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Ascension Health Sr. Abstractor - Oncology Data Specialist in Remote, United States

Details

  • Sign-on bonus: Potential $5,000 sign-on bonus for 2+ years of CTR experience

  • Department: Clinical Quality Registry Services

  • Schedule: Full time, Monday - Friday

  • Location: Remote

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)

Various health insurance options & wellness plans

Retirement benefits including employer match plans

Long-term & short-term disability

Employee assistance programs (EAP)

Parental leave & adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Ways to give back to your community

*Please note, benefits and benefits eligibility can vary by position, exclusions may apply for some roles (for example: Travel, PRN, Short-Term Option, etc.). Actual compensation offer will vary based upon role, education, experience, location, and qualifications. Connect with your Talent Advisor for additional specifics.

Responsibilities

Utilize Electronic Registry Services/CRStar database to abstract patient data from electronic medical records for the application of tumor registries.

  • Screening disease indices, pathology reports, radiology reports, and other clinical documents to identify reportable cancer cases for casefinding

  • Abstracting and coding required core data items from medical records in compliance with regulatory standards.

  • Perform primary data abstraction duties for clinical measures and registries while ensuring high levels of abstraction accuracy and ensure alignment with organizational quality standards

  • May assist in compiling data into reports for analysis by various departments and cancer committees and act as liaison between clinical improvement teams to interpret standards and specifications.

  • May assist in reporting to centralized/state registries and to the National Data Cancer Database and/or RCRS

  • Maintain cancer registry database which may include loading import files, generating and working data status reports in compliance with regulatory requirements and timeframes.

  • Identify and communicate trends in clinical data to leadership.

Requirements

Education:

  • High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.

Additional Preferences

  • Oncology Data Specialist (formerly CTR certification)

  • 1 year of abstracting experience

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