Covenant Health
Overview
Certified Cancer Registrar, East Tennessee Cancer Registry. Full time, 72 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift. Position is home based but in-person meetings are sometimes required.
Thompson Cancer Survival Center Overview: Thompson Cancer Survival Center is our region’s largest cancer-fighting network, with more imaging centers, more board-certified physicians and surgeons, and more cancer and radiation centers closer to where you call home. The center is a part of Covenant Health, a regional healthcare network with 10 hospitals, outpatient and specialty services, and Covenant Medical Group.
The center was founded to bring world-class cancer care to East Tennessee. Therapies pioneered here have transformed and saved lives; the organization collaborates with dieticians, genetics counselors, pharmacists, technologists, oncology nurses, social workers, and others to treat and beat cancer. There are facilities in downtown, West Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Sevierville, and Morristown.
Position Summary The Certified Cancer Registrar should possess the technical knowledge and skills necessary to maintain the components of cancer-related data collections systems in a manner consistent with all requirements of the health care delivery system: medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory.
Recruiter:
Jennifer Gordon | apply@covhlth.com
Responsibilities
Maintain independent off-site cancer registry
Organize and staff cancer conferences
Staffing for cancer committee
Liaison to physicians
Processes, maintains, compiles, and reports health information data for:
Research
Quality assessment
Facility planning
Marketing
Physician information
Abstracts and codes clinical data using appropriate classification systems
Stages cancer patients according to AJCC and SEER staging systems
Handles day-to-day operation of the registry
Attends meetings and serves on committees or teams as required
Completes patient care evaluation studies with survival data
Monitors quality assessment program
Cancer abstracting for Tennessee State Reporting System contracting facilities
Travel as necessary to contracting facilities
Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards; completes required education assignments annually; works toward achieving goals and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested
Collection and preparation of registry statistics
Performs other duties as assigned by manager
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Minimum Experience:
Three (3) years cancer registry experience. Good computer skills, good communication skills, medical terminology and anatomy and physiology. Abstracting experience (at least one year) preferred.
Licensure Requirement:
Certified Tumor Registrar (CTUR) is required. Employee must have a valid Tennessee driver’s license Class D and state-mandated minimum insurance coverage. Driving record must meet Covenant Health minimum standards at the date of hire and throughout employment tenure.
Details
Seniority level:
Mid-Senior level
Employment type:
Full-time
Job function:
Health Care Provider
Industries:
Hospitals and Health Care
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Thompson Cancer Survival Center Overview: Thompson Cancer Survival Center is our region’s largest cancer-fighting network, with more imaging centers, more board-certified physicians and surgeons, and more cancer and radiation centers closer to where you call home. The center is a part of Covenant Health, a regional healthcare network with 10 hospitals, outpatient and specialty services, and Covenant Medical Group.
The center was founded to bring world-class cancer care to East Tennessee. Therapies pioneered here have transformed and saved lives; the organization collaborates with dieticians, genetics counselors, pharmacists, technologists, oncology nurses, social workers, and others to treat and beat cancer. There are facilities in downtown, West Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Sevierville, and Morristown.
Position Summary The Certified Cancer Registrar should possess the technical knowledge and skills necessary to maintain the components of cancer-related data collections systems in a manner consistent with all requirements of the health care delivery system: medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory.
Recruiter:
Jennifer Gordon | apply@covhlth.com
Responsibilities
Maintain independent off-site cancer registry
Organize and staff cancer conferences
Staffing for cancer committee
Liaison to physicians
Processes, maintains, compiles, and reports health information data for:
Research
Quality assessment
Facility planning
Marketing
Physician information
Abstracts and codes clinical data using appropriate classification systems
Stages cancer patients according to AJCC and SEER staging systems
Handles day-to-day operation of the registry
Attends meetings and serves on committees or teams as required
Completes patient care evaluation studies with survival data
Monitors quality assessment program
Cancer abstracting for Tennessee State Reporting System contracting facilities
Travel as necessary to contracting facilities
Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards; completes required education assignments annually; works toward achieving goals and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested
Collection and preparation of registry statistics
Performs other duties as assigned by manager
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Minimum Experience:
Three (3) years cancer registry experience. Good computer skills, good communication skills, medical terminology and anatomy and physiology. Abstracting experience (at least one year) preferred.
Licensure Requirement:
Certified Tumor Registrar (CTUR) is required. Employee must have a valid Tennessee driver’s license Class D and state-mandated minimum insurance coverage. Driving record must meet Covenant Health minimum standards at the date of hire and throughout employment tenure.
Details
Seniority level:
Mid-Senior level
Employment type:
Full-time
Job function:
Health Care Provider
Industries:
Hospitals and Health Care
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