Cancer Registrar - Cancer Registry Non-Exempt; Non-Union

Overview

The Cancer Registrar will assure that complete and accurate data are collected and maintained for all malignant disease and/or specific benign tumors diagnosed and/or treated within Keck Medical Center and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital. Accuracy of abstracting is of utmost importance as physicians and scientists use our data to evaluate treatment methods. Additionally our data is publicly compared to regional and national standards of care.

Registry abstractors must possess the ability to review data/documents accurately and consistently, accept and learn from constructive feedback, make decisions with limited information and stay abreast of changes made by regulatory organizations to maintain compliance. This position compiles cancer related patient data and supports the research, prevention, and control initiatives according to the California Cancer Registry, the American College of Surgeons, and the organizational priorities of Keck Medicine of USC.

• CASE ABSTRACTING:
  Identify, code and classify data from the medical record and other available documents that includes patient identification, accession number, sequence, physicians and institutions involved in the case, cancer identification, stage of disease at diagnosis, first and subsequent courses of treatment, tumor and vital status, treatment outcomes, case administration, state and organization‑specific information. Performs case‑abstracting tasks in accordance with applicable facility, State of California, Federal and CoC‑accreditation requirements.
  
  Ensures that all eligible analytical cases are staged in accordance with the AJCC TNM, Collaborative Stage, SEER and other applicable staging system requirements. Maintains a 97% accuracy rating on all case abstracting. Maintains minimum compliance and productivity standards. Monitors suspense or assigned caseload to ensure that abstracting takes place within the reporting time frames. Ensures that all interactive data edits and data discrepancies are cleaned and each case is completed prior to established transmission or reporting date(s).
• CASE FINDING:
  Work with all in the institution to ensure complete case finding. Apply all relevant multiple primary (MP/H), case reportability and ambiguous terminology rules to the case finding list by identifying any new or multiple primary cancers to be abstracted. Using all available source documents, identifies all reportable cases and enters each into the cancer registry database system. Minimum information entered for all suspense cases includes patient demographics, case identification, imaging and pathology sections.
  
  Assigns the correct accession number, sequence, year first seen, date first seen, date of diagnosis. Responds to case‑to‑case queries, phone calls and other correspondence regarding missed cases or cases still held in suspense.
• FOLLOW‑UP:
  Assist with maintenance of CoC required lost to follow‑up rates. In a systematic manner, utilizing the HER and approved internet resources, follow up is conducted by updating treatment, disease status, recording recurrence date and selecting the most appropriate recurrence type code.
• IN GENERAL:
  Ability to multitask, problem solving skills, attention to detail, team player, troubleshoot software and system issues, contribute to a positive and successful work environment. Attends Tumor Boards, Case Conference and Grand Rounds. Documents case discussions. Attends Cancer Committee meetings, department staff meetings. Self‑motivated to improve own knowledge and performance. Proactively seeks and participates in educational training and development activities. Develops intermediate to advanced skills and knowledge of USC system‑wide manual and electronic systems and processes, local and regional oncology and Cancer Registry tools and references, Cancer Registry standard‑setting agencies and best practice standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Experience with computer and Microsoft software (Windows, MS Word, MS Excel).
• Excellent communication skills and diplomacy in dealing with public, hospital and medical staff.
• Strong…