Cancer Registry & Data Quality Specialist

CommonSpirit Health; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cancer Registry Tech at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center will manage identification, collection, abstracting, coding, staging, and follow-up of cancer cases across our facilities, ensuring complete and timely data for quality reporting.

You will work with pathology, oncology, and medical records teams to maintain compliant, high‑quality data that supports patient care, research, and outcomes measurement within a leading cancer program.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or GED.
• Certified Tumor Registrar, upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Identify, collect, abstract, code, staging, and follow-up of cancer cases across facilities.
• Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of cancer data per regulatory requirements and state law.
• Collaborate with healthcare teams to uphold data quality and support patient care, research, and outcomes measurement.
• Conduct case finding to maintain a complete cancer registry database and review pathology and medical records.
• Perform data abstraction using FORDS, SEER rules, AJCC staging, ICD-O coding, and registry standards; assign appropriate codes and stages.
• Conduct data quality assurance and auditing; provide QA support and reports as needed.
• Follow up on living patients to assess treatment effectiveness and surveillance outcomes.

Education

Certified Tumor Registrar

Job description

The Cancer Registry Tech at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center will manage identification, collection, abstracting, coding, staging, and follow-up of cancer cases across our facilities, ensuring complete and timely data for quality reporting.

You will work with pathology, oncology, and medical records teams to maintain compliant, high‑quality data that supports patient care, research, and outcomes measurement within a leading cancer program.