Tumor Registrar

Maimonides Medical Center; New York (NY); Remote; USD 75,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Certified Tumor Registrar to join their cancer registry team. This full-time remote position involves identifying neoplasms, coding clinical data, and managing the Cancer Registry database. With a commitment to quality improvement and patient outcomes, this role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to vital cancer research and administrative planning. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in medical terminology and coding, along with excellent communication skills. Join a team that values honesty, empathy, and teamwork in providing exceptional patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience in Tumor Registry.
• Certification as a Cancer Registrar from the National Cancer Center Registry Association.

Responsibilities

• Identify reportable neoplasms and collect clinical data.
• Code and enter medical information into the Cancer Registry database.
• Assist with quality control activities and research projects.

Skills

Data coding

Medical Terminology

Anatomy & Physiology

AcoS-FORDS coding

ICD-O coding

Cancer Staging (AJCC, Collaborative and SEER Staging)

Microsoft Office

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Education

Associate degree

Job description

About Us

We’re Maimonides Health, Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and provide patient-centered care. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn's only children's hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides' clincal progams rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Boneand Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.
Overview

We currently have an exceptional opportunity for a full-time remote Certified Tumor Registrar to join our cancer registry team.The Cancer Registrar identifies reportable neoplasms; collects clinical data; codes and enters medical information into the Cancer Registry database and perform lifetime follow up to provide cancer incidence, treatment and outcome information for improvement activities; and assists with administrative planning, marketing, support programs and research activities. Assist with quality control activities, information requests, quality improvement studies and research projects as requested.

Responsibilities

• Data coding, Medical Terminology, Anatomy & Physiology,
• AcoS-FORDS coding, ICD-O coding, Cancer Staging (AJCC, Collaborative and SEER Staging).
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum Associate degree
• Minimum 1 year experience in Tumor Registry
• Certification as a Cancer Registrar from the National Cancer Center Registry Association
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Pay Range

USD $75,000.00 - USD $82,000.00 /Yr.
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard for race, creed (religion), color, sex, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristic, marital status or domestic violence victim status, citizenship status, or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. MMC is committed to following the requirements of the New York State Human Rights Law with regard to non-discrimination on the basis of prior criminal conviction and prior arrest.