Description

Job Summary

Under general supervision, responsible for maintaining the cancer database including case finding, case analysis, abstracting, follow-up, data submission, report writing and quality control.

Essential Functions

• Performs activities related to case analysis, abstracting and patient follow-up.
• Documents dates of changes in department operations including coding/staging systems.
• Contributes to development of criteria to assess accuracy of data and run reports to assess quality. Assist with system upgrades and data edits for National Cancer Database submissions, investigating and solving quality issues.
• Contributes to statistical/comparison analyses & presentations for approved requests, including: Annual Report; Studies of Quality & Outcomes; ACoS-CoC required CP3R reports for benchmarks & other ad hoc requests.
• Contributes to Cancer Committee meetings, team meetings/in service and CoC on-site consultation and survey activities.
• Help to achieve patient care improvement by contributing to cancer program goals, and monitoring database for compliance with Standards of Care.
• Oversight of coordination and maintenance of CoC required reporting for cancer conferences/tumor boards.
• Help plan training schedule and train new Data Analysts in all aspects of case-finding, case analysis and abstracting, first course of treatment documentation, recurrence treatment documentation, and follow-up. Contribute to ongoing updates and education of team providing further training.
• If required for facility, completion of Patient Survivorship Care Plans.

About Corewell Health

As a team member at Corewell Health, you will play an essential role in delivering personalized health care to our patients, members and our communities. We are committed to cultivating and investing in YOU. Our top-notch teams are comprised of collaborators, leaders and innovators that continue to build on one shared mission statement - to improve health, instill humanity and inspire hope. Join a nationally recognized health system with an ambitious vision of continued advancement and excellence.

Workplace Type

Remote

Requirements

Required

• Associate’s degree Completion of associate degree in cancer registry management (CRM) or cancer information management (CIM) from an NCRA-accredited program or Successful completion of an associate degree in a related field plus successful completion of a Certificate in CRM or CIM from an NCRA-accredited program plus two semesters of Human Anatomy and Physiology.
• CRT-Tumor Registrar, Certified (CTR) - NCRA National Cancer Registrars Association 2 Yrs required
• 1 year of relevant experience in data entry.

Preferred

• Experience in the cancer registry field.