Lead Cancer Registry & Data Specialist

Atlantic Health; Newton (NJ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlantic Health in Newton, New Jersey is seeking a Cancer Registry Abstractor to collect and manage patient histories, symptoms, diagnoses and treatments. You will abstract data into specialized software, assign codes, and prepare reports for regulatory compliance and quality improvement.

The role involves coordinating abstractors, performing data quality checks, and creating narrative and graphical outputs for annual and special studies.

Qualifications

• Experience collecting and abstracting medical data.
• Ability to assign codes for treatments and diagnoses.
• Familiarity with cancer registry data requirements.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, compiles, updates and maintains patient data from hospitals and clinics.
• Abstracts data into medical software with narrative info from records.
• Assigns appropriate codes for treatments, procedures and diagnoses.
• Performs lifetime follow-up to provide cancer incidence and outcomes data.
• Coordinates abstractors and performs quality reviews.
• Prepares narrative reports and graphic presentations of registry data.
• Handles administrative duties as needed.

Skills

Data extraction

Coding accuracy

Medical record review

Data quality

Job description

Atlantic Health in Newton, New Jersey is seeking a Cancer Registry Abstractor to collect and manage patient histories, symptoms, diagnoses and treatments. You will abstract data into specialized software, assign codes, and prepare reports for regulatory compliance and quality improvement.

The role involves coordinating abstractors, performing data quality checks, and creating narrative and graphical outputs for annual and special studies.