Job Announcement
Subject Matter Expert (1)
DB is seeking a qualified candidate to fill the subject matter expert position within the National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Serves as subject matter expert,
possessing in-depth knowledge of a particular area, such as business, computer science,
engineering, mathematics, applicable federal policies, regulations and standards, or the various
sciences. Provides technical knowledge and analysis of highly specialized applications and
operational environments, high-level functional systems analysis, design, integration,
documentation and implementation advice on exceptionally complex problems that need
extensive knowledge of the subject matter for effective implementation. Participates as needed
in all phases of software development with emphasis on the planning, analysis, testing,
integration, documentation, and presentation phases. Applies principles, methods and
knowledge of the functional area of capability to specific task order requirements, advanced
mathematical principles and methods to exceptionally difficult and narrowly defined technical
problems in engineering and other scientific applications to arrive at automated solutions.
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Provide ongoing technical support for customers using key Registry Plus tools (Abstract
Plus, Prep and CRS/TLC Plus, Registry Plus online help and Registry Plus Utility programs),
as well as all Collaborative Stage Data Collection System (CS) conversion utilities and
programs.
Develop tools and methods to streamline support for customers using CS and Registry Plus
Online Help.
Perform software analysis, interface design, and testing; including performing application
review and providing specifications to programmers, generating usability testing materials
and collaborating with usability engineers and programmers to incorporate usability testing
results.
Develop specifications for national cancer reporting standards, contributing to design of new
modules, and performing problem identification and resolution testing as needed.
Generating software system documentation, user training materials, software manuals, and
context-sensitive online help for the various Registry Plus applications.
Provide training at NPCR-sponsored workshops and presentations at national conferences
and other meetings as required, and providing software demonstrations as required.
Maintain a national cancer community presence and leadership role via regular participation
in various North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) committee
teleconferences, contributing towards decision-making regarding implementation and
enforcement of national cancer reporting standards.
Provide subject matter expertise in population-based cancer registry operations in the areas
of: registry operations, data flow, data collection, data editing, quality control, auditing for
accuracy/completeness, applicable standards for coding and classification, registry software
systems, and CS.
Develop and maintain Registry Plus Online Help, a reference resource combining the
content of major standard coding manuals published by, for example, the National Cancer
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Institute and American College of Surgeons, into a single HTML help system with a
combined index, full-text searching, and hyperlinks within and between manuals.
Analyze and reformat content of standard manuals into HTML as updates are issued at least
annually.
Use Adobe RoboHelp to maintain and compile the online help versions of manuals.
Use Microsoft Access to maintain control table and pick lists for the software products.
Serve on Mapping Team, Informatics Team, and CS Technical Advisory Panel for the CS
project, the North-America-wide system for collecting standardized data on extent of disease
and stage classification for reported cancers.
Develop code sets for new data items.
Develop conversion specifications when the system is revised.
Consult on design and implementation of special studies as needed, especially with
establishing code sets and modifying Registry Plus products to meet study requirements.
Participate in collaborative work with other agencies and organizations to standardized data,
for example, by sitting on standing NAACCR committees.
Actively participate in developers meetings and contributes to the feature sets for
enhancements of Registry Plus products.
Prepare both technical documentation for customer-based IT support staff and training
materials for end users of Registry Plus products.
KSAs in addition to generic labor category descriptions
 Ability to work independently and with a team on development projects.
 Familiarity with NAACCR data standards.
 Subject matter expertise in the areas of classification of diseases, cancer staging and
treatment, and coding systems and standards, for development of data collection tools for
ongoing and special projects, such as the Pathology Informatics for Cancer Registries
support tools, and mapping data elements from pathology reports onto cancer registry data
elements.
 Certified as a CTR; knowledge of health applications and software development processes;
extensive experience with documenting software functionality development of contextsensitive help, developing materials for and conducting user training, and providing technical
support.
 Exceptionally well-developed analysis and writing skills, including ability to organize complex
material, propose solutions, and craft appropriate documents in multiple styles to meet
different requirements and audiences.
TO APPLY:
For additional information or to apply, please submit a current resume and cover
letter to:
Shawn Boyd
VP, PMO and Outsourcing
sboyd@dbconsultinggroup.com
Phone Extension: 330
Al Small
Program Manager
asmall@dbconsultinggroup.com
Phone: 404.273.7320
EOE