Cancer Registrar-28454

Rush University Medical Center; Chicago (IL); Presencial; USD 41.000 - 66.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Rush University Medical Center in Chicago is seeking a Cancer Registry Specialist to assist with creating and maintaining cancer abstracts from inpatient and outpatient records, death certificates, pathology reports, and autopsy reports. You will participate in medical staff committees, support cancer care plans, and ensure accuracy and compliance with ACoS and ISCR standards.

The role requires RHIA or RHIT certification and 1 year cancer registry experience, strong knowledge of medical

Formación

• RHIA or RHIT certification.
• One year cancer registry abstracting experience.
• Strong knowledge of medical terminology and anatomy and physiology.
• Ability to abstract data accurately from patient records.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience with computerized cancer registry database.
• Proficient in Word, Excel and related software.
• Demonstrates attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work with Medical Staff and diverse personalities.
• Ability to apply local, state, and federal guidelines with attention to detail.

Responsabilidades

• Accurately captures required data elements from inpatient and outpatient records for cancer registration.
• Performs edit-checks on coded data to ensure data integrity.
• Submits data monthly to Illinois State Cancer Registry and reports to National Cancer Database as required.
• Codes follow-up information and handles correspondence with other registries.
• Assists in preparing cancer statistics reports for medical staff and management.
• Maintains knowledge of cancer trends and participates in relevant committees.
• Supervises data entry for cancer registry projects as needed.

Conocimientos

Medical terminology

Anatomy & physiology

Data abstraction

Communication skills

Detail-oriented

Team collaboration

Data trending

Regulatory guidelines

Educación

RHIA or RHIT certification

CTR credential (preferred)

Herramientas

Microsoft Word

Excel

Cancer registry software

Descripción del empleo

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Business Unit: Rush Medical Center

Hospital: Rush University Medical Center

Department: RUH Health Information Mgmt

Work Type: Full Time (Total FTE between 0.9 and 1.0)

Shift: Shift 1

Work Schedule: 8 Hr (8:00:00 AM - 4:30:00 PM)

Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits learn more at our Rush benefits page (https://www.rush.edu/rush-careers/employee-benefits).

Pay Range: $29.36 - $47.79 per hour

Rush salaries are determined by many factors including, but not limited to, education, job-related experience and skills, as well as internal equity and industry specific market data. The pay range for each role reflects Rush’s anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position. Offers may vary depending on the circumstances of each case.

Summary

This position is responsible for assistance with performing and maintaining the activities of the Cancer Registry. Review patient records to collect the required American College of Surgeons (ASoC) and Illinois State Cancer Registry (ISCR) cancer abstracting data from inpatient and outpatient records, death certificates, pathology reports, and autopsy reports. Participates in various medical staff committee meetings to provide specific and aggregate data for the medical staff to develop cancer care plans. Maintains a demeanor and appearance appropriate for representation of RUMC. Exemplifies the Rush mission, vision and values, and acts in accordance with Rush policies and procedures

Other Information

Required Job Qualifications:

• RHIA or RHIT certification.
• One year experience in cancer registry abstracting.
• Strong knowledge of medical terminology and anatomy and physiology.
• Demonstrates ability to abstract data accurately from patient records.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience with computerized cancer registry database.
• Proficient in computer use and software applications such as Word, Excel, etc.
• Demonstrates positive RUMC image with all internal and external customers.
• Demonstrates attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work successfully with different personality styles and with the Medical Staff.
• Ability to keep focused and achieve high-quality levels of data collection to allow for data trending.
• Ability to interact with and direct the work of others in a manner consistent with the Rush mission and values.
• Ability to apply local, state, and federal guidelines with attention to detail.

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Certified Cancer Registrar (CTR) credential.
• Prior inpatient and outpatient coding experience using ICD-9-CM.

Responsibilities

• Accurately captures the required data elements required by the American College of Surgeons by reading inpatient and outpatient medical records, death certificates, pathology reports, and autopsy reports of all patients eligible for cancer registration.
• Perform edit-check procedure on all coded data according to ISCR & ACoS standards in order to assure the integrity of all cancer data and patient follow-up information.
• Submit required data to Illinois State Cancer Registry (monthly) from all applicable cases.
• Report appropriate cancer cases to National Cancer Database (monthly) as required by agreement and program standards.
• Codes all follow-up information received from solicited sources on proper documents for computer input.
• Answers correspondence calls from other Cancer Registries requesting information.
• Provides support with compiling and providing cancer related statistical reports on request from medical staff, researchers, and administrative staff.
• Assists in the production of the Annual Cancer Program Report.
• Assist in preparing agenda, recording minutes, and circulating documents for Cancer Committee, Cancer Conference, and Subcommittee of the Cancer Program.
• Maintains current knowledge of cancer trends and developments in the cancer field.
• Maintains credential as required by professional associations.
• Assists in the planning and revising of departmental procedures.
• Communicates with other health care providers (hospitals, physicians, and other healthcare institutions) to obtain patient records and patient information on cancer patients referred to Rush University Medical Center for care or follow-up.
• Participates in national and regional studies (patient care evaluation studies) identified by the Commission on Cancer for the American College of Surgeons and chosen by the Cancer Committee or Medical Staff by abstracting the data elements required.
• Assist with collecting complete AJCC or appropriate staging by collecting diagnoses, morphology, topography, treatments, extent of disease, stage of cancer, follow-up attempts and treatments, and other demographic data, applying various morphology coding to the conditions, and entering the data into the database.
• Reviews various reports such as operative logs, operative reports, pathology reports, etc. to identify patients that should be added to the cancer registry database. Finds the appropriate patient records and completes abstracting process.
• Communicates with patients as necessary to meet ACoS follow-up requirements.
• Prepares various reports as requested by Department Management and Cancer Committee physician members.
• Supervises data entry related to cancer registry projects as needed.
• Maintains production/abstraction statistics.
• Completes other assigned duties as required.

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.