Cancer Registry Analyst

The responsibility of the Cancer Registry Analyst is to provide regional cancer registry representation to the facility medical staff Cancer Committee and support all analytic and reporting tasks necessary for a facility to pass the cancer registry components of accreditation.  Cancer registry work is largely pre-defined by State regulation, National (SEER) regulation, and CoC accreditation standards.  Duties would be directed by both the KPNCCR Regional Cancer Registry Manager and regulatory requirements.  This job requires occasional travel to the accredited facility.

• Assists in the identification of key healthcare redesign business issues, the design of analytic approaches, and implementation of new business models seeking operational efficiency in the analysis of cancer data. Conducts research on cancer-related quality control outcomes improvement issues. Provides oversight and direction to analysts and assigned components of project work.


• Evaluates and distills analyses conducted by other departments, outside consultants, and/or programmers. Assists in developing and utilizing data gathering tools, such as surveys/questionnaires, work sampling, and database linkages to ensure that appropriate quantitative and qualitative data is gathered for the analysis. Extracts data for analysis and interpretation. Conducts quantitative and qualitative analyses on a broad array of issues across disciplines, projects and functional areas related specific to cancer.


• Structures and executes analysis independently. Prepares preliminary interpretations, or statistical summaries/analyses for project teams, clients, department management, the facility cancer program, and the medical staff-based Cancer Committee. Recommends suggested action steps based on the analytic results, and reports to management.


• Prepares reports synthesizing analytical results, highlighting implications of findings.  Follows through on any further actions based on the results using sound business judgment. Assists in the development of project proposals, recommendations, implementation plans, communication packages, performance measurement tools, and training materials related to the cancer program.


• Contributes to practice development and department administration including, recruiting, debriefing on training, and developing thought pieces on topics like change management. May provide input to performance reviews of others in department.


• Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.