[Hiring] Tumor Registrar @Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Role Description

Responsible for assuring integrity and quality of cancer clinical research data is maintained and that data is collected in accordance with national and state agencies, cancer program accreditation agency, VUMC Cancer Committee.

• Knowledge of guidelines for determining case eligibility.
• Responsible for complete summary of patient history, diagnosis, treatment, and status for cancer patients for monitoring patient outcomes and evaluation of results of treatment.
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation under national reporting standards.
• Manages data entry for case completeness and demonstrates knowledge on data retrieval.
• Participates in department-wide quality assurance of cancer data and other studies as assigned.
• Represents program and department at major tumor boards.

Qualifications

• Oncology Data Specialist certification required.
• Knowledge and understanding of policies, procedures, and regulations governing cancer reporting, staging of disease, and coding of cancer.
• Basic awareness of National/State regulations, National Cancer Reporting Act, and TN Cancer Reporting Act.
• Knowledge of COC standards in the collection of cancer data.
• Knowledge and understanding of rules and regulations for analyzing specific cancer data into the oncology database.
• Knowledge of basic spreadsheet applications for data presentation.
• Basic awareness of epidemiology, disease frequency, prevalence, and incidence rates.
• Maintains required certification to meet national accreditation standards.
• Assumes responsibility for continuous learning, engaging in a minimum of at least 15 hours of continuing education activities annually.
• Attends in-services of professional associations (e.g., NCRA, ONS, NCCN, TN CA Coalition).

Requirements

• Identifies patients involved in clinical trials at VUMC and documents pertinent clinical data into patient abstract.
• Digests complex clinical information to determine data accuracy in Metriq.
• Utilizes all available resources/online tools for accurate information input.
• Identifies individual data errors/edits and provides case validation for 100% error-free data submission.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrates initiative in self-directed learning.
• Represents department and accredited cancer program at tumor boards.
• Provides education regarding cancer staging guidelines for legislative and accreditation agencies as needed.
• Serves as a resource for cancer program for special projects and data requests.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement, and/or wellness offerings.

Company Description

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.