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Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is Louisiana’s leading cancer care organization, caring for more patients each year than any other facility in the region. And with strategic hospital and physician partnerships, we are delivering on our mission to improve survivorship and lessen the burden of cancer.
Mary Bird Perkins and its partners work together to provide state-of-the-art treatments and unparalleled collaborative, comprehensive cancer services. This culture of innovation helps attract the best cancer minds in the country, from expert physicians and highly specialized scientists to forward-thinking leaders in supportive care and other disciplines.
Together, with our hospital and physician partners, we are one-hundred percent focused on cancer care.
Why Join Us? We are looking for talented and highly-motivated individuals who demonstrate a natural desire to support the meaningful work of community oncologists and the patients we serve.
Job Description:
SCOPE:This position is required for routine regional registry operations and supported by contract funding from the Louisiana Tumor Registry (LTR). This person is an ODS-C and experienced with cancer registry and is expected to participate in advanced registry activities. The Oncology Data Specialist is expected to meet productivity and quality requirements in a remote environment. Will independently perform abstracting for all cancer types.
FUNCTIONS:
1. Abstracting, Coding, and Staging - 90%
3. Education/Quality Control - 5%
4. Productivity - 5%
QUALIFICATIONS:
Active ODS-C (Oncology Data Specialist-C) Certification through the NCRA preferred
3 or more years of experience as an Oncology Data Specialist required
Associate's degree in an allied health field or post-secondary coursework in human anatomy & physiology required
Bachelor's degree preferred
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