Per Diem Tumor Registrar - Cancer Center

Overview

NYU Langone Health is a fully integrated health system that consistently achieves the best patient outcomes through a rigorous focus on quality. Vizient Inc. has ranked NYU Langone the No. 1 comprehensive academic medical center in the country for three years in a row, and U.S. News & World Report recently placed nine of its clinical specialties among the top five in the nation.

NYU Langone offers a comprehensive range of medical services with one high standard of care across 6 inpatient locations, its Perlmutter Cancer Center, and over 320 outpatient locations in the New York area and Florida. With $14.2 billion in revenue this year, the system also includes two tuition-free medical schools, in Manhattan and on Long Island, and a vast research enterprise with over $1 billion in active awards from the National Institutes of Health.

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We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Per Diem Tumor Registrar - Cancer Center.

Certified Tumor Registrars are responsible for cancer identification using all available case finding techniques; identifies all reportable cases; retrieves and compiles standard core information from the patient’s electronic medical records in EPIC and Varian. Abstracts patient information from paper and/or electronic medical record systems; codes demographics and cancer information and treatment utilizing required manuals.

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Compiles and abstracts records of hospital patients treated for cancer cases in our cancer registry database. Obtains core information from patients medical records from EPIC and Varian, including demographic characteristics, history of cancer, diagnostic procedures, diagnosis, stage of disease, extent of disease, and treatments according to standards and requirements set forth by regulatory agencies.
• Reviews and performs case finding on all consults and/or encounters from EPIC to include Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Pathology and/or outside treatment information according to standards and requirements set forth by regulatory agencies.
• Contacts physician offices and other registries either by telephone, email, fax and/or letter to complete data on the first course of treatment for each patient with a diagnosis of cancer. Documents any missing treatment and/or procedures performed at outside facilities following discharge from this institution and documenting in the registry abstract.
• Reviews and adds cases to be included in cancer registry database.
• Performs active follow-up activities for all analytic cases to include care and/or subsequent treatment, type of recurrence, date of recurrence, date last cancer (tumor) status, according to standards and guidelines of regulatory agencies.
• Functions as a liaison with ACoS CoC, ACS, NCI, SEER, and NYS DoH Cancer Registry. Routinely contacts regulatory agencies to ascertain information on any changes to staging, treatments, standards and/or guidelines.

• Oncology Data Specialist certification from the National Cancer Registrars Association is required.
• Minimum 1 year of abstracting experience in an ACoS CoC accredited facility.
• Associates Degree in Health Sciences, Health Administration, Cancer Registry Management, Public Health or related field OR equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Excellent communication (both written and oral), detail orientation, customer service, organization, and multitasking skills required.
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office, especially Word, Excel, and Outlook required.
• Required Licenses:
  Oncology Data Specialist

• Knowledge of the Impac Registry and the New York State Tumor Registry abstraction system.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

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