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What I will be doing in this role:
The Cancer Registrar (CTR) monitors patient documentation and diagnostic information to analyze and abstract tumor data. The CTR assigns and reports codes for diagnosing and treating cancers for reporting and regulatory compliance. The CTR queries multiple electronic record and tracking systems, performs follow-up, participates in quality reviews, and compile and trend data and generate reports. Duties also include:
Abstract cancer-related data according to established policies and procedures including summarizing patient?s records, demographic data, diagnostic procedures, date of diagnoses, histological diagnosis and treatment, Assign codes for treatments, procedures and diagnoses according to appropriate classification systems such as: ICD-9-CM; ICD-10-CM; ICD-0; American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (ACoS CoC) guidelines; Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS); American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC); Tumor, Nodes, Metastasis (TNM) & Collaborative Staging/Coding; and Surveillance of Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) guidelines. Perform data entry using specialized software. Follow-up annually on each known living patient accessioned into the registry from completion of treatment to death to determine their cancer status, quality, and length of survival, subsequent treatment, and complete death information. Compiles data and generates reports for special studies and annual reporting; facilitates or answers telephone inquiries related to the status of registry patient and medical information; enters data in compliance with the State of CA mandatory reporting guidelines. Follows privacy and confidentiality rules in accordance with Cedars Sinai Health System, State, Federal, and HIPAA regulations. In this role you will demonstrate high attention to detail and will prioritize tasks in order to meet deadlines.
Qualifications
Requirements:
High school diploma or GED required. Bachelor's degree in business administration, computer science or healthcare related field preferred.
Active Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) credential required.
2 years of experience working in a Health Information Department required. Experience in abstracting in a Cancer Registry highly preferred.
Skills/Experience Sought:
Knowledge of Outlook, Excel, Word, and Health Information specific applications.
Good interpersonal skills
Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and cancer disease processes.
Why work here?
Beyond outstanding employee benefits we take pride in hiring the best employees. Our accomplished and compassionate staff reflects the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve. They are proof of our dedication to creating a dynamic, inclusive environment that fuels innovation.
Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi...tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.