Manager Cancer Registry
HybridEdgewood, Kentucky, United States
Job Summary
Protect cancer registry data integrity, timeliness, and federal plus multi-state reporting compliance through operational leadership of cancer registry services, staff supervision, AI-enabled workflow oversight, and oncology program governance support. Manage internal Oncology Quality Standards compliance through partnerships with physician and operational collaborators. Provide operational leadership for cancer registry staff via workforce planning, performance management, competency validation, training, mentoring, and corrective action. Develop, implement, and maintain registry policies, procedures, and standard work while conducting routine reviews to ensure alignment with workflows and program requirements. Monitor registry work queues, backlog, productivity, abstraction timeliness, edit resolution, and submission readiness to align team capacity with deadlines. Ensure consistent adherence to AI-enabled workflows, validate AI-generated outputs, and optimize technology-enabled operations. Maintain accountability for submissions to Kentucky, Indiana, and future states' Cancer Registries, serving as the primary contact for audit-related activities and data requests. Collaborate with physician leadership to translate oncology program standards into measurable requirements, data definitions, and monitoring processes.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in related field
- Certified Oncology Data Specialist (ODS-C)
- 3 years Certified Oncology Data Specialist
- 3 years leadership, supervisory, or management experience
- 2 years experience leading or coordinating oncology accreditation, quality, regulatory, governance, or program improvement initiatives
- Comprehensive knowledge of cancer registry operations including case finding, abstraction, follow-up, coding, and reporting standards
- Strong understanding of cancer-related medical terminology, anatomy, staging, and coding systems (e.g., AJCC, SEER)
- Knowledge of data validation, quality assurance, and audit processes within a cancer registry environment
- Knowledge of registry data governance principles, including appropriate data definitions, data release, privacy safeguards, and interpretation of registry data for internal and external use
- Ability to direct registry operations and allocate staff resources to meet abstraction, follow-up, reporting, and regulatory timeliness requirements
- Knowledge of registry work queue management, backlog monitoring, abstraction timeliness, edit resolution, follow-up completion, and submission readiness
- Knowledge of policy development, standard work design, operational implementation, and process improvement methodologies
- Knowledge of oncology program accreditation standards (e.g. CoC, QOPI) and experience supporting project selection, data gathering, analysis, implementation, and monitoring
- Advanced proficiency with registry systems, reporting tools, Microsoft Office applications, database management, and data analysis technologies
- Ability to support staff onboarding, competency validation, continuing education, and certification-related development for oncology data specialists
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs
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