Tumor Registrar, II

Northside Hospital•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today. Abstracts and benign processes for the oncology database in accordance to standards of the Cancer Committee, Georgia Center for Cancer Statistics, SEER, American College of Surgeons and other accrediting agencies across all Northside facilities. Obtains, organizes, and manages cancer data for use in various quality improvement and investigative studies.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) credential and/or (formerly known as) Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) credential from the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA)
1 Year experience in cancer registry field or similar area.
Experience using computer data base systems.
Experience using Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.
Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology.

Nice To Haves

B.S. degree in Health Sciences, Health Information Management, or related discipline.
Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), or other similar certification.

Responsibilities

Abstracts comprehensive data set in a timely manner utilizing pathology reports, radiology reports, treatment records, laboratory values, and other pertinent records, including non-hospital records, to document diagnosis, stage, disease extent, treatment, and response.
Abstracts all primary sites in accordance with multiple primary rules established by SEER and American College of Surgeons.
Employs defensive abstracting techniques for utilization in patient treatment summaries.
Performs follow-up on cases abstracted.
Completes collaborative staging on all malignant cases, as eligible.
Clinically stages patients in registry abstracts utilizing AJCC TNM in the absence of physician staging.
Evaluates physician staging for accuracy and addresses discrepancy through established processes.
Documents adherence to treatment management guidelines in accordance with established national guidelines.
Ensures case completion in accordance to American College of Surgeons.
Employs approved edits software to ensure zero (0) errors prior to data submittal to accrediting bodies.
Utilizes case administration over-ride codes as applicable. 12.12. Abstracts data for special cancer studies in a timely manner, including data fields not typical of comprehensive data set.
Performs quality control of abstracts using a variety of methods including but not limited to visual review, computer edit checks, audits, data query, re-abstracting studies, and reliability studies
Assists with quality control of abstracts by physicians.
Coordinates and conducts quality improvement studies as approved by the Cancer Committee in adherence to American College of Surgeons standards.
Assists other oncology departments in their quality improvement efforts.
Collects diagnostic and treatment information from non-hospital sources and updates abstracts by coding and text.
Coordinates functions for adherence to quality measures and benchmarking in for cancer program practice profile reports and rapid quality reporting as dictated by the American College of Surgeons.
Communicates with physicians, patients, and other facilities as needed to ensure all data is complete.
Releases data to outside facilities and maintains HIPAA log on all data released to outside facilities and registries.
Coordinates the cancer conferences in the event of staffing shortage, and attends other meetings as necessary.
Performs other clerical functions as needed.
Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Immediately reports any mechanical or electrical equipment malfunctions, unsafe conditions, or employee/patient/visitor injury accident to Manager.