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Certified Tumor Registrar (Hybrid)

St. Joseph's Health

#Audits #Staging #Coding #Accreditation #Chemotherapy #Radiotherapy #Abstracting #Cancer #Patient Follow-Up #Tumor Registrar

Quick overview

The Certified Tumor Registrar is responsible for abstracting cancer cases from medical records and coding them according to classification systems. They also submit data to the NJ State Cancer Registry and assist with reporting cases to the Rapid Cancer Reporting System.

Requirements summary

The position requires maintaining a 90% follow-up rate per ACoS-CoC standards and cooperating during audits and accreditation reviews. Experience in handling cancer cases and knowledge of coding and staging is essential.

AuditsReportingData SubmissionSurveysCodingAccreditationStagingChemotherapyPatient Follow-UpRadiotherapyAbstracting Cancer CasesACoS-CoC Standards

Job description

Responsible for abstracting cancer cases from Inpatient and Outpatient medical records within six months of initial diagnoses.
Codes and stages according to appropriate classification systems.
Submits data to the NJ State Cancer Registry in a timely manner per regulations.
Assists with reporting cases to the Rapid Cancer Reporting System (RCRS).
Cooperates and assists during periodic audits, surveys, and accreditation reviews.
Records follow up patients with subsequent hospital admissions, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy treatments.
Maintain 90% follow up rate per ACoS-CoC standards.

St. Joseph’s Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s “100 Best Places to Work in Health Care”. Benefits Eligibility: (Full-time and Part-time Employees-over 20 hours a week) Competitive salary
Robust benefits with health, dental, Rx and vision plans 403b retirement plan options with company match*
Health & Wellness
Non-Profit Health System – eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness PTO, and paid holidays Tuition reimbursement Employee Assistance Program LTD : Long Term Disability Life Insurance Options Onsite Day care Program *Available for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week. **403b Company Match not applicable for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week. Pay transparency: St. Joseph’s Health provides a salary range to comply with New Jersey Law. The rate of pay for each position will be determined based on a variety of factors including the candidate's relevant experience, qualifications, skills, etc.” The salary range does not include incentives, differential pay or other forms of compensation.

St.
Joseph’s University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures.
The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women’s health, imaging and pediatrics.
The nursing team at St.
Joseph’s University Medical Center, which includes St.
Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession’s highest honor, since 1999.
They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize™ - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.

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