Oncology Registrar 3

Job Description

This position is required to maintain Commission on Cancer (CoC) accreditation for OLOLRMC. The Cancer Registrar is responsible for capturing a complete history, diagnosis, treatment, and health status for every cancer patient diagnosed and/or treated at OLOLRMC. This data provides essential information to care providers and other departments within the cancer center to improve cancer treatment and outcomes. This function also satisfies the reporting requirement as established by the Louisiana Tumor Registry (R.S. 40:1105.1 et seq.) that specifies that any health care facility or provider diagnosing or treating cancer patients shall report each case of cancer to the registry.

Responsibilities

1. Abstracting, Coding, and Staging
a. Performs high quality concurrent/retrospective abstraction from the cancer patients medical record to include the required state and national cancer registry data elements.
b. Abstracts core information from patient medical records (including demographic characteristics, history of symptoms, diagnostic procedures, laboratory values, complete treatment information and other medical conditions) and enters essential information from the medical record to the OLOLRMC cancer registry database.
c. Accurately assigns coding and staging information including diagnoses and procedures using SEER, NAACCR, IDC-10, and ACoS STORE guidelines. Determines the appropriate sequencing of diseases, diagnoses, and treatment (including surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy). Utilizes critical thinking and analytical skills to assign accurate information pertaining to primary site, histology, EOD, Summary Stage, SSDIs, and AJCC Staging.
d. Takes initiative for understanding NCCN guidelines and will contact outside facilities as necessary to ensure that complete treatment information is recorded.
e. Maintains patient confidentiality including confidentiality of sensitive hospital performance improvement information.
f. Ability to analyze and process detail-oriented information.

2. Case finding
a. Thoroughly screens data within the Admit/Discharge filter of the Case Alert System (CAS) to identify all patients diagnosed and/or treated with a reportable cancer diagnosis.
b. Effectively utilizes the Solid Tumor Rules Manual and the Hematopoietic Database and Manual to determine reportability and accurately assign the primary site code for reportable primaries.

3. Quality, Performance Improvement and Compliance
a. Participates in various quality assurance projects as requested by the CoC and LTR.
b. Participates in monthly NAACCR webinars and other education as required by LTR.
c. Maintains continuing education and CTR certification as required by the ACoS CoC for CTRs.

4. Other Duties as Assigned
a. Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

Qualifications

Experience

A minimum of 3 years abstracting experience.

Education

Bachelors degree required in healthcare related field.
Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) may substitute for Bachelors degree.

Training

Extensive knowledge of medical terminology, abstracting and coding principles, Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program, Louisiana Tumor Registry (LTR), and CoC guidelines is essential.

Special Skills

Thorough understanding of coding and staging guidelines, CoC standards, and LTR requirements.

Licensure

Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) required.

About Us

The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System is a leading health care innovator in Louisiana and Mississippi. We bring together outstanding clinicians, the most advanced technology and leading research to ensure that our patients receive the highest quality and safest care possible.

This commitment is grounded in a history that is more than 100 years old, but reflected today by our strategic vision of transforming healthcare through superior performance and excellent patient care.
In the last fiscal year, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System had:

• 1,747 Licensed Beds
• 65,322 Discharges
• 44,592 OR Procedures
• 10,827 Full Time Employees
• 331,360 Inpatient Days
• 1,915 Active Medical Staff
• 229,296 Emergency Visits

As a nonprofit, mission-focused Catholic healthcare ministry, we give special attention to our citizens who are most in need. During the most recent fiscal year, we provided more than $39 million in unreimbursed care and community support to the underprivileged.

Our health system is one of the largest in Louisiana, with hospitals, clinics and physicians located throughout Louisiana and in Mississippi. In fact, we provide care to almost half of Louisiana's citizens, and serve in Mississippi's largest metropolitan area. Because of our size and the partnerships we have with other local organizations, we are able to pool our resources and share cost and service efficiencies and learn from each other, thereby accelerating our ability to improve care and solve challenges.

Since our founding in Monroe, Louisiana in 1911, we have been blessed by the guidance of the Franciscan Sisters. Through their guidance and steadfast example, we have committed to assure that we perpetuate their healing ministry for another hundred years. It is a noble purpose we strive to fulfill every day.

Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, we serve patients across Louisiana and Mississippi through a network of hospitals, clinics, physicians, elderly housing and integrated information system. Our health system has partnered with the State of Louisiana as it transforms its healthcare delivery system. The partnership includes inpatient acute care and primary care delivery in Baton Rouge and Bogalusa.

Following in the footsteps of our founders, the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady, our team members and physicians are called to provide high quality care and compassion to all people, especially those most in need.

As we look to the future of our healthcare ministry, we chart our course by "going where we are called."

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