Atlantic Health System

Non-profit healthcare provider with physician network

Lead Oncology Data Specialist - Oncology

Clinical Support & Patient AdministrationPosted on Nov 11

Full-timeNewton, NJ, USA$41.79 - $73.56 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

National Cancer Registrars Association certification is required.
Experience working with databases is required.
A minimum of 3 years of lead experience is required.
A high school diploma or GED is required.

Responsibilities

Collect, capture, and update patient information, including histories, symptoms, diagnoses, treatments, and health status, using information from clinicians, medical records, patients, and families.
Follow up with discharged patients and their families to obtain timely updates.
Prepare reports and graphic representations of registry data in compliance with government regulations and medical ethics.
Identify, compile, update, and maintain patient data from relevant sources, including hospitals, medical clinics, and electronic health record systems, following applicable data-collection procedures.
Abstract patient demographics, diagnostic procedures, disease history and extent, treatments, outcomes, follow-up data, physicians, and related information from medical records into specialized medical software with supporting narrative information.
Assign codes for treatments, procedures, and diagnoses according to coding requirements, classification systems, and standards.
Conduct lifetime follow-up on patients’ health, vital status, treatment, and disease progression to provide cancer incidence, treatment, and outcome information to databases for quality improvement, administrative planning, marketing, and support programs.
Coordinate abstractors’ data-collection activities and perform quality reviews as assigned.
Prepare narrative reports and graphic presentations, and design tables, charts, and graphs of cancer registry data for special studies and annual reports.
Perform administrative duties, including answering phones, faxing, scanning, destroying confidential documents, and using internet and email systems.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

An associate degree is preferred.
Five or more years of leadership experience is preferred.

Responsible for collecting, capturing, and updating data about patients' histories, symptoms, diagnoses, treatments, and health statuses. Gathers information from doctors, medical records, patients, and their families. Timely checks with discharged patients and their families for follow-up information. Prepares reports and graphic representations of the registry data that should comply with government regulations and medical ethics.

Principal Accountabilities:

1. Identifies, compiles, updates and maintains patient data from a range of relevant sources, including all hospitals and medical clinics and various electronic health care record systems, and follows procedures to facilitate data collection as appropriate.
2. Abstracts data into specialized medical software with supporting narrative information for, patient demographics, diagnostic procedures, history and extent of disease, treatments, outcomes, follow-up data, physicians, and related information from various medical records.
3. Assign appropriate codes for treatments, procedures and diagnoses according to coding requirements, classification systems and standard-setters.
4. Performs life-time follow-up on the patient's health, vital status, treatment and progression of disease to provide cancer incidence, treatment and outcome information to appropriate data bases, for quality improvement activities, administrative planning and marketing, and support programs.
5. Coordinates the activities of abstractors engaged in the collection of data and perform quality review functions, as assigned.
6. Prepares narrative reports and graphic presentations; design tables, charts and graphs of Cancer registry data for special studies and annual report as requested.
7. Performs a variety of administrative duties including but not limited to: answering phones; faxing; scanning, destroying confidential documents; and utilizing internet services and e-mail systems.
8. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required:
1. National Cancer Registrars Association certification.
2. Experience working with databases.
3. Minimum 3 years of lead experience required.

4. High school diploma/GED

Preferred:
1. Associate degree
2. 5 or more years of leadership experience.

Minimum Salary (Hourly Rate): 41.790000

Maximum Salary (Hourly Rate): 73.560000

Salary Admin Plan: PRO

About the Company

Atlantic Health System

Non-profit healthcare provider with physician network

Atlantic Health System is a large non-profit healthcare network in New Jersey that runs hospitals, outpatient centers, urgent care clinics, and a physician-led group called Atlantic Medical Group with more than 1,000 doctors across 300 locations. It provides a full range of medical services to communities in New Jersey and New York and lets patients manage care through the MyChart portal, which handles medical records, appointments, and bill payments. Its business model puts earnings back into its healthcare services and facilities, reinvesting to improve care access and community health. The system differentiates itself by being a broad, integrated network of facilities and a large physician group under a nonprofit umbrella, offering coordinated care across many sites. Its goal is to improve community health by delivering comprehensive care and continually expanding access to high-quality medical services.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Morristown, NJ
Founded: Not listed

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