Cancer Registrar - Cancer Care Registry & Analytics

About the Opportunity

The Cancer Registrar (CR) is a staging & classification specialist providing cancer-specific health care data for the Province of Nova Scotia. This data resides in the provincial Cancer Registry Information System (CRIS).
The CR combines, reviews, analyses, and interprets a wide range of data types from various reports (e.g. radiology/laboratory, physician consult records, etc.), and from multiple sources (e.g. pathology reports, clinical information systems, death records etc.) to classify and stage the primary tumour and create standardized datasets for cancer cases diagnosed and managed in Nova Scotia. The purpose of this job is to provide timely, complete and accurate cancer-specific health care data to support cancer surveillance activities (incidence, stage, mortality and survival data) to the NSHA Cancer Care Program (NSHA CCP). The CR accomplishes this through research, abstraction, analysis and interpretation of complex medical information to determine the appropriate morphology and topography codes, the stage at diagnosis for all cancer diagnosed for Nova Scotia residents and collect pertinent information for all patients in CRIS. These data are published in provincial, national and international publications and support cancer surveillance, epidemiological research, quality control initiatives, cancer control management and system performance, health services planning and management decisions.
The CR must know, understand, and apply complex rule sets for multiple primary, histology, stage assignment (AJCC 8th Edition) and International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O-3) classification. The CR collects, analyzes and interprets health data throughout the patient’s life span starting with diagnosis. The CR must ensure periodic review of all related cancer resource material (cytology, pathology, autopsy reports, admission/separation data from the provincial hospital abstracting system, vital statistics death listings, hospital and clinic charts) to update health status, treatment activity and outcomes at defined intervals.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Graduate of a Health Information Management Program plus active certification
• Two years experience working in Cancer Registry
• Oncology Data Specialist designation (ODS)
• If no applicants demonstrate two years of experience in Cancer Registry and ODS certification; consideration may be given to applicants who have completed a Health Information Management program plus active certification
• Knowledge of legislation surrounding health information (e.g. Nova Scotia Personal Health Information Act)
• Knowledge of computerized clinical health systems and how to retrieve health information
• Experience with Microsoft suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of ICD-O-3 Classification System
• Knowledge of ICD-10 CA/CCI Classification Systems
• Competency in using a variety of Nova Scotia based Health Care Information Systems (e.g. SHARE, Millennium, Meditech, One-Content, XIMG, OPIS)
• Excellent analytic, time management and decision making skills
• Competencies in other languages an asset; French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

• Permanent Full-time Position; 75 hours bi-weekly

Compensation and Incentives

Cancer Registrar II

$31.59 - $34.61 Hourly

Cancer Registrar I

$28.86 - $30.95 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.