Coding according to acs commission on cancer standards
Meeting ohio cancer incidence surveillance system requirements
The Tumor Registrar is responsible for abstracting, reviewing, synthesizing, and summarizing clinical information to produce high-quality cancer registry data
Job Summary
The Tumor Registrar is responsible for abstracting, reviewing, synthesizing, and summarizing clinical information to produce high-quality cancer registry data.
Data documented by this role supports OSUCCC-James operational, research, quality, and finance areas while meeting state and national reporting requirements.
The position requires owning at least one disease site for case finding and ensuring all abstracts meet national standards for timeliness and accuracy.
Matching Summary
The Tumor Registrar is responsible for abstracting, reviewing, synthesizing, and summarizing clinical information to produce high-quality cancer registry data.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Abstracting clinical patient information
Coding according to ACS Commission on Cancer standards
Meeting Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System requirements
Maintaining 95% accuracy rate in abstracting
Completing case reports within 1.5-2 hours
Nice-to-have
Ability to work independently on multiple disease sites
Experience with quality assurance checks
Support for operational research and finance areas
Key Requirements
Associates degree required; Bachelor's preferred
Oncology Data Specialist certification (ODS-C) required
At least 1 year of hospital-based cancer registry abstracting experience
Must maintain ODS-C credential through National Cancer Registrars Association