Overview

Join us in advancing safer, consistent, quality healthcare for all.

Job Summary:

The Senior Clinical Data Specialist plays a key role in delivering high-quality oncology data solutions to hospital partners nationwide. This is a unique opportunity to become a part of our team during a milestone moment in our growth, benefiting from our deep cancer registry experience and employee-centric leadership. Team members must be willing to commit to working a minimum of 30 hours per week.

Responsibilities

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Abstract, code, and report oncology data from unstructured medical records in alignment with state and national cancer registry standards.
• Ensure quality submission of all data, maintaining a high accuracy threshold.
• Support hospital partners' CoC Accreditation process through strong cancer registry operations, policy development, and utilization of NCBD quality tools and standards.
• Engage in educational opportunities and on-the-job learning through CEUs and dedicated learning time, supported by our internal Quality & Education team.
• Stay current on regulatory/publicly reported data requirements as specified by federal, state, payer, and other agencies.
• Collaborate on team best practices, data dictionaries, abstraction guidelines, and process improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to a culture of perpetual learning and meaningful collaboration, supporting newer team members, including recently certified ODS-Cs and Clinical Data Support Specialists.

Qualifications

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Strong understanding of cancer program accreditation and other applicable standards.
• Experience working with multiple patient medical record systems (EMRs) and clinical databases.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to approach medical data analysis.
• High attention to detail.
• Technically savvy and open to learning new systems and technology.
• Organized and adept at time management; comfortable balancing multiple projects.
• Committed to data and information security and HIPAA compliance (Q-Centrix is SOC2 + HITRUST certified).
• Must be legally able to work in the United States now or in the future without sponsorship.

Education and Experience:

• Active Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) Certification.
• 5+ years experience abstracting with an ODS certification.
• Intermediate proficiency with MS Office (Microsoft Excel and Outlook).