Cancer Registry Manager

Overview

Job Number: 176590,

Job Title:

Cancer Registry Manager, Salary: $84,926.40 - $

Harris Health System is the public healthcare safety-net provider established in 1966 to serve the residents of Harris County, Texas. As an essential healthcare system, Harris Health champions better health for the entire community, with a focus on low-income uninsured and underinsured patients, through acute and primary care, wellness, disease management and population health services. Ben Taub Hospital (Level 1 Trauma Center) and Lyndon

B. Johnson Hospital (Level 3 Trauma Center) anchor Harris Health s robust network of 39 clinics, health centers, specialty locations and virtual (telemedicine) technology. Harris Health is among an elite list of health systems in the U.S. achieving Magnet(r) nursing excellence designation for its hospitals, the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance designation for its patient-centered clinics and health centers and its strong partnership with nationally recognized physician faculty, residents and researchers from Baylor College of Medicine;
McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth);
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; and the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston.

• Provide oversight and supervision of all Harris Health System Cancer Registry Program work activities and registry operation.
• Manage staffing and overall registry operations.
• Produce reports, perform audits and provide training.
• Code, stage and abstract all cancer cases diagnosed and/or treated at Harris Health.
• Ensure compliance with Texas Cancer Registry guidelines, American College of Surgeons (ACoS) and Commission on Cancer (CoC) standards.
• Perform data entry utilizing Elekta (Mosaiq) software.
• Maintain the quality and integrity of the database and ensure department compliance with all internal and external policies, regulations and procedures.

• Bachelor s degree required in Health Care Information Management (preferred) or applicable field.
• Certified Tumor Registrar required.
• Three (3) to five (5) years in an ACoS accredited Cancer Registry department.
• Three (3) years of management experience in a Cancer Registry department.
• Equipment Operated: PC, calculator, Microsoft Office.

• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Above Average Verbal (Heavy Public Contact);
  Exceptional Verbal (e.g., Public Speaking);
  Writing/Composing (Correspondence/Reports).
• Other
  
  Skills:
  
  Analytical; CRT;
  Medical Terms; P.C.;
  Statistical;
  Typing 45 wpm;
  Word Processing.
• Advanced
  
  Education:
  
  Bachelor s Degree (Major):
  Health Care Info Management (preferred) or applicable field.
• Work Schedule:
  
  Flexible.
• Other Requirements:
  Familiar with Electronic Medical Record and Cancer Registry software systems. Excellent time management and ability to respond quickly to completing priorities. Knowledge of American College of Surgeons Standards; proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint);
  Elekta Cancer Registry software program; SEER, FORDS manual, and AJCC staging manual.