Cancer Registrar II; Cert

Job Description

UC Health is hiring a Full Time Cancer Registrar II.

The Cancer Registrar II is a data information specialist that captures, manages and analyzes a complete history, diagnosis, treatment, and health status for every cancer patient in the U.S. for the purposes of education, research, and outcome measurement. Cancer data informs researchers, healthcare providers, and public health officials to monitor and advance cancer treatments, conduct research, and improve cancer prevention and screening programs.

UC Health is an integrated academic health system serving Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. In partnership with the University of Cincinnati, UC Health combines clinical expertise and compassion with research and teaching—a combination that provides patients with options for even the most complex situations. Members of UC Health include: UC Medical Center, West Chester Hospital, University of Cincinnati Physicians and UC Health Ambulatory Services (with more than 900 board‑certified clinicians and surgeons), Lindner Center of HOPE and several specialized institutes including: UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute and the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center.

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Cincinnati, OH, United States

• Minimum
  
  Required:
  
  Associate’s Degree preferred and/or equivalent combination of education and experience in health information management.
• College level Anatomy and Physiology and Medical Terminology preferred.
• Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) required.
• At least 2 years of experience in healthcare.
• 1 year in tumor registry case abstraction.

Join our team to BE UC Health. Be Extraordinary. Be Supported. Be Hope. Apply Today! At UC Health, we're proud to have the best and brightest teams and clinicians collaborating toward our common purpose: to advance healing and reduce suffering. As the region's adult academic health system, we strive for innovation and provide world‑class care for not only our community, but patients from all over the world.

Join our team and you'll be able to develop your skills, grow your career, build relationships with your peers and patients, and help us be a source of hope for our friends and neighbors.

UC Health is an EEO employer.

• Responsible for identification, accessioning, data retrieval, data comprehension and data integration in the full spectrum of all disease sites of cancer.
• May assist in coordinating Cancer Program development, assess and monitor compliance of hospital's Cancer Program with regulatory requirements.
• May serve as a mentor and trainer to Follow-up Asst, Cancer Registry I employees, and health information management programs' visiting students.
• Performs concurrent and retrospective reviews of patient medical records for appropriateness, protocol compliance, variances and other review activities related to tumor registry abstraction and submission requirements.
• Utilizes data manuals of defined outcome measurements, terms, and calculations and monitors for changes in data requirements.
• Maintains data abstraction accuracy within 95-100% accuracy in accordance with federal/ state regulations, ACoS CoC program standards, institutional and departmental policies and procedures.
• Understands clinical pathways to determine what types of treatment should be expected based on site, extent, type of cancer and associated NCCN guidelines.
• Reviews data for completeness and accuracy.
• Pursues missing data necessary for abstract completion by contacting outside physician offices, hospitals and cancer registries.
• Establishes and produces quarterly, monthly, and other scheduled reports in a timely manner; accommodates information requests from other Cancer Registries in a timely manner.
• Logs all requests into the registry log per ACOS Standards.
• Assists with preparation of data submissions to the National Cancer Data Base, monthly internal quality reviews, and state audits.
• Ability to communicate effectively with physicians, oncology nurses, patients as well as medical records / tumor registry personnel.
• Assists…