Job ID: 187195
Location: Raleigh, NC
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UNC Health Rex Hospital in Raleigh, NC is seeking a Cancer Registrar to join our One Great Team! Learn more about this position & apply here! This is a remote position.
Commitment Incentive: This position qualifies for a $2,500 commitment incentive.
Salary Range: $24.73 - $35.56 per hour (Hiring Range). Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.
Shift: Day Job
Work Schedule: Full-Time, 40 hours a week
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:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Creates case abstracts for cancer patients, extracting data items from the various medical records
5. 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
6. Responds to requests for information. Creates queries to extrapolate data completes ad hoc and routinized reports of data
7. Serves as a liaison within industry and regional groups. Assists with collaborative studies.
Eligible States for Remote Work at UNC Health:
· Alabama – AL, Alaska – AK, Arizona – AZ, Arkansas – AR, Florida – FL, Georgia – GA, Idaho – ID, Indiana – IN, Iowa – IA, Kansas – KS, Kentucky – KY, Louisiana – LA, Maine – ME, Maryland – MD, Michigan – MI, Mississippi – MS, Missouri – MO, Missouri – MO, Montana – MT, Nebraska – NE, New Hampshire – NH, New Mexico – NM, North Carolina – NC, North Dakota – ND, Ohio – OH, Oklahoma – OK, Pennsylvania – PA, South Carolina – SC, South Dakota – SD, Tennessee – TN, Texas – TX, Utah – UT, Vermont – VT, Virginia – VA, West Virginia – WV, Wisconsin – WI, Wyoming – WY
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
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