Central Registry Tumor Rgstr
Requisition ID
req37665
Working Title
Central Registry Oncology Data Specialist
Position Grade
12
Position Summary
The New Mexico Tumor Registry (NMTR) is a population-based cancer registry that has served New Mexico since 1966. The NMTR gathers, maintains, analyzes, and disseminates cancer surveillance data and supports scientific investigations of cancer. The NMTR is a division of the Cancer Control and Population Science Program at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center (UNMCCC). The NMTR is a founding member of the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program and has been continuously funded by the SEER Program since 1973. Data collected by NMTR is routinely used to document and track trends in cancer occurrence and care, support scientific research and inform public health policy.
The NMTR is seeking a skilled Oncology Data Specialist who systematically reviews medical records and other sources of information to identify new cancer cases and documents data items relevant to each patient's cancer diagnosis, treatment, and outcome. This position collaborates with the NMTR’s data collection team to conduct routine quality control and quality assurance activities, which ensure accuracy and completeness of registry data. This position may require occasional travel in New Mexico and Arizona, and/or to participate in regional or national meetings.
The selected candidate:
· Identifies and documents all cases of cancer diagnosed among residents of the central cancer registry's area of coverage from well-established sources of information including, but not limited to, hospitals, clinics, physician offices, pathology laboratories, radiology facilities, and vital record repositories.
· Completes a standard abstract of data items for each cancer case that includes, but is not limited to, patient demographic characteristics, diagnostic procedures, type and primary site of cancer, history and extent of disease, cancer-directed therapy, care providers based on systematic review of medical records, laboratory reports, vital records, and other data sources in accordance with prevailing standards established by recognized standard setters as written in AJCC Staging Manual, SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual, NMTR Manual and SEER*DMS and SEER*ABS Manuals.
· Systematically conducts "follow-up" of all cancer cases in the registry by documenting each patient's vital status and date of last information based on information contained in medical records, vital records, and other sources of information available to the