Cancer Registrar

Position Summary / Career Interest:

The Cancer Registrar Senior is responsible for identifying applicable reportable cases for abstracting entry according to governing cancer registry bodies, including national and central registry requirements. This position performs audits on quality assurance/performance improvement. The Senior Registrar tracks and trends for the 10% required reviews for analytic cases.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Identifies applicable reportable cases (case finding) for abstract entry according to governing cancer registry bodies, including national and central registry requirements.
• Abstracts all analytic and non-analytic cases according to the Commission on Cancer standards.
• Performs follow-up review annually on all active patients.
• Interacts with patients and their designated contacts in a discrete and professional manner.
• Handles all office interactions effectively and courteously. Shares information only as appropriate with other organizations as needed to fall within treatment, payment and operations that lie within HIPAA regulations.
• Maintains work records and policies and procedures.
• Meets the quality, performance and production standards defined by the department.
• Edits should be run within software to assure quality is met and all required fields have been populated.
• Performs ongoing quality assurance/performance improvement auditing, tracking, and trending for the 10% required review of analytic cases, including the correction process by the physician.
• Works in tandem with physicians (often Cancer Committee members) to assure that quality standards are met. Is the “Gatekeeper” for Case finding, distributing cases as one registrar completes and needs additional cases.
• Edits the Missouri and Kansas edits monthly, assuring NCDB edits are completed accurately and timely.
• Runs the Infoview Reports of staged cases per quarter, including all staged cases and staged breast cases, and helps maintain calculations/formulas in the QA review spreadsheet.
• Notifies the Manager and Supervisor via email of quarterly cases staged for Cancer Committee. Coordinates and tracks RQRS/CP3R studies issued by the Commission on Cancer reporting weekly progress to the Cancer Registry staff and quarterly progress to the Cancer Committee.
• Assures cases are submitted timely and accurately.
• Contacts physician offices when treatment is not available in Medical Record to assure if treatment was administered.
• Tracks attendance at cancer conferences and maintains the required grid for reporting compliance to the Cancer Committee.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• Associates Degree in related field
• High School Graduate
• 3 or more years experience as a registrar or abstracting

Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelors Degree in related field

Required Licensure and Certification

• Certified Tumor Registrar - National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA)

Knowledge Requirements

• Epic and Cancer Registry software experience.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic information.