ONCOLOGY DATA SPECIALIST (QA AND EDUCATION)

Responsibilities

• Maintains compliance with the American College of Surgeon's Commission on Cancer Accreditation Standards Chapters 4, 6, and 9: Cancer Registrar credentials, Abstracting timeliness, Follow up of all patients, follow up of recent patients, Data submission, Accuracy of Data, and Commission on Cancer special studies
• Maintains all data mandated requirements as set forth by the Florida Cancer Data System, the Florida State Cancer Registry
• Compiles all Quality Control data and presents same at the Cancer Registry Quality Assurance meetings
• Facilitates the Cancer Registry Quality Assurance monthly meetings, prepares agendas and maintains the meeting minutes
• Maintains performance worksheets for all team members regarding the quality of their work, addressing quality issues with specific team members as necessary
• Conducts quality control audits for new employee and independent abstractor
• Keeps the Cancer Registry Manager and Director abreast of any productivity and quality issues and prepares and presents a plan of action for these issues
• Trains new employees, the trainee abstractors, trainee casefinders and new independent contractors
• Works in collaboration with the Cancer Registry Manager
• Monitors quality of data within the department and addresses any quality issues
• Works with the abstractors on the FCDS quality reports and gathering the required information for FCDS
• Analyzes the data for accuracy and completeness
• Identifies problems, trends and issues requiring further action
• Implements changes based on the analysis of the data

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED
• Five plus years' experience as an Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) in a hospital or central registry setting
• Excellent knowledge of Cancer Registry data and coding rules
• Demonstrated educational and teaching experience in a Cancer Registry environment
• Experience working with a computerized cancer registry database
• Certification: Oncology Data Specialist (ODS)