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State of Alaska · 1 month ago

Program Coordinator 1 (Cancer Education & Quality Assurance Coordinator - PCN 061689)

Juneau, AK

Full-time

Hybrid

New Grad, Entry Level

The State of Alaska is seeking a Program Coordinator 1 to join the Department of Health. This role involves serving as the Education & Training Coordinator and Quality Assurance Coordinator, focusing on cancer reporting and data accuracy while providing training and support to healthcare facilities.

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Responsibilities

Functions as the Education & Training Coordinator: Designs and delivers in-house and statewide training on cancer reporting, abstracting, coding (ICD-O, staging, treatment), and case finding according to national standard setters’ requirements, while providing opportunities for Alaskan ODS to earn NCRA-approved continuing education credits

Serves as the Quality Assurance Coordinator: Ensures statewide accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of cancer data through audits, edit analysis, and compliance monitoring aligned with NAACCR and NPCR standards

Leads the development, implementation, and documentation of the ACR quality assurance program, including updating operation reports, leading re-abstracting audits, providing feedback to reporters, edits, and corrective action for reporting facilities

Serves as a resource to cancer reporters by providing ongoing technical assistance and mentorship to health care facilities, produces a quarterly newsletter, and, when needed, helps cancer registrars resolve data discrepancies with reporting facilities

Participates in ACR operations, such as death clearance, quality control, and call-for-data submission activities. Attends staff meetings and participates in Department-wide meetings and trainings when required

Qualification

Oncology Data Specialist certificateCancer reporting knowledgeQuality assurance principlesICD-O codingAnalytical thinkingCompliance knowledgePlanningEvaluatingTechnical credibilityEducationTrainingDecision making

Required

An active Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) certificate is required for this position

A valid driver's license is required at the time of appointment

Education & Training: Knowledge of teaching, training, research, making presentations, lecturing, testing, and other instructional methods

Quality Assurance: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools of quality assurance and quality control used to ensure a product fulfills functional requirements and standards

Technical Credibility: Understands and appropriately applies principles, procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to specialized expertise

Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one's knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary

Compliance: Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance

Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change

Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes

Training from an accredited college or university in any field and/or progressively responsible experience assisting with planning, coordinating, and implementing administrative controls, work processes, and/or procedures for a program, project, business, or organization