CANCER REGISTRY SPECIALIST 2

APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY - $51,072.48 to $75,376.80 PAY GRADE: 32

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JOB INFORMATION

Work Type: A Permanent, full time vacancy

Department: Health and Human Services (http://dhhs.nv.gov/)

Division: Public and Behavioral Health

Job Class Code: 10.227

RECRUITMENT INFORMATION

Announcement Number: 47420

Open to all qualified persons.

Posted 05/13/2024

Close Date: 06/12/2024

Recruiter:

VICTORIA SHEEHAN

Phone: (775)684-0133

Email: torisheehan@admin.nv.gov

Applications accepted for another 14 Days 23 Hrs 55 Mins

The Position

Cancer Registry Specialists maintains the statewide Cancer Registry, ensuring the accurate identification, collection, verification, uniform maintenance, and quality of cancer data set according to program procedures and State and national data standards as required by State and federal law; provides technical expertise and training to all health care practitioners, health care facilities and/or contracted cancer data abstractors that are required to report cancer data.

Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform work independently with little or no additional training.

The Division of Public & Behavioral Heath: Cancer Registry is recruiting for a Cancer Registrar II in either the Reno or Las Vegas area in NV. This Cancer Registrar Specialist II position with the Nevada Central Cancer Registry (NCCR) in the Office of State Epidemiology (OSE). The overall purpose of the position is to maintain the Nevada Central Cancer Registry functions including ensuring the accurate identification, collection, verification, uniform maintenance, and quality of Nevada cancer data set according to program procedures and State and National data standards as required by State and Federal Law. The incumbent will be responsible for providing technical expertise and training to all health care practitioners, health care facilities and/or contracted cancer data abstractors that are required to report cancer data. Incumbent must have current certification as a Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) issued by the National Cancer Registrar Association (NCRA) at the time of application and as a condition of continuing employment. It is essential to note that this position requires residence in Nevada, this is an in-person position and must be able to commute to either the Las Vegas or Reno Office daily. The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse, inclusive, and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages. * THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE*

To see full Class Specifications visit: http://hr.nv.gov/Resources/ClassSpecs/Class_Specifications-10_0/

To Qualify:

In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:

Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications)

Current certification as a Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) issued by the National Cancer Registrar's Association (NCRA) and one year of professional experience in a cancer registry program to include reviewing, coding and abstracting cancer data and conducting quality assurance audits and performing cancer registry program training; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

Special Requirements

Incumbent must have certification as a Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) issued by the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA) at the time of application and as a condition of continuing employment.

The Examination

Application Evaluation Exam

The exam will consist of an application evaluation. It is essential that applications include detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. The most qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. The hiring agency may require specific skills related testing as part of the interviewing process.

The following additional questions are part of this Recruitment

1) Do you have a current certification as a Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) issued by the National Cancer Registrar Association (NCRA)?

INFORMATIONAL LINKS

For more information about state employment, visit the following:

Division of Human Resource Management: http://hr.nv.gov

Public Employees Retirement System: http://www.nvpers.org

Public Employees Benefits Program: http://pebp.state.nv.us

More Benefits Information: http://nvjobs.nv.gov/Applicants/EB

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Direct Inquiries or Correspondence to:

Division of Human Resource Management Northern Nevada 515 East Musser Street, First Floor Carson City, Nevada 89701-4204TDD for the Hearing Impaired (800) 326-6868 Division of Human Resource Management Southern Nevada 7251 Amigo St, Suite 120 Las Vegas, NV 89119TDD for the Hearing Impaired (800) 326-6868

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