Indiana Cancer Registry Director

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Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering a range of opportunities across 60+ agencies. At the state, you'll find competitive compensation, a robust benefits package and a commitment to work-life balance. Most importantly, you'll have the chance to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of Hoosiers across Indiana.

About the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH):

The Indiana Department of Health’s mission is to promote, protect, and improve the health and safety of all Hoosiers so that they can reach their optimal health regardless of where they live, learn, work, or play.

Role Overview:

This position serves as the Indiana State Cancer Registry Director. In that role, the incumbent provides leadership and management for all Cancer Registry state and contracted, vendor staff, ensuring that the team meets its specified goals and objectives. Ideal candidate has epidemiological and/or cancer registry experience and strong organizational and grants management skills.

The salary for this position traditionally starts at $59,800.00 but may be commensurate with education and work experience. Use our Compensation Calculator to view the total compensation package.

This position will serve as the Indiana State Cancer Registry Director and will be responsible for meeting required cancer data collection and submitting it for local, state and federal use. The position will collaborate closely with registry and surveillance staff to meet data quality and transparency requirements.

Your work is broad scope and involves the use of independent judgment in making decisions that affect the effectiveness of the specific program. You will apply professional standards and guidelines for effective services and conduct a variety of assessments to measure the effectiveness of activities. You will make observations, report, and adapt to changing information.

Incumbent leads to the development, administration, and evaluation of the Indiana State Cancer Registry at the Indiana Department of Health, including all programs related to cancer registry operations. Incumbent assures ongoing administrative and fiscal management for the cancer registry and assures successful and timely completion of all deliverables related to registry for the Indiana Comprehensive Cancer Control Cooperative Agreement for State and Territories and any state requirements, statutes or laws.

The Cancer Registry Director serves as the resident expert and public health specialist especially as it relates to data collection, data quality assurance portion of cancer surveillance initiatives by the federally- and state- mandated Indiana State Cancer Registry at the Indiana Department of Health. The Cancer Registry Director assures regulatory compliance with all related state and federal regulations. The Cancer Registry Director serves as a subject matter expert on the cancer registry providing support and technical assistance for registry reporters and partners.

The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Establishes and monitors public health program objectives, KPIs, and actions to achieve them.
• Directs, plans, or implements policies, objectives, or activities of public health organizations to ensure continuing operations and increased productivity
• Interprets and explains public health policies, rules, regulations, or laws to organizations, government or corporate officials, or individuals.
• Recommends and implements corrective action plans to solve public health program problems.
• Prepares reports for approval, including those for funding or implementation of services.
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