Sr. Certified Oncology Data Specialist (On-site)- MCCRP

About the role

The John P. Murtha Cancer Center located at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland is a modern, patient-centric, tri-service military healthcare facility. Its comprehensive core of military and civilian oncologists and other cancer-trained clinicians and researchers provide multidisciplinary cancer-care delivery and patient-family support services. Our Cancer Center, the only DoD Cancer Center of Excellence within the Military Health System, offers its patients access to cutting-edge cancer diagnostic and treatment technologies.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the data abstraction team’s collecting of clinical research data supporting multiple pan-cancer projects within the Murtha Cancer Center Research Program, including pathology, treatment, and outcomes data.
• Perform electronic medical record retrieval from DoD Electronic Health Record systems for collecting clinical data.
• De-identify data to strip protected health information per IRB approved protocols.
• Knowledge of Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS), International Classification of Diseases (ICD) – 0 and ICD-10 Coding, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) staging, and American Joint Committee on Cancer Tumor Nodes Metastasis (AJCC TNM).
• Knowledge of cancer, and its management, to encompass the definition, etiology, and treatment, differences between benign and malignant disease, grading differentiation, specific diagnosis and treatment for each type of malignant disease and the spread of malignant disease.
• Abstraction/entry of demographics, pathologic, treatment, outcome, and clinical assessment data into research Data Tracking System (DTS) case report forms (CRFs), ensuring data is timely, comprehensive, consistent, and accurate.
• Completes all data input, error report analysis and correction, resolution of errors related to data entry, and data submission.
• Maintains meticulous records and provides appropriate correspondence with the clinical research team.
• Ensures the integrity and accuracy of the information collected and entered in the data tracking system.
• Identifies opportunities and contributes to developing and implementing data standards and SOPs for performance improvement.
• Identify potential problems affecting the data collection process and maintain a follow-up of problem resolution with the team and supervisor.
• Learn and understand diverse databases, projects, and clinical terminology.
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical generic/trade names.
• Familiarity with chemotherapy drugs as well as chemotherapy and radiation therapy regimens.
• Collaborating with internal and external research team members serves as a resource for the bioinformatics and technical team in developing, identifying, and implementing solutions to data management issues/concerns.
• Maintains clinical quality measurement knowledge through self-development and keeps current on all specification changes relevant to assigned project(s).
• Acts as an expert and resource to professional staff and provides education to other team members as needed.
• Performs regular self-quality control and quality control for the team on abstracted data before submission for review.
• Participates in local or national cancer-related educational activities and webinars per ACS-CoC standards.
• Manages workflow to meet production levels and avoid backlogs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Minimum of 3 - 5 years’ experience as a Certified Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) required.
• Current certification as an Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) required.
• Knowledge of Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS), International Classification of Diseases (ICD) ICD-9 and ICD-10 Coding, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) staging, and American Joint Committee on Cancer Tumor Nodes Metastasis (AJCC TNM).
• Knowledge of cancer, and its management, to encompass the definition, etiology, and treatment, differences between benign and malignant disease, grading differentiation, specific diagnosis and treatment for each type of malignant disease and the spread of malignant disease.
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical generic/trade names.
• Familiarity with chemotherapy drugs as well as chemotherapy and radiation therapy regimens.
• Previous experience in a supervisory role, preferred.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a T3 Secret Clearance.