Quality Control Specialist

Description:

The Public Health Institute (PHI) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being, and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world. As one of the largest and most comprehensive public health organizations in the nation, we are at the forefront of research and innovations to improve the efficacy of public health statewide, nationally, and internationally.

PHI was distinguished as one of the top 50 “Best Non-Profit Organizations to Work For” by the Non-Profit Times in a national search.

Position Summary

Under the direction of the Data Quality Control Director, the Quality Control Specialist II will perform a variety of duties to support the activities of the Data Quality Control Unit including being the point of contact for abstracting and coding questions from staff, hospital registrars and the California Cancer Registry (CCR) Inquiry System. In addition, this position will work collaboratively to assist with audits, data reviews, SEER Edits, de-duplications, and other duties as required in preparation for data submissions to State and Federal funding agencies and standard setting agencies.

This is a high productivity position, and the Quality Control Specialist II must be able to maintain productivity goals. This is a reading-intensive position as nearly all aspects of this position are performed on a computer and from reading online source material. The Quality Control Specialist II must be able to work independently.

This is a regular full-time position located in Sacramento, CA. This position may allow for remote work and is expected to work during core business hours for the Pacific time zone. Some travel may be required.

Full salary range for this position: $84,177 to $124,412 per year. The typical hiring range for this position is from $84,177 (minimum) to $94,236 (the start of the second quartile). The starting salary is determined using a variety of factors, such as the candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, as well as internal equity consideration and budget availability.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
 

• Reviews and resolves CRGC Potential Duplicate cases on a monthly basis
• Serves as the CRGC administrator for the CCR Inquiry System for abstracting and coding questions
• Responds to abstracting and coding questions from CRGC reporting facility registrars
• Coordinates and monitors the answering of abstracting and coding questions from CRGC staff and hospital registrars
• Conducts data reviews specific to the SEER Data Quality Profile indicators as directed
• Conducts data reviews initiated by the CCR or CRGC to further improve data quality
• Conducts various types of audits, including but not limited to casefinding and reabstracting audits as required
• Participates in CCR-led recoding audits as required
• Maintains best practice documents for both internal and external registrar staff
• Collaborates with the CRGC Education and Training point of contact and Data Quality Control Director to identify education and training needs for the registrar staff
• Works with the CRGC Data Analyst to resolve the SEER edits and coordinates the completion of these edits in a timely manner
• Attends monthly CRGC Data Quality Meetings
• Attends bi-monthly SEER Quality Improvement Experts/Manager’s Meetings
• Attends monthly Production calls with the central registry and the other California SEER registries
• Collaborates with the Data Collection Unit staff and the Research Unit staff when needed
• Other duties as assigned
   

Minimum Qualifications
 

• 5 years of experience in a broad range of cancer registry functions, including case identification, abstracting, coding, and quality control activities
• Bachelor’s degree in a health care related field or substitute with four additional years of related experience
• Credentialed by the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA) as an Oncology Data Specialist (ODS)
   

Other Qualifications
 

• Excellent knowledge of cancer identification, coding and abstracting procedures, cancer disease process, and national and state cancer reporting and coding standards (SEER, NPCR, and California Cancer Registry)
• Demonstrated ability to perform detailed analysis of complex problems and present solutions
• Ability to apply complex rules and explain logic
• Ability to interpret cancer reporting standards and answer technical questions for new and experienced registrars, both internal and external
• Advanced computer skills (word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and database software applications)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Must be able to pass the background checks required for this position