Cancer Registrar

UNC REX Healthcare; Tysonville (NC); Remote; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking an Oncology Data Specialist (ODS-C) to collect data on cancer patients. The role involves coding, quality control, and liaising with industry groups. Candidates must have the ODS-C certification and ideally 3 years of experience in a COC accredited facility. This full-time position offers remote work, 40 hours per week, with a salary range of $24.73 - $35.56 per hour.

Qualifications

• None required as long as other position qualifications are met.
• Minimum of 3 years experience as ODS-C in a COC accredited facility preferred.

Responsibilities

• Codes, summarizes, sequences, and stages extracted information.
• Conducts quality control activities such as auditing records.
• Creates case abstracts for cancer patients, extracting data items.

Education

Oncology Data Specialist - Certified (ODS-C)

Minimum of 6 months experience as ODS-C in a Commission on Cancer accredited facility

Knowledge and experience working with MS Office Suite and Adobe

Job description

Overview

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

Description: This position collects extensive data on all new cancer and/or bone marrow transplant patients seen at UNC Hospitals, as required by state law and according to regulations established by various state and national registries.

Responsibilities

• Codes, summarizes, sequences, and stages extracted information according to extensive and complex rules. Performs necessary research, analysis, interpretation and decision-making to best abstract, stage or sequence information.
• Composes explanatory comments to supplement codes. Conceptualizes the case as a whole and determines what types of supplementary information would augment the data provided by the codes.
• Conducts quality control activities such as auditing records and conducting data review meetings. Participates with multidisciplinary teams in creating, organizing and providing documentation of established procedures necessary for accreditation.
• Creates case abstracts for cancer patients, extracting data items from the various medical records.
• Follows up on each case abstracted for the life of the patient. Ensures that follow-up information is collected for each case annually. Extracts the required information from in-house or external sources. May communicate through written correspondence or telephone to obtain needed data.
• Responds to requests for information. Creates queries to extrapolate data and completes ad hoc and routinized reports of data.
• Serves as a liaison within industry and regional groups. Assists with collaborative studies.

Education, Licensure, and Experience

• Education Requirements: None required as long as other position qualifications are met.
• Licensure/Certification Requirements: Oncology Data Specialist - Certified (ODS-C).
• Professional Experience Requirements:
  • Minimum of 6 months experience as ODS-C in a Commission on Cancer (COC) accredited facility or 1 year at a non-COC accredited facility (preferably a hospital or central cancer registry) required.
  • Minimum of 3 years experience as ODS-C in a Commission on Cancer (COC) accredited facility preferred.
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Requirements: Knowledge and experience working with MS Office Suite and Adobe.

Job Details

• Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
• Entity: UNC REX Healthcare
• Organization Unit: Rex Cancer Registry
• Work Type: Full Time
• Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
• Salary Range: $24.73 - $35.56 per hour (Hiring Range)
• Pay offers: are determined by experience and internal equity
• Work Assignment Type: Remote
• Work Schedule: Day Job
• Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh
• Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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