- Newton, New Jersey, United States
- 1+ years
Responsible for managing cancer patient databases and recording information for early cancer detection, improving treatments, and increasing survival rates.
Responsibilities
- Analyzes, abstracts, and codes patient demographic and cancer related information, treatment, and staging from multiple databases on all eligible cancer cases seen and/or diagnosed at AHS.
- Complies with standards of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, SEER, AJCC and the New Jersey State Cancer Registry.
- Performs lifetime follow-up to provide cancer incidence, treatment and outcome information to appropriate databases for administrative planning and marketing, and support programs.
- Assists with quality control activities, information requests and quality improvement studies as required.
- Follows up with registry patients to track progress while maintaining patient confidentiality.
Requirements
- Associate degree in Cancer Registry Management, Medical Science or related field.
- Bachelor's degree in Cancer Registry Management, Medical Science or related field.
- Nice to have: Bachelor's degree in Cancer Registry Management, Medical Science or related field.
- Nice to have: 1 year of experience in Cancer Registry.
- Nice to have: Experience working in a customer service environment or relevant area.