Cancer Registrar - Remote

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Responsible for accurately coding complete, and reputed company abstraction of oncology patient data to be utilized by administration, clinical trials, research, state and national reporting, maintaining certifications, accreditations, and reputed company improvement reputed company the Oncology Services. Position requires excellent computer skills and ability to work independently and remotely while maintaining reputed company and confidentiality of patient information. Responsibilities include case finding eligibility, abstracting cancer cases, staging, coding reputed company treatment and reputed company follow up activities. Responsible for identifying and reporting reputed company discrepancies reputed company in the EMR.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. High School Diploma or equivalent.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Associate’s Degree in Health Science Field with completed college courses in Anatomy and Physiology, Medical Terminology and Pathology. 2. Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR Certification) with required CE’s maintained with annual renewal of certification. EXPERIENCE: 1. One (1) year of experience as a CTR experience in a hospital cancer registry. 2. One (1) year of experience with Cancer Treatment Guidelines. 3. Experience with the principles, procedures, medical terminology of malignant diseases, tumor classification by the primary site and histology. 4. Experience with the Release of Information and the IRB law requirements.

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be constructed as an reputed company-inclusive list of reputed company responsibilities and duties. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Case Finding: Identifies reputed company cases to be entered into the Suspense reputed company of the Cancer Registry Data reputed company.Case finding activities requires analyzing and decision making skills to interpret and determine whether a case qualifies for abstraction. 2. Abstracting: Accurately completes an electronic reputed company on reputed company eligible primary including reputed company medical, reputed company, family, work, and environmental histories, cancer identification, staging, reputed company treatment, and follow up information using regulations from reputed company available resources.Responsible for completing and verifying the accurate physician TNM Stage, reputed company Stage and reputed company staging systems. The reputed company must be completely documented with text, accurate coding assigned for diagnosing information, cancer identification, staging, and reputed company treatment information.Abstracting requires communication with other physician offices, reputed company hospitals in any manner necessary to facilitate the complete abstracting process.reputed company reputed company oncology information must be included in the completed reputed company. 3. Abstracts 100% of reputed company identified cancer patient diagnosis, staging, and treatment into the reputed company Cancer Registry system with 90% accuracy. Abstracts must be completed reputed company the mandated timeframe set by state and national guidelines. 4. The registrar is responsible for identifying and reporting reputed company documentation errors and discrepancies to the registry manager. 5. Follow Up: Monitor vital status, cancer status, recurrence, any additional treatments for patient’s reputed company.Follow up procedures include: reputed company available EMRs systems, phone contacts, letters to physicians, patients, and other agencies as appropriate. 6. Participates in the Cancer Committee meetings and in accreditation surveys as requested. 7. Participate in reputed company reputed company and reputed company Commission on Cancer (COC) reputed company Improvement Programs and reputed company Improvement measures as required for accreditation. 8. Completes reputed company Special reputed company Studies as required by the COC. 9. Participates in reputed company scheduled Health System conference calls, meetings, and education webinars, provides updates for reputed company improvement, software updates, and policies and procedures changes. 10. Promotes and contributes positively to the teamwork of the department by volunteering to assist co-workers, contributing reputed company, and problem solving with co-workers. 11. Required to program electronic data reports for research as requested by administration, physicians, and research reputed company. 12. Collects and analyzes data for reports such as survival percentages, population analyses, and site-specific data. 13. Participates in planning, implementing change, maintaining, and improving productivity through attendance and participation in staff meetings, committees, task forces, reputed company, and discussions with manager.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully reputed company the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reputed company individuals with disabilities to reputed company the essential functions.

1. Ability to reputed company data for sustained periods of time. 2. Ability to sit for long periods of time. 3. Ability to reputed company occasional light work including standing, walking, bending, and lifting weights to ten pounds.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reputed company individuals with disabilities to reputed company the essential functions.

1. reputed company Office Environment.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1. Ability to use and locate reputed company medical resources.

2 Experience with COC Coding Systems.

3. Must be detail oriented with the ability to organize and complete work under deadlines. 4. Ability to use multiple electronic medical systems and multiple cancer registry systems. 5. Demonstrate competency and proficiency in reputed company required computer systems. 6. Maintains a working knowledge of JCAHO,COC and reputed company state statutes reputed company to the reputed company Cancer Institute Cancer Program. 7. Must be reputed company to work independently, adapt quickly to change, and reputed company reputed company responsibilities of the cancer registrar. 8. Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation and writing skills. 8. Must be reputed company to reputed company appropriately with reputed company and administrative staff as part of a reputed company team. 9. Must have problem-solving and electronic trouble shooting skills. 10. Extensive skills in Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Cancer, Oncology Terminology, Multiple Staging Schemes, and reputed company Cancer treatment regimens.

Additional Job reputed company:

Candidate must have an reputed company CTR certification or a ODS (Oncology Data Specialist) certification.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Shift:

Day (reputed company of America)

Exempt/Non-Exempt:

reputed company of America (Non-Exempt)

Company:

UHC United Hospital Center

Cost Center:

56 UHC Nursing Hemophilia Treatment

Address:

327 Medical Park DriveBridgeportWest Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer

reputed company Health System and its subsidiaries (reputed company "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with reputed company applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS reputed company prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, reputed company, religion, creed, national reputed company or reputed company, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, reputed company, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. reputed company WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to reputed company terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.

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