Cancer Subject Matter Specialist

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Assessment accommodation

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Duties

Provide subject matter expertise and support to foster accurate and consistent use of CCR content for data providers, internal and external data users and stakeholders.

Provide subject matter advice, feedback and recommendations on CCR standards, collection, data processing and editing, internal record linkage for deduplication of records and data validation.

Review, synthesize and disseminate standards and medical classification rules as directed by the Canadian Council of Cancer Registries (CCCR) to document and communicate CCR requirements to data providers and Statistics Canada.

Plan and conduct analysis to assess variance, comparability over time, quality and relevance as a result of coding standards and reporting requirements.

Plan and conduct analysis to assess methods and activities, and interpret user’s requirements to inform improvements to CCR standards, collection and production.

Identify, document and communicate changes in CCR data elements to inform and support the collection, processing and analysis of the CCR by the Cancer Statistics Section at Statistics Canada.

Participate in committee work and development projects as a representative of Statistics Canada.

Working in a matrix environment, leads subject matter projects related to the review of CCR standards, collection and production.

Participate in special projects, as required, to provide subject matter expertise and support, and/or lead special subject matter projects on behalf of the Cancer Statistics Section at Statistics Canada.

Work environment

Are you looking to expand your skills as a health information management professional and gain experience with advancing a large project? Make your contribution to a multi-disciplinary team producing statistics on national cancer data.

As the Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR) subject matter expert, you will be an integral team member providing subject-matter expertise related to the Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR) including the database, documentation, reference tables, and associated standards to users within and outside Statistics Canada including provincial/territorial/federal government departments, the international cancer registry community, researchers, academics and media.

You will be responsible for overseeing the redesign of the staging dataset for the Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR), providing subject matter advice on the classification of cancer data, revision of standards, as well as development of edits. You will network with external contacts and stakeholders in support of committee work for the Canadian Council of Cancer Registries.

Why join Statistics Canada? Statistics Canada was a winner of the National Capital Region’s Top Employers Award for 2018 and is one of the Canada’s Top Employers for Young Professionals. Employees are proud to work at Statistics Canada, a reputable statistical agency recognized worldwide for maintaining high quality data and information for Canadians.

Intent of the process

A pool of partially qualified candidates will be established from this process to staff identical or similar positions within Statistics Canada across Canada. This process may be used to staff positions of various tenures, language requirements, security profiles and various work locations.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 2,000 words (maximum)

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Education
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization* in economics, sociology or statistics.

*All applicants must hold a degree. An acceptable specialization must include at least two semester-based courses (or an equivalent of 1 year-long course) in one of the following areas: economics, sociology, or statistics. These courses do not need to be part of a degree program in economics, sociology, or statistics. Equivalent courses in other programs for example, but not limited to: accounting, agriculture, criminology, commerce, data science/data analytics, demography/population studies, environmental sciences, education, epidemiology, finance, geography or health may be applicable.

*All applicants must hold a degree. The specialization may also be obtained through an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience defined on the Statement of merit criteria.

Degree equivalency

Experience
1) Recent*experience coding, abstracting or analyzing information obtained from medical records or health databases in a hospital or health-related organization or cancer registry or cancer center.

*Recent is defined as having performed the duties within the last three (3) years

Experience
2) A minimum of 5 years’ experience working in a cancer registry, cancer centre or hospital or other health-related organization.

Experience
3) Experience planning, organizing and managing projects.

Experience
4) Experience working with internal or external partners or stakeholders on committees or working groups.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English or French

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
In-depth knowledge of each of the following health coding classifications
• the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Health Problems (ICD)
• International Classification of Disease for Oncology (ICD-O-3)

Knowledge of cancer registry management

Knowledge of cancer staging (Collaborative Stage Data Collection System and AJCC TNM)

Knowledge of healthcare information standards

Abilities
Ability to communicate effectively orally
Ability to communicate effectively in writing

Personal Suitability
Attention to detail
Effective interpersonal skills
Reliability
Judgment
Initiative

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

1) Membership in good standing as an active certified Health Information Management professional (CHIM) with the Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA).

2) Previous or current Membership in good-standing as a Certified Tumour Registrar (CTR®) with the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA).

3) Completion of a certificate in Cancer Registry Management or Cancer Information Management from a National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA)-accredited program.

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

The following evaluation tools may be used during this selection process:
Written exam
Presentation
Interview
References check

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Please identify clearly your substantive group and level/employment status/Personal Record Identifier (PRI) on your resume and/or application form if applicable.

In order to determine if you meet the education requirement, your proof of education is required and needs to be provided as soon as requested.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language(s) of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language(s) in their application.

Candidates who have been assessed and found to have met all essential qualifications may update their Second Language Evaluation (SLE) results for as long as the pool is valid. Please note that candidates can undergo SLE testing only once within the context of a selection process; any update to a candidate’s linguistic profile must be as a result of subsequent SLE testing done outside of the scope of this selection process. If you have valid SLE Results, please send them to

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.