.Standards Oversight: Identify multiple primary and histology rule errors, staging discrepancies, reportability misclassifications, and edit failures in AI outputs that could compromise data quality or accreditation compliance.Strategic Consulting: Advise on the development of AI-driven abstraction, casefinding, and cancer registry support tools across hospital and central registry settings. QualificationsCredentials: Active ODS-C certification (formerly CTR) from NCRA.Experience: Minimum of 2 years of production abstracting, quality control, or registry operations experience in a hospital, central, or specialty registry setting.Location: Must be based in the United States.Communication: Ability to provide concise, technical rationale for data item assignments and to cite the specific manual, rule, or standard setter guidance supporting each decision. Position DetailsEnvironment: 100% RemoteCommitment: Flexible, project-based hours designed to fit around a full-time registry schedule How to ApplyVisit www.labela.ai to submit your application. This is a self-serve process. You sign up at Labela and we review your application.