Cancer Registrar

Cancer Registrar - Oncology Quality Services - Professional Medical Oncology * Days - 40hrs/wk.

Shift: Days

General Summary:

The Cancer Registrar for Oncology Quality Services is a registered nurse with responsibility for the overall management of the cancer registry, including casefinding, abstraction, and follow-up. The Registrar also participates in the development of the cancer committee and tumor board conferences. Bachelors degree in Nursing preferred or equivalent experience.

Requirements:

Education:

1. Degree in Nursing, Health Sciences or Social Work with strong medical background and experience in a clinical setting required. Additional training in conflict resolution and interpersonal communication a plus.

1. Patient relations and/or quality improvement experience preferred. Must be proficient in use of Microsoft Applications.

1. Energetic with a positive attitude
2. Quality improvement skills
3. Critical thinking and problem solving skills
4. Creative and open-minded
5. Ability to create friendly, credible, respectful customer/patient relationships
6. Strong verbal and written communication skills
7. High attention to detail
8. High degree of confidentiality

Initiative and Ingenuity:

1. Ability to make effective decisions and judgments. Ability to work independently and take initiative with little direction or supervision. Ability to organize work, prioritize workload and handle inherent stress.

Contact with Others:

1. Displays professional demeanor in an office setting through methods of handling stressful periods and high emotions with a positive attitude and a willingness to help others. Works to maintain a high-quality relationship with all contacts.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Maintains primary responsibility for tumor registry including casefinding, abstraction and follow-up for patients with a malignancy.
2. Assures completeness, accuracy and timeliness of casefinding, abstracting, and follow-up activities of the cancer registry.
3. Monitors and assures computerized data management system is in compliance with Commission on Cancer standards.
4. Assures timely reporting of cancer data to the national Cancer Database (NCDB).
5. Analyzes registry data to identify opportunities for improvement.
6. Generates reports and presents data as requested by the medical staff, cancer committee, hospital administration, and State of Michigan registry.
7. Coordinates cancer committee activities and all tumor conferences.
8. Assists in the development of the Cancer Committee and tumor conferences.
9. Participates with all CoC and State auditing activities.
10. Monitors cancer program activities and assures compliance with ACoS requirements for approved cancer program.
11. Coordinates information for the Annual Cancer Report.
12. Promotes activities to gain recognition for Metro Health as a leader in performance improvement and patient safety specifically related to Oncology services.
13. Provides reports regarding the quality of care and services to the Vice President of Outcomes Management, and Director of Oncology Services, and appropriate committees.
14. Maintains current knowledge of laws, regulations, healthcare trends and accreditation standards; provides education, and coordinates the preparation, monitoring, and developing of mechanisms to comply with standards and surveys specifically related to Oncology services
15. Knowledgeable of and involved in activities outside of Oncology including:
    1. QI and patient safety;
    2. Root Cause Analysis Teams, Significant Adverse Event Analysis, and Healthcare Failure Modes and Effect Analysis;
    3. Medical staff activities;
    4. Patient satisfaction;
    5. Infection Control and Risk Management; and
    6. Multi-disciplinary quality improvement team activities.
16. Recommends departmental and system changes to improve performance, patient safety and satisfaction.
17. Encourages and introduces “best practices” inter and intra-departmentally.
18. Pursues and inspires others to achieve excellence and an error free environment.
19. Maintains strict confidentiality regarding patients, employees, and medical staff issues.
20. Promotes and maintains a non-punitive culture of service excellence, safety, and continuous quality improvement.
21. Develops and assesses the annual quality improvement documentation tools and revises as needed.
22. Assists in the development of policies and procedures.
23. Develops and delivers educational sessions for Metro Health staff and physicians related to Quality Improvement and patient safety.
24. Acts as a consultant for Metro Health staff and physicians on issues related to quality improvement and patient safety.
25. Participates actively in Metro Health and community committees, in roles such as leader, facilitator, and team member.
26. Attends Medical Staff Department meetings as needed to relay information related to quality improvement and patient safety.
27. Obtains required continuing education credits to maintain current nursing licensure in the State of Michigan.

Requisition #: req8451