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Wellstar Health System · 2 months ago

Cancer Data Abstractor 2 - CTR REQUIRED - Graduate of a Cancer Registry Program REQUIRED

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

3+ years exp

Wellstar Health System is dedicated to enhancing the health and well-being of every person they serve. The Cancer Data Abstractor 2 is responsible for abstracting reportable cancer cases into a computerized registry database, ensuring compliance with ACoS FORDS reporting standards and participating in quality improvement initiatives.

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H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Maintains an organized system for control of abstracting to meet productivity standards

Abstracts into computerized system all reportable cases with accurate, pertinent, and complete codes and/or data according to ACoS FORDS reporting standards & procedures as well as follows state & facility requirements

Abstracts information for Cancer Network quality metric reporting. These items are above the required dataset

Participates in continuous quality improvement of database

Assists with updates to follow-up contact, recurrence, and subsequent treatment information

Supports network tumor boards as assigned

Attends Cancer Sub-Committees or Cancer Committee as needed

Participates in Peer Review & Quality improvements of cancer data

Data Requests from outside the Cancer Data Center

Assists with Annual Report

Edit clean up during major releases of data

Performs other duties as assigned

Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct

Qualification

ICD-O codingAJCC stagingMETRIQ systemMedical terminologyAnatomy & physiologyCancer disease processesCommunication skillsTeam playerWork independently

Required

Graduate of a Cancer Registry Program

Minimum 3 years experience in ACoS Approved Cancer Registry

ICD-O coding

staging in AJCC, and Collaborative Stage formats

computerized data reporting skills, preferred system is METRIQ

computer knowledgeable

medical terminology

anatomy & physiology

cancer disease processes & standards of care

strong communication skills

work as a team player

ability to work without direct supervision

Preferred

CTR - Certified Tumor Registrars Upon Hire

Company

Wellstar Health System

Glassdoor3.6

The largest health system in Georgia.

Founded in 1993

Marietta, Georgia, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.wellstar.org

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