Data Manager

Division of General Internal Medicine (DGIM)

Full Time

75673BR

Job Summary

The Breast Cancer Surveillance Data Manager of the San Francisco Mammography registry is responsible for data coding and mapping of questionnaires regarding radiology, biopsy, cancer and vital statistics information from mammography facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area. The individual should have a strong ability to manipulate data using SAS, map clinical data to defined variables in the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) Data Dictionary, as well as recognize and problem solve data issues and perform statistical analysis including frequencies and cross tabulations.

This Data Manager should also have knowledge of qualify control procedure. The Breast Cancer Surveillance Data Manager is the professional who applies acquired job skills, policies, and procedures to complete substantive assignments / projects / tasks of moderate scope and complexity; exercises judgment within defined guidelines and practices to determine appropriate action. The Breast Cancer Surveillance Data Manager uses professional bioinformatics concepts. Applies computational procedures to resolve a variety of analysis and research issues. Works on assignments of moderate scope where analysis of data requires a review of a variety of factors. Assists in additional analyses as needed to achieve research objectives.  Uses knowledge of breast cancer to problem solve data issues, create data sets for ancillary studies, and perform simple analyses.

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Department Description

DIVISION OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE The Division of General Internal Medicine (DGIM) has a wide range of clinical, research, and teaching responsibilities. DGIM’s mission is to provide high quality and accessible clinical care, medical teaching to physicians in training, and to conduct cutting-edge research in the aspects of health outcomes related to socioeconomic and ethnic factors. ABOUT UCSF The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences.

The Department of Medicine (DOM), the largest department in the School of Medicine, has close to 600 full- time faculty leading top-notch research, clinical, and education programs. The Department has a decentralized organizational structure across four sites (Parnassus, ZSFG, SFVAHCS and Mt. Zion) and 38 divisions.  Authority and accountability for the Department rests with the Department Chair who heads the Parnassus and Mt. Zion sites, and also directs the Vice Chairs at the ZSFG and SFVAHCS sites.

Required Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Operational Research or other degree with emphasis on data management, or an equivalent combination of education / experience.
• Five years full-time database management and SAS programming experience, including advanced data step programming (Base SAS), SAS macro language, Proc SQL and SAS / ACCESS.
• Advanced skills in SAS with experience manipulating very large databases (millions of observations and hundreds of variables).
• Understanding of database design and data elements in the BCSC data dictionary is essential to be able to map acquired data from various clinical data systems. Quality control and understanding of how data will be used to address research questions is important to mapping data to the SFMR database and providing data to ancillary studies.
• Thorough understanding of efficient database design and structure concepts and expertise in working with data in a variety of formats (e.g. SAS, dbf, FileMaker Pro, Access, XML, Excel, Salesforce).
• Excellent organization, documentation and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• MPH or MS degree in a related field, such as Statistics, and five years of health related research experience with data and biostatistics, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in breast cancer research and understanding of terminology used to conduct breast cancer research with curiosity about science and application of data collected for SFMR.
• Ability to learn and apply probabilistic linkage programs for the matching of registry populations with other data. The demonstrated ability to learn new computer programming languages as needed for the registry (Stata, SPlus, R language).
• Ability to work independently and communicate, cooperate and collaborate with all levels of personnel from transcriptionist to physicians and staff at the university, BCSC Statistical Coordinating Center and mammography facilities. Experience with Cancer Registry and Death data a plus.
• Familiarity with HIPAA privacy requirements, the maintenance of confidential data, network security, and human subjects research regulations.

About UCSF

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the world’s leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging and stem cells.

Pride Values

UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence – also known as our PRIDE values.

In addition to our PRIDE values, UCSF is committed to equity – both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available at diversity.ucsf.edu

Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of California San Francisco is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

Job Code and Payroll Title

009402 BIOINFORMATICS PROGR 2

Job Category

Clinical Systems / IT Professionals, Professional and Managerial

Bargaining Unit

99 - Policy-Covered (No Bargaining Unit)

Additional Shift Details

Monday - Friday; 8:00 am - 5:00 PM