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11/18/2015
Full Time Certified Tumor Registrar
Ann Arbor Practice Seeking a Full Time Certified Tumor Registrar.
Qualifications:
- Experience and Licensure Certification as Tumor Registrar (CTR) required.
- Associates degree preferred.
- High school graduate with coursework in Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology.
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Interpersonal skills to communicate and interact effectively with Medical Staff and other health care personnel when compiling data for coding and record completion.
- Experience and clinical skills to determine completeness of medical records and interpret the content of the record: laboratory results, pathology / cytology / hematopathology reports, knowledge of medical terminology, pharmaceutical terminology, radiology reports and disease processes in order to code and abstract required data.
- Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail for more than eighty percent of work time when analyzing, coding and abstracting requested medical record information.
- Advanced computer skills.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Cooperate and work toward solutions, which support organizational and departmental goals.
Description:
- Ensure proper reporting to all organizations that the cancer data is submitted for tracking purposes.
- Codes inpatient and outpatient medical records by assigning the appropriate ICD-9CM and Roads numerical values to diagnoses and procedures.
- Retrieves data from medical records for research projects and prepares qualitative and quantitative analysis.
- Collaborates with physician and ancillary department personnel to ensure appropriate documentation, which supports the diagnosis and procedures.
- Other Essential Duties and Responsibilities
For more information:
Contact CesSilye Hill at 734-712-2336 or cessilye.hill@stjoeshealth.org.
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