Data Quality Analyst - Cancer Research And Registry

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Job Requisition ID:

R00040852

Job Category:

Professional and Technical

Organization:

Cancer Registry-MS Cancer Registry

Location/s:

Main Campus Jackson

Job Title:

Data Quality Analyst - Cancer Research And Registry

Job Summary:

To coordinate, audit, and report compliance with data quality standards requirements of accrediting and funding agencies. Educate physicians, registrars, and reporting facilities on data quality standards and accountability measures.

Education & Experience

Bachelor's degree in a health related field and one year of related experience or associate's degree in a health related field and three years of related experience.  Experience cannot be substituted for educational requirement.

Certifications, Licenses or Registration required:  Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) certification by the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge of health records and health record documentation.  Presentation skills and knowledge of the use of personal computers and related software applications.  Verbal and written communication skills.  Ability to analyze information and draw conclusions.  Must have organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates, monitors and reports data quality and quality improvement activities; presents findings to external facility or appropriate internal committee/team.
• Implements and maintains data quality procedures to ensure compliance with external regulatory and accreditation requirements.
• Reviews, re-abstracts data, and prepares reports on physician or registrar compliance with staging, abstracting or coding standards.
• Collects and summarizes data quality or outcomes measures and reports findings to external facilities or internal committee/multidisciplinary team.
• Plans, develops, coordinates and makes presentations at training and educational programs relative to data quality and accountability measures.
• Reviews pathology reports and/or disease indices to identify reportable cases; works with physician or reporting facility to obtain missing cases/data or get case staged.
• Works with multidisciplinary site teams to develop processes and procedures to monitor and report performance levels and outcomes for accountability or standards measure.
• Abstracts data from patient medical records to include patient demographics, diagnostic procedures, history and extent of disease, treatment and follow-up, physician staging or assessment and other related information.
• Communicates with physicians and other departments to assure ongoing quality indicators are reported to the appropriate committee for review.
• Serves as a resource for physicians and reporting facilities in staging, abstracting, coding, and case reportability.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands
Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, occasional work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional driving, occasional pushing/pulling, occasional reaching, frequent sitting, occasional standing, occasional twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Time Type:

Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:

Yes

Pay Class:

Salary

FTE %:

100

Work Shift:

Day

Benefits Eligibility:

Grant Funded:

Yes

Job Posting Date:

02/12/2025

Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):