Cancer Registrar II - Cancer Care Program

Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health•Halifax, NS

2d•CA$29 - CA$35•Remote

About The Position

The Cancer Registrar (CR) is a staging & classification specialist providing cancer-specific health care data for the Province of Nova Scotia. This data resides in the provincial Cancer Registry Information System (CRIS). The CR combines, reviews, analyses, and interprets a wide range of data types from various reports (e.g. radiology/laboratory, physician consult records, etc.), and from multiple sources (e.g. pathology reports, clinical information systems, death records etc.) to classify and stage the primary tumour and create standardized datasets for cancer cases diagnosed and managed in Nova Scotia. The purpose of this job is to provide timely, complete and accurate cancer-specific health care data to support cancer surveillance activities (incidence, stage, mortality and survival data) to the Nova Scotia Health Cancer Care Program (NSH CCP). The CR accomplishes this through research, abstraction, analysis and interpretation of complex medical information to determine the appropriate morphology and topography codes, the stage at diagnosis for all cancer diagnosed for Nova Scotia residents and collect pertinent information for all patients in CRIS. These data are published in provincial, national and international publications and support cancer surveillance, epidemiological research, quality control initiatives, cancer control management and system performance, health services planning and management decisions. The CR must know, understand, and apply complex rule sets for multiple primary, histology, stage assignment (AJCC 8th Edition) and International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O-3) classification. The CR collects, analyzes and interprets health data throughout the patient’s life span starting with diagnosis. The CR must ensure periodic review of all related cancer resource material (cytology, pathology, autopsy reports, admission/separation data from the provincial hospital abstracting system, vital statistics death listings, hospital and clinic charts) to update health status, treatment activity and outcomes at defined intervals.

Requirements

Graduate of a Health Information Management Program plus certification
Two years' experience working in Cancer Care
CTR designation
Knowledge of legislation surrounding health information (e.g. Nova Scotia Personal Health Information Act)
Knowledge of computerized clinical health systems and how to retrieve health information
Experience with Microsoft suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Knowledge of ICD-O-3 Classification System
Knowledge of ICD-10 CA/CCI Classification Systems
Competency in using a variety of Nova Scotia based Health Care Information Systems (e.g. SHARE, Millennium, Meditech, One-Content, XIMG, OPIS)
Excellent analytic and decision making skills

Nice To Haves

Competencies in other languages an asset; French preferred
If no applicants demonstrate two years of experience in Cancer Care and CTR certification; consideration may be given to applicants who have completed a Health Information Management program plus certification. If successful, they will be placed on the Cancer Registrar I scale.

Responsibilities

Classify and stage the primary tumour and create standardized datasets for cancer cases diagnosed and managed in Nova Scotia.
Provide timely, complete and accurate cancer-specific health care data to support cancer surveillance activities (incidence, stage, mortality and survival data) to the Nova Scotia Health Cancer Care Program (NSH CCP).
Research, abstract, analyze and interpret complex medical information to determine the appropriate morphology and topography codes, the stage at diagnosis for all cancer diagnosed for Nova Scotia residents and collect pertinent information for all patients in CRIS.
Ensure periodic review of all related cancer resource material (cytology, pathology, autopsy reports, admission/separation data from the provincial hospital abstracting system, vital statistics death listings, hospital and clinic charts) to update health status, treatment activity and outcomes at defined intervals.