"Cancer Registry Information Specialist III (Trenton)"

Position Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Cancer Registry Information Specialist III within the Office of the Director/Cancer Epidemiology Services/New Jersey State Cancer Registry at the Rutgers Cancer Institute.

The primary purpose of the Cancer Registry Information Specialist III, under direction of the supervisor, is to conduct cancer data collection, quality control, and medical data correction activities for the NJ State Cancer Registry (NJSCR) in accordance with overall Cancer Registry program goals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Reviews and resolves complex medical information problems submitted from health care facilities that have failed sophisticated medical edit checks.
• Consolidates pertinent medical data from various sources to provide a clear, concise, and accurate description of patients' cancer diagnosis and treatment.
• Conducts investigations of reports of improper or incomplete reporting techniques and maintains liaison with hospitals, health care facilities, registrars, schools, physicians, local health departments, and other cooperating agencies. Conducts complex quality control activities on cancer data submitted from health care facilities statewide and out-of-state. Quality control activities include: re-abstracting medical records, correcting demographic and medical data, staging of cancers to determine the spread of cancer and level of tumor invasion, verifying morphology, topography and behavior codes, applying International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICDO) rules, verifying treatment information including surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and biological response modifier information, case finding audits, evaluation and correction of duplicate and multiple primary cancers. Activities are conducted on both the hospital and central registry level to ensure the reliability and accuracy of cancer data.
• Performs case finding to identify reportable cases utilizing multiple sources including electronic downloads based on ICD diagnostic codes and E-path reports, and other available methods. Performs data entry procedures.
• Completes document scanning and data entry of information to facilitate the consolidation of cancer cases.
• Gives talks to interested groups and/or instructions to improve reporting techniques, accuracy of reports, and increase knowledge of specific program problems and goals.
• Prepares clear, sound, accurate, and informative statistical and other reports and memoranda containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Assists in maintaining essential records and files.

Minimum Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree plus one (1) year of experience in a health or social service related program which shall have included responsibilities for interviewing, investigating, and/or conducting public health care surveys or patient care services.
• Equivalent education, experience and/or training may be substituted for the degree requirements.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Standing, sitting, walking, talking and hearing.
• No special vision requirements.
• Lifting up to 25 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Office environment. Moderate noise.