Overview

We are hiring at the UofL Health Brown Cancer Center - Downtown

Location:

529 S. Jackson St. Louisville, KY 40202

Shift: Part Time, 1st Shift

About Us

UofL Health – Brown Cancer Center is an academic cancer center affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine. The cancer center’s goal is to make cancer a disease of the past through cutting-edge care, innovative clinical trials and cancer prevention efforts. Brown Cancer Center is home to Kentucky’s first and longest-accredited program by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. We are a nationally recognized center for developing experimental cancer therapeutics and diagnostics and have the most significant cancer trials program in the region. We are a global leader in the clinical trial testing of new immunotherapies that activate your body’s immune system to fight cancer and have become early adopters of these immunotherapies that reduce the cancer death rate in the U.S. The Center for Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy has been established through experts at the Brown Cancer Center to understand further the role of cancer and the immune system to identify new therapeutic targets and develop innovative treatment strategies.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive Pay & Benefits Options.
• Paid Vacation, Sick days, and Holidays.
• Free tuition to UofL for Part- and Full-time employees for Child/Spouse/Domestic Partner.
• 401K with Employer Match.

Responsibilities

Job Summary:

The Cancer Registrar, working in collaboration with physicians, administrators, the cancer team and other departments, promotes quality patient care management by ensuring timely, accurate and complete data is incorporated and maintained on all types of cancers and certain benign conditions diagnosed and/or treated within the institution. The Registrar serves as a valuable resource for cancer information, monitoring quality of care and clinical practice guidelines, assessing patterns of care and referrals and monitoring adverse outcomes. The Registrar is involved in managing and analyzing clinical cancer information for the purposes of education, research and outcomes measurement. The Registrar follows data collection, reporting and quality standards for compliance to state, federal and third party accreditation and regulatory agencies.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

(Already certified)

• Human Anatomy and Human Physiology (6 total credit hours) or equivalent job experience
• One year in a hospital or state cancer registry
• Oncology Data Specialist-Certified (ODS-C) by the National Cancer Registrars Association

(Certified Eligible)

• Associate degree (60 college credits) or completion of/enrollment in National Cancer Registrars Association-Accredited Certificate Program
• Human Anatomy and Human Physiology (6 total credit hours)
• One year in a hospital or physician practice setting or 160-hour Clinical Practicum preparation for Certified Tumor Registrar exam
• All employees in role must be eligible for the Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) by the National Cancer Registrars Association (required)
• If not already obtained, all new hires must obtain Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) within two years of hire (required)

Preferred Qualifications:

(Already certified)

• Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) or Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT)
• Two years of experience in a cancer registry.

(Certified Eligible)

• Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) or Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT)

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