Remote SC Oncology Data Specialist – Registry Expert

Lexington Health; West Columbia (SC); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day ONE medical, dental and life insur

FSAs for health and dependent care

403(b) match plan day one

Employer paid life insurance

Supplemental life insurance up to 3x

Adoption assistance

Short-term and long-term disability

Student loan forgiveness

Job summary

Lexington Health in South Carolina is seeking a Cancer Registrar/Oncology Data Specialist to maintain the oncology registry for Lexington Medical Center. You will collect diagnostic, prognostic, treatment, and survival data, ensure CoC and SEER compliance, and support research activities.

The role requires an Associate's Degree, CTR or ODS certification, and the ability to abstract records, create suspense files, and liaise with clinical teams for weekly conferences.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: Associate's Degree.
• Required Certifications/Licensure: Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) / Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) credential.
• Required Training: None.

Responsibilities

• Identify reportable neoplasms to be included in the registry as outlined by CoC standards.
• Create suspense files for identified reportable neoplasms by abstracting information from the patient medical record to include demographic characteristics, history of neoplasm, primary site, histology, laterality, case finding source, location of diagnosis, managing physician, type of diagnostic confirmation and name of referring facility.
• Perform oncology coding and abstraction of identified reportable neoplasms for inclusion in the registry database in compliance with standards set by the CoC, SEER, the SCCCR, the Lexington Medical Center Cancer Committee guidelines and departmental standards.
• Document AJCC for cases abstracted into the registry database.
• Collect survivorship data for all applicable newly-diagnosed cancer patients to include medical status, first recurrence, death and autopsy information from patient medical records or letters to provide end results information.
• Qualitative analysis - Perform a comprehensive review of data entered for each patient to ensure the completion and accuracy of the greater than 300 required and supplemental data elements.
• Reviews (NAACCR), Rapid Cancer Reporting System (RCRS), National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) and state edits.
• Act as a liaison with Radiology, Pathology, Oncology, Nurse Navigators and physicians in the scheduling of cases for weekly oncology conferences.

Education

Associate's Degree

Job description

Lexington Health in South Carolina is seeking a Cancer Registrar/Oncology Data Specialist to maintain the oncology registry for Lexington Medical Center. You will collect diagnostic, prognostic, treatment, and survival data, ensure CoC and SEER compliance, and support research activities.

The role requires an Associate's Degree, CTR or ODS certification, and the ability to abstract records, create suspense files, and liaise with clinical teams for weekly conferences.