Description
Sign-On Bonus: Up to $10,000
Baptist Health is the region's largest not-for-profit healthcare organization, with 12 hospitals, over 29,000 employees, 4,500 physicians and 200 outpatient centers, urgent care facilities and physician practices across Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach counties. With internationally renowned centers of excellence in cancer, cardiovascular care, orthopedics and sports medicine, and neurosciences, Baptist Health is supported by philanthropy and driven by its faith-based mission of medical excellence. For 25 years, we've been named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, and in the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital Rankings, Baptist Health was the most awarded healthcare system in South Florida, earning 45 high-performing honors.
What truly sets us apart is our people. At Baptist Health, we create personal connections with our colleagues that go beyond the workplace, and we form meaningful relationships with patients and their families that extend beyond delivering care. Many of us have walked in our patients' shoes ourselves and that shared experience fuels out commitment to compassion and quality. Our culture is rooted in purpose, and every team member plays a part in making a positive impact – because when it comes to caring for people, we're all in.
Description:
The ODS performs data abstraction by capturing complete patient history, diagnosis, staging, and treatment information for all patients accessioned into the cancer registry by the American College of Surgeon Commission on Cancer (ACS CoC), the Florida Cancer Data System, and customer-specific requirements. It also runs edits on abstracts and makes the necessary corrections to them.
The ODS stays abreast of changes to industry guidelines and standards and communicates professionally and effectively with customers, managers, and colleagues both orally and utilizing electronic methods. The ODS participates in Peer Group activities. The ODS exhibits professionalism, flexibility, dependability, commitment to customer service, and a desire to learn. The ODS possesses excellent organizational skills and the ability to adhere to deadlines.
The estimated pay range for this position is $27.72 - $36.04 / hour, depending on experience.
Qualifications:
Degrees:
- Associates Degree is required.
Licenses & Certifications:
- NCRA Oncology Data Specialist.
Additional Qualifications:
- Must be a certified Oncology Data Specialist (ODS).
- Minimum of five years cancer registry abstracting experience in a Commission on Cancer (CoC) approved cancer registry.
- Knowledge of CR Star and Cerner preferred.
- Takes ownership of certification including keeping up with education and the required skill set to perform as a ODS.
- Must be adaptable and flexible in a changing work environment that requires continuous upgrading of skills.
- Must have a demonstrated ability to function independently with little supervision.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
