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Cancer Registry Specialist
@St. Charles Health System, Inc.
[Hiring] Cancer Registry Specialist @St. Charles Health System, Inc.
Mar 13, 2025 - St. Charles Health System, Inc. is hiring a remote Cancer Registry Specialist. 💸 Salary: pay range: $21.54 - $29.08 hourly. 📍Location: USA.
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Role Description
The Cancer Registry Specialist is responsible for performing duties related to case finding, and follow-up as set forth by the American College of Surgeons - Commission on Cancer for accredited cancer programs.
- Confers with physicians to schedule patients for presentation at tumor board meetings
- Creates the tumor board agenda and collects pertinent medical records
- May attend the virtual cancer conference when requested
- Does not manage other caregivers
Essential functions and duties include:
- Ongoing identification of all reportable cancer cases meeting current state and ACoS reporting requirements
- Reviews new patient lists, pathology reports, and x-ray reports weekly to find appropriate cases
- Enters new cases into a suspense file in the registry software
- Accurate follow-up of cancer cases including date of last contact, disease status, and vital status
- Updates patients currently on active follow-up in the cancer registry through multiple electronic systems
- Responds to follow-up requests from other cancer registries
- Sends letters to physician offices to request updates on shared cancer patients
- Maintains ACoS required follow-up percentages for long-term and recent follow-up
- Coordinates physician requests to schedule patients for tumor board presentation
- Collects relevant medical records, pathology, and x-ray reports for tumor board case presentation
- Creates the tumor board agenda and sends out notifications to physicians and other staff
- Reviews obituaries to update case status and notifies medical records and physicians
- Reviews hospital deceased list and updates vital status in Oncolog software
- Performs necessary job functions in absence of the supervisor to support tumor board meetings
- Knowledge of Protected Health Information (PHI) and HIPAA
- Supports the vision, mission, and values of the organization
- Supports Lean principles of continuous improvement
- Provides and maintains a safe environment for caregivers, patients, and guests
- Conducts all activities with professionalism and confidentiality
- Complies with all applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures
- Delivers customer service and/or patient care in a timely, efficient, and accurate manner
- May perform additional duties of similar complexity as required or assigned
Qualifications
- Required: Associate’s degree in Health Information Management or related health care field
- Completion of anatomy and medical terminology courses
- Preferred: N/A
Requirements
- Required: Two (2) years experience in an administrative support role
- Preferred: Two (2) years experience in a health care setting, experience with Epic EMR
- Experience working with Oncolog software
Benefits
- Must be able to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to perform the job safely
Additional Position Information
- Time management skills with ability to meet productivity standards
- Proficiency with MS Office software, particularly Excel, Outlook, and Word
- Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with a diverse population
- Strong team working and collaborative skills
- Ability to manage facilitation and consensus building among health care professionals
- Ability to multi-task and work independently
- Attention to detail
- Excellent organizational skills, written and oral communication, and customer service skills
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills
Physical Requirements
- Continually (75% or more): Use of clear and audible speaking voice and the ability to hear normal speech level
- Frequently (50%): Sitting, standing, walking, lifting 1-10 pounds, keyboard operation
- Occasionally (25%): Bending, climbing stairs, reaching overhead, carrying/pushing or pulling 1-10 pounds
- Rarely (10%): Stooping/kneeling/crouching, lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling 11-25 pounds
- Never (0%): Climbing ladder/step-stool, lifting/carrying/pushing or pulling 25-50 pounds
Exposure to Elemental Factors
- Never (0%): Heat, cold, wet/slippery area, noise, dust, vibration, chemical solution, uneven surface
Blood-Borne Pathogen (BBP) Exposure Category
- No Risk for Exposure to BBP
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