ONCOLOGY HEALTH INFO TECH
Position: Oncology Health Info Tech
Department: Oncology Information Center
Shift: 7AM-3:30PM
Status: Full-time/ 80 hours per pay period
Facility: Miami Valley Hospital
The Oncology Health Information Tech will assist the Abstractors and Supervisor, per departmental policy and procedures, with the following, but not limited to, three main areas.
Follow-Up – All aspects of patient follow-up including, but not limited to, checking listings for expired patients, researching online resources for patients lost to follow-up, and updating last date of contact and any cancer recurrence on patient abstracts. This may also include phone calls to patients and physician offices or generating and sending follow-up letters as needed.
Multidisciplinary Cancer Conferences – Work with oncology nurse navigators and our essential partners to obtain cases to be presented. Perform pre-and post-conference tasks. Assist with conference setup, including obtaining help from IT staff should there be technical difficulties with equipment during oncology conferences. Enter conference data into templates and/or oncology database for Commission on Cancer tracking. Participate in annual application process for CMEs to be provided for conference attendees. Maintain attendance lists and submit proper documentation to appropriate crediting-body for tracking of CMEs for participants.
Commission on Cancer accreditation – As necessary, assist with simple reporting, data collection for Oncology Committee meeting reports or other documentation required for Commission on Cancer accreditation and compiling annual summary data.
Education
Experience
Knowledge/Skills
- Excellent keyboarding skills of 40 wpm with accuracy
- Knowledgeable with various computer hardware
- Superior telephone skills
- Ability to work independently and with a team
- Attention to detail
- Effective written, verbal, and non-verbal communication skills
- Flexibility with change and interruptions, attention to details