Cancer Registrar - Office of Quality Excellence - Cancer Registry

UNC Health; Chapel Hill (NC); Remote; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join UNC Health as a Cancer Registrar, where you will be responsible for collecting essential data on cancer patients as mandated by state regulations. This role involves coding, quality control activities, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to ensure accuracy in cancer data management. Candidates must hold certification as an Oncology Data Specialist and have relevant experience in a cancer registry or medical facility.

Qualifications

• Certification as Oncology Data Specialist - Certified (ODS-C) required.
• Minimum of 6 months experience in COC accredited facility preferred.
• High attention to detail and ability to abstract complex data.

Responsibilities

• Codes, summarizes, and stages extracted information according to rules.
• Conducts quality control activities and creates case abstracts for patients.
• Follows up on each case abstracted for the patient's lifetime.

Skills

Knowledge and experience working with MS Office Suite

Knowledge and experience working with Adobe

Education

Oncology Data Specialist - Certified (ODS-C)

Job description

Cancer Registrar - Office of Quality Excellence - Cancer Registry

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Description

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

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.

Summary

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 completes ad hoc and routinized reports of data
• Serves as a liaison within industry and regional groups. Assists with collaborative studies.
  
  

Other Information

Other information:

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/and Abilities Requirements

• Knowledge and experience working with MS Office Suite and Adobe
  
  

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: OQE - Cancer Registry

Work Type: Part Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 20.00

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:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

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.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

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