Cancer Registrar Abstract Clerk
Primary Location Pasadena, California
Worker Location Remote
Job Number 1310430 Date posted 12/17/2024
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Description:
Job Summary:
Under direct supervision and the functional direction of the department manager, performs case finding, accessioning, and coding of reportable cancer cases according to Cancer Reporting in California: Abstracting and Coding Procedures for Hospitals, Volume 1. Mission: To assure cancer registry staff has a high level of competence required to provide accurate information for cancer surveillance and research activities.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Accurate information is essential for successful use of the data by Kaiser physicians, research scientists and external public health agencies.
- Requires ability to determine if each case is a new reportable primary cancer, a recurrence of previous primary, or metastases, according to guidelines established by cancer registry standard setting organizations.
- Skill involves in-depth review of pathology reports (KP and outside slide reviews), cytology reports, radiation treatment summaries, hospice lists, death certificates, oncology clinic visit reports, and HIM reports in order to determine reportability as per Cancer Reporting in California: Â Abstracting and Coding Procedures for Hospitals, Volume One; ICD-0-3; Multiple Primary and Histology Coding Rules; Data Collection rules for Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Neoplasms and Neoplasm of Brain.
- Interacts with cancer registrars, physicians, representatives of the State, to clarify documentation in order to support accurate patient diagnostic and procedural information.
- Attends and participates in local, regional and national continuing education programs to insure that knowledge base is current.
Pay Grade; 16
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- N/A
Education
- N/A
License, Certification, Registration
- Tumor Registrar Certificate within 6 months of hire
Additional Requirements:
- Demonstrate strong cancer registry data collection technical skills in order to: Identify reportable cases of cancer as required by internal Kaiser cancer registration policies and those mandated by cancer registry standard setting organizations
- Ability to work collaboratively with Kaiser personnel; representatives of cancer registry standard setting organizations such as the California Cancer Registry and its regional registry representatives.
- Demonstrate proficiency in the following cancer registry data collection standards manuals: Cancer Reporting in California: Abstracting and Coding Procedures for Hospitals, Volume One ICD-0-3 SEER Multiple Primary and Histology Coding Rules SEER Data Collection rules for Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Neoplasms Collaborative Stage Data Collection System AJCC Cancer Staging Manual SEER Summary Stage 2010 Display an understanding of Health Connect/Electronic Data Records as it pertains to Cancer Registry data; ability to process/condense medical information from electronic records and transfer that information to the computerized cancer registry database in accordance with data collection and reporting guidelines in Cancer Reporting in California: Abstracting and Coding Procedures for Hospitals, Volume One.
- Must be able to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- N/A
Primary Location: California,Pasadena,Walnut Center - Regional Offices
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon - Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:01 AM
Working Hours End: 05:01 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Remote
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: B01|SEIU|Local 399
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: Regional Offices - Pasadena - Cancer Registry - 0806
Pay Range: $38.25 - $42.36 / hour
The ranges posted above reflect the location in the job posting. The salary range may vary if you reside in a different location or state than the location posted.
Travel: No
Remote: Work location is the remote workplace (from home) within KP authorized states.
Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.
At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.
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Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.
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Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.
For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
