Certified Tumor Registrar (PRN)

HIA is seeking a Certified Tumor Registrar. The CTR collects necessary data by abstracting oncology charts. Must be working currently and have at least 2 years of experience with CTR. 

Must consistently work a minimum of 15-20 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Review the medical records for each eligible patient by analyzing the patient history, physical exam, diagnostic tests, staging, and medical and nursing care to complete the abstract in accordance with ACOS Cancer Program standards and state requirements. 
• Maintain abstracting productivity and quality rates compatible with the organization and established national benchmark. 
• Assists with timely monthly reporting to the Cancer Registry, including any special studies and audits.
• Assists in the submission to Rapid Cancer Reporting System (RCRS). Monthly exports and submits all eligible cases for valid performance quality measures and adheres to RCRS terms and conditions. Reviews, monitors, and updates all the alerts and cases in RCRS to ensure compliance with each specific quality measure.
• Assist in the Annual NCDB submission.: Each year submits cases diagnosed on January 2003 or later meet the quality criteria for the annual Call for Data on initial submission.
• Assists in systematic methods of case finding. Enters and/or updates cases in the suspense database.
• Assists in maintaining a follow-up program for the life of all required abstracts by reviewing hospital documentation, and contacting physicians, state offices, and possibly patients for current follow-up information. Enters this data into microcomputer for further analysis.
• Participates in ongoing studies for the American College of Surgeons and local studies.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills to operate cancer registry software to perform the job. 
• Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.) This process includes communicating with the patient, parent and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.). 
• Collaborate with the staff at all campuses to mutually develop opportunities for improvement and action plans. Actively participates in HMH Health Cancer Registries team member meetings.
• Attend educational conferences to maintain their certification.
• Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.

Qualifications

• Must be actively certified and currently working for CTR Support with the Data Registry 
• Successful completion at minimum an Associate's degree or equivalent (60 college-level credits including 2 semesters of Anatomy & Physiology) effective 1/1/2010 OR Certificate in Cancer Registry Management or Cancer Information Management from an NCRA-accredited program

• Minimum of 1 year in a related field: cancer, nursing, medical records, or health science.

            Education, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Preferred:

• Knowledge in tumor registry operations, tumor staging, diagnostic tests, and treatments.

            Licenses and Certifications Required: 

• Certified Tumor Registrar.

This is a Remote – PRN Position (Subcontractor 1099)

The specific statements shown in this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to perform the job successfully.