Oncology Data Analyst I

Job Summary:

Please note- The candidate hired for this role must reside in California. Facilitates cancer registry data collection, maintenance, and accuracy by independently reviewing moderately complex cancer registry data, evaluating simple data elements, validating and processing follow-up, and determining recurrence data. Facilitates report generation and data analysis by gathering, analyzing, and summarizing simple data for reports, and providing simple Cancer Registry data to support various needs. Facilitates regulatory compliance and accreditation by coordinating Cancer Conference activities (if applicable) and staying updated on regulatory requirements through continuing education. Maintains quality of work by reviewing quality assurance data and procedures, analyzing data abstraction based on standards and operational needs, processing compliance audits, and analyzing simple outcomes data in accordance with standards.

Essential Responsibilities:

Promotes learning in others by proactively providing and/or developing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members; builds relationships with cross-functional/external stakeholders and customers. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; proactively provides actionable feedback to others and to managers. Pursues self-development; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; leads by influencing others through technical explanations and examples and provides options and recommendations. Adopts new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; champions change and helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Facilitates team collaboration to support a business outcome. Completes work assignments autonomously and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area and business knowledge to generate creative solutions; encourages team members to adapt to and follow all procedures and policies. Collaborates cross-functionally and/or externally to achieve effective business decisions; provides recommendations and solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Supports the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; identifies resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines. Identifies, speaks up, and capitalizes on improvement opportunities across teams; uses influence to guide others and engages stakeholders to achieve appropriate solutions. Facilitates Cancer Registry data collection, maintenance, and accuracy by: reviewing moderately complex cancer registry data independently in line with regulatory and/or accreditation guidelines; evaluating data elements from the cancer registry in line with regulatory and/or accreditation guidelines; validating and processing follow-up according to established guidelines; and determining, processing, and evaluating recurrence data.

Maintains quality of work by:

reviewing quality assurance data/procedures to achieve regulatory and/or accreditation compliance; analyzing data abstraction based on regulatory and/or accreditation quality standards and operational needs; processing and/or evaluating regulatory compliance audits; and analyzing outcomes data in accordance with regulatory and/or accreditation standards. Facilitates regulatory compliance and accreditation by: coordinating and/or attending Cancer Conference and/or cancer program activities, if applicable; maintaining up-to-date knowledge of cancer registry best practices and regulatory and/or accreditation standards by attending education sponsored by local, state, and national cancer registrar associations to comply with continuing education requirements; and analyzing compliance with all other registry regulatory and/or accreditation standards where applicable. Facilitates report generation and data analysis by: gathering, analyzing, and summarizing data to generate reports; and analyzing, interpreting, and providing Cancer Registry data in support of regulatory, accreditation, operational, and research needs.

Qualifications:

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

(Core) Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management Attention to

Detail Business Knowledge Communication Critical Thinking Cross-Group Collaboration Decision Making Dependability Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support Drives Results Facilitation Skills Health Care Industry Influencing Others Integrity Learning Agility Organizational Savvy Problem Solving Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall Teamwork Topic-Specific Communication Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

(Functional)

Applied Data Analysis Autonomy Cancer Registry Standardized Practices Compliance Management Computer Literacy Data Entry Data Mining Data Quality Data Stewardship Health Care Outcome Data Health Information Systems Health Records Maintain Files and Records Medical Terminology Trend Analysis Minimum Qualifications:

Associates degree AND minimum five (5) years of experience in Cancer Registry or a directly related field OR Minimum six (6) years of experience in Cancer Registry or a directly related field. Oncology Data Specialist required at hire

Preferred Qualifications:

Two (2) years of experience in a Commission on Cancer (CoC) Accredited Cancer Program.