Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children’s

Cancer Registry Technical Specialist-Cancer Center-Rhode Island Hospital

Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children’s Hospital is a private, 719-bed, not-for-profit hospital and academic medical center.  Founded in 1863, Rhode Island Hospital is the state’s largest general acute care hospital and is a Level 1 Trauma Center.  Rhode Island Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the largest teaching hospital for The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

Rhode Island Hospital has more than 6,300 dedicated employees and 1,420 affiliated physicians. The hospital ranks in the top 50 hospitals in the country and anticipates a 19% growth in staff over the next 10 years.  The hospital is situated on a beautiful 69-acre campus in Providence, Rhode Island.

The Cancer Registry Technical Specialist reports to the Cancer Registry Manager, and under general direction, abstracts information from medical records of patients with positive or possible cancer diagnoses.  The information is entered into a computerized database (IMPAC) system to establish a Cancer Registry data bank from which to draw information for annual reports, site specific studies, data requests and to assist physicians with short and long-term cancer patient care evaluations, etc.  Accesses health databases on Internet and World Wide Web. Identifies and processes reportable cancer cases using established guidelines and procedures.  Assists in all aspects of Registry operations as needed.

Necessary Minimal Requirements:

Knowledge of Cancer Registry data collection requirements of the American College of Surgeons, National Cancer Registrars Association, federal, state, local and other regulatory agencies.

Certified Tumor Registrar; minimum 2 years experience; college level education in A + P, medical terminology, disease process.

Experience in performing full range of duties of cancer registry, including familiarity with data base development and maintenance.  Experience should demonstrate ability to interpret more complex medical records, extent of disease and absence/presence of distant metastasis and to prepare a variety of records using computerized registry data.

For fastest consideration visit our website at www.lifespancareers.org and reference position number R08-2115.

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