Are you interested in making a world of difference in cancer care?

Cancer strikes more than 10 million people worldwide each year. As the leading medical society representing doctors who care for people with cancer, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality, equitable patient care.

Who we are:
ASCO is a flexible, high-performance membership organization where employees collaborate to support our mission through evidence, care, and impact. Together with Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation and CancerLinQ colleagues, we foster a culture that prioritizes customer-centricity, emphasizes teamwork, commits to quality, and values inclusion. Our culture, ASCO Works – Our Way of Working, has long enabled workplace flexibility and embraced technology to help us achieve balance.

ASCO offers competitive salaries, an excellent benefits package, and opportunities to participate in professional development programs. To learn what it’s like to work at ASCO, click here.

Responsibilities include conducting literature/evidence reviews, drafting new measure specifications, coordinating measure testing activities, monitoring and evaluating measure deployment, identifying publication opportunities, and maintaining ASCO measures and associated specifications in the Measures Library.

If you are passionate about developing clinical quality measures to assess the quality of oncology care we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity!

Remote candidates welcome or primary location in Alexandria, VA. 

What you will do:

• Conduct systematic literature/evidence review for potential new measure development
• Draft new measure specifications and maintain current measure narratives in conjunction with panel volunteers and relevant internal ASCO staff
• Coordinate measure testing activities around reliability, validity, and risk adjustment for new and existing measures
• Monitor, support, and evaluate measure deployment across ASCO platforms and external reporting programs
• Identify and coordinate publication opportunities related to measures
• Maintain ASCO measures and associated specifications in the Measures Library, including Quality Payment Program (QPP) and Consensus-Based Entity (CBE) annual maintenance and re-endorsement activities
• Participate in measure development streamlining and continuous quality improvement initiatives and standardization of processes related to quality measure development, measure maintenance, and other ad hoc measure development activities
• Coordinate and support Technical Expert Panels (TEPs) and other related working groups
• Attend external quality measurement-related meetings and conferences as appropriate

What you will need in order to be successful:

• Bachelor’s degree in health management, public health, health research, social science, or equivalent degree
• 3 – 4 years of experience with clinical quality measures
• Knowledge, understanding, and application of principles and practices of quality measurement

Ideal candidates will also contribute: 

• Advanced degree in health management, public health, health research, social science, or equivalent degree
• Experience within a quality measures/maintenance/implementation environment in a non-profit or professional medical society
• Knowledge, understanding, and application of performance measurement, quality improvement, and project management principles and practices

Competencies:

• Excellent communication skills, including written, and comfort communicating confidently and facilitating discussion with both staff and physician volunteers
• Comfort discussing clinical and/or scientific topics even without personal domain knowledge
• Strong measures and quality improvement knowledge and analytical skills
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical and research skills with ability to bring forward new ideas and solutions when working with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines, prioritize, and multi-task 
• Excellent organization skills and high attention to detail
• Self-managed and proactive with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities

ADA/Physical Requirements

Fast-paced office environment with extended periods seated or standing at a desk. 

High use of computer and other office technology equipment.

Travel

1-5 days/yr

Remote-Eligible

Yes

Generous Benefits Package:

• Hybrid Work Environment
• Open Leave Policy
• Paid Family Leave
• 13 Paid Holidays per Calendar Year
• Staff Appreciation Days
• 401(k): 7.5% Employer Contribution
• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Employee Assistance Program
• Fertility and Family Forming
• Healthcare Concierge
• Flexible Spending Account(s)
• Healthcare Savings Account
• Disability and Life Insurance

At ASCO, our goal is to foster and encourage a diversity of thought, experience, and background in our workplace. Our organization’s culture is multi-dimensional, and we encourage our employees to leverage their unique perspectives and ideas. ASCO is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). 

About American Society of Clinical Oncology

Founded in 1964, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Inc. (ASCO®) is committed to making a world of difference in cancer care. As the world’s leading organization of its kind, ASCO represents nearly 45,000 oncology professionals who care for people living with cancer. Through research, education, and promotion of the highest-quality patient care, ASCO works to conquer cancer and create a world where cancer is prevented or cured, and every survivor is healthy. ASCO furthers its mission through Cancer.Net and Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation. Cancer.Net (www.cancer.net) brings the expertise and resources of ASCO to people living with cancer and those who care for and about them. All the information and content on Cancer.Net is developed and approved by members of ASCO, making Cancer.Net an up-to-date and trusted resource for cancer information. Conquer Cancer (www.conquer.org) funds research into every facet of cancer to benefit every patient, everywhere. Conquer Cancer helps turn science into a sigh of relief for patients around the world by supporting groundbreaking research and education across cancer’s full continuum.

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