CANCER REGISTRAR CERT

Covenant Health; Knoxville (TN); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Covenant Health is hiring a Certified Cancer Registrar for the East Tennessee Cancer Registry. This full-time position (72 hours per pay period) is primarily home-based but requires some in-person meetings. Responsibilities include managing cancer registry operations, organizing conferences, and ensuring compliance with health data requirements. Candidates should have at least three years of cancer registry experience, good computer skills, and must hold a Cert Tumor Registrar license. A valid Tennessee driver’s license is also needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years cancer registry experience is required.
• Good computer skills and communication skills are essential.
• Abstracting experience of at least one year is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain independent off-site cancer registry.
• Organizes and staffs cancer conferences.
• Monitors quality assessment program and registers statistics.

Skills

Computer skills

Good communication skills

Medical terminology

Anatomy and physiology

Abstracting experience

Job description

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.

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.

Responsibilities

• Maintain independent off-site cancer registry
• Organizes and staffs 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 objectives, 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:

Cert 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.