Posted: 20-Sep-24
Location: Los Angeles, California
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 142636934
At UCLA Health, our advanced information technology plays a critical role in elevating our overall patient care and delivering positive patient experiences. Your passion and specialized expertise will help us enhance our award-winning technological capabilities. Join us and experience a career of unmatched challenges and profound rewards.
You will oversee and support our Cancer Registry team that covers Ronald Reagan Medical Center and Santa Monica Hospital, as well as all surgical and ambulatory health areas. This will involve the timely and accurate abstraction of data from clinical records for reportable and non-reportable cancers. You will also develop and support registry follow-up services and recruit/develop CTR staff. You will:
- Identify, recruit, train, manage, and motivate staff
- Plan, prioritize, and use effective time management
- Prepare, monitor, and manage departmental budgets
- Drive optimization projects to enhance team performance
- Report cancer data to the state according to mandated timeframes
- Review case finding resources
- Act as a resource on abstracting and reportability of cases
- Provide accurate cancer data to the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Program for grant support
- Help design and analyze cancer data research requests
Annual Salary Range: $92,600 - $202,200
Fixed-Hybrid Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 5:00pm (PST)
We’re seeking a highly-motivated, independent professional with:
- Related Bachelor’s degree - Master’s preferred
- Five or more years of experience in leading and managing a large disease registry team
- Computer proficiency with CNEXT, EPIC, and Microsoft Office
- Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and project management skills
- Knowledge of the American College of Surgeon standards, California Cancer Registry, and SEER standards
- Understanding of medical terminology, anatomy, pathology, and disease processes
- Detailed knowledge of ICD-0 coding classification scheme
- Excellent communication, organizational, and prioritizing skills
- Detailed knowledge of laws, rules and regulations affecting the confidentiality of medical information
- Background with Lean concepts and workflow automation preferred
- CTR Certification preferred
