Remote Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) | Registry Quality

Health & Human Services; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 55,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking a Social Research Specialist II to oversee cancer registry data quality and reporting compliance. You will monitor hospital reporting practices, perform data-quality audits, and provide guidance to reporters and Registry staff on standards and complex case abstracting.

Responsibilities include developing queries, conducting data analyses, and preparing reports that highlight errors and improvement opportunities.

Qualifications

• Certified Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) with demonstrated expertise applying state and national cancer-data abstracting principles, reporting requirements, and complex coding rules to ensure accurate and compliant cancer-registry data.
• Three years of experience performing cancer-data analysis or abstracting in a Central Cancer Registry or in a Commission on Cancer–accredited facility, including reviewing medical records, validating data elements, and assessing data quality.
• Proficiency using cancer-registry data-management applications, including CCR’s RegPlus software, to visually edit, link, and consolidate cancer cases as part of quality-control and assurance workflows.
• Experience conducting case-finding and recoding audits, interpreting audit results, and preparing reports or presentations that document data-quality issues, completeness concerns, and opportunities for improvement.
• Demonstrated success consulting, mentoring, and providing instruction on cancer-registry management practices, data-abstracting principles, reporting methods, and training materials for staff and data reporters, supported by strong written and oral communication skills and proficiency with MS Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing cancer case reports to ensure data quality, accuracy, completeness, and compliance with state, national, and federal reporting standards.
• Conducting case consolidation, visual editing, case‑finding audits, and other quality‑control activities to validate and improve registry data.
• Monitoring hospital reporting practices to verify adherence to reporting requirements and identify areas requiring corrective action.
• Designing and running database queries to detect data discrepancies, evaluate reporting accuracy, and support ongoing quality‑assurance activities.
• Providing training and technical guidance to data reporters and Registry staff on data‑quality issues, reporting standards, data‑item definitions, and complex case abstracting.
• Researching reporting questions, developing clear responses, and communicating updates related to changes in data standards and reporting expectations.
• Preparing written reports that summarize common errors, recurring data‑quality issues, and results of audits or quality‑control reviews.
• Coordinating quality‑control processes, identifying training needs, and recommending improvements to enhance compliance with reporting standards.
• Supporting physician reporting and resolving data‑quality concerns in collaboration with hospitals and other reporting entities.
• Performing professional and technical work that supports the overall cancer‑surveillance mission of the Central Cancer Registry as part of a collaborative team.

Skills

Oncology data analysis

Data abstraction

Quality control

Reporting standards

MS Office

RegPlus software

Tools

RegPlus software

Job description

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking a Social Research Specialist II to oversee cancer registry data quality and reporting compliance. You will monitor hospital reporting practices, perform data-quality audits, and provide guidance to reporters and Registry staff on standards and complex case abstracting.

Responsibilities include developing queries, conducting data analyses, and preparing reports that highlight errors and improvement opportunities.