Health System Specialist - Cancer Registry

*** TO BE CONSIDERED, YOU MUST APPLY AT https://www.usajobs.gov/job/831904100 OR USAjobs.gov AND SEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT #CBTD-12691322-25-KLT

Duties

The duties of this position include but are not limited to the following :

Ensure compliance and implementation of regulatory requirements from accreditation bodies including American College of Surgeons, local administration, Joint Commission, and other bodies as determined by local, VISN and VACO authorities and National Directives.

Develop and implement case finding methods.

Design, oversee and conduct audits of the abstracting process and the registry to ensure high quality, accurate work and compliance with guidelines issued by the Commission on Cancer, the VACT Cancer Committee, the National VA Oncology Program and the NCI SEER Programs.

Develop and coordinate community outreach projects such as Cancer Survivor Day.

Proficient in the use and implementation of the Internal Classification of Disease for Oncology, Standards for Oncology Registry Entry (STORES), Collaborative Staging Manual and Doding Instructions, SEER Extent of Disease, Hematopoietic Database, Multiple Primary Database, CAP protocols and volume II of the set standards by the Commission on Cancer.

Initiate and organize cancer-related educational activities in coordination with Hospital Education.

Act as a consultant for other services and disciplines in matters of procedures related to cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care.

Manage and report cancer data using a variety of data bases.

Maintain the development, compliance and accreditations of the Cancer Programs.

Train new employees, including cancer registry abstractors, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioner, nurses, medical staff coordinators, service chiefs, dietitians, rehab techs, and social workers who are members of the cancer program providing detailed instructions to assure that the new employees adhere to standard practices in accordance with the cancer program.

Prepare various reports to effectively assess organization-wide progress towards established goals.

Uses expert knowledge and skills to participate in multi-disciplinary tumor board consultations to discuss treatment strategies, through continual updates of standard approaches from the point of view of all modalities.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation
• May serve a probationary period
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

Individual Occupational Requirements: The Health System Administration Series 0671 has Individual Occupational Requirements ( IOR ) which are the basic requirements of the occupation. Applicants must meet the IOR and the grade determining Education and Experience to be considered and referred.

Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study - hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration.
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Specialized Experience: Progressively responsible analytical or administrative, or clinical management or supervisory experience in the health care field. This work may have been performed in an operating health care facility or a higher organizational echelon with advisory or directional authority over such facilities. Work must have involved a close working relationship with facility managers and analysis and/or coordination of administrative, clinical, or other service activities, and provided knowledge of the following:
Missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems;Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups; andGovernment-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement.

GRADE DETERMINATION: GS-11 grade level: In addition to the IOR for this occupation applicants must meet Specialized Experience or Education or a combination of Specialized Experience and Education as detailed below.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the federal service; experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes: Administrator of a hospital based cancer program, working with a multidisciplinary team , participating in data abstractions according to the guidelines of ICD-O 3.2 and all governing bodies, developing case finding methods, conducting audits of the Oncology registry , monitoring compliance and implementation of regulatory requirements of accreditation bodies such as JCAHO as determined by national directives, establishing standard operating procedures and guidance documents for service line, serving as the point of contact for all cancer registry issues at the facility and VISN level, coordinating community outreach programs.

OR

Education : Applicants may substitute education for the specialized experience required for the GS-11 level.Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related.

OR

Applicants may also combine education and specialized experience to qualify at the GS-11 level. To calculate, first identify the percentage of required education you have earned (when substituting, you cannot use the first 60 semester hours that you earned). Then identify the percentage of required experience you possess. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify at the GS-11. For example, an applicant who has 9 semester hours of graduate level education (i.e. 50% of graduate education required) and 6 months of creditable specialized experience (i.e. 50% of the required experience) would equal 100% of the required experience for the position A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. ***Only education at the master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree may be used to calculate combined education and specialized experience.***

Preferred Experience: Oncology Data Specialist ( ODS ) certification is required by the VACRS; Veterans Affairs Cancer Registry System Policy Manual.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $87,133.00 - $113,268.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Ability to Relocate:

• West Haven, CT 06516: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $87,133 - $113,268