Covenant Health

Certified Cancer Registrar, East Tennessee Cancer Registry 

Full time, 72 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift

Position is home based but in person meetings are sometimes required.

Thompson Cancer Survival Center Overview:

Thompson Cancer Survival Center is our region’s largest cancer-fighting network, with more imaging centers, more board-certified physicians and surgeons, and more cancer and radiation centers closer to where you call home. And, we are a proud member of Covenant Health, our region’s top-performing healthcare network with 10 hospitals, outpatient and specialty services, and Covenant Medical Group, our area’s fastest-growing physician practice division.

Thompson Cancer Survival Center (TCSC) was founded to bring world-class cancer care to East Tennessee. At Thompson, leading cancer specialists use the most advanced technologies to achieve breakthrough successes in treating many types of cancer. Our doctors have the support of a complete team: Dieticians, genetics counselors, physicists, pharmacists, therapists, technologists, oncology nurses, social workers and others are all there to treat – and beat – the disease.

Therapies pioneered at Thompson have transformed and saved the lives of hundreds of East Tennessee cancer patients, while progressive clinical trials have brought the most advanced new cancer medicines to this area. In addition to the original downtown location, there are TCSC facilities in West Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Sevierville, and Morristown.

Position Summary: 

The Certified Cancer Registrar should possess the technical knowledge and skills necessary to maintain the components of cancer-related data collections systems in a manner consistent with all requirements of the health care delivery system; medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory.

Recruiter: Sarah Grey || 865-374-5271 || sgrey1@covhlth.com

• Maintain independent off-site cancer registry
• Organizes and staffs cancer conferences
• Staffing for cancer committee
• Liaison to physicians
• Processes, maintains compiles, and reports health information data for
  • Research
  • Quality assessment
  • Facility Planning
  • Marketing
  • Physician information
• Abstracts and codes clinical data using appropriate classification systems
• Stages cancer patients according to AJCC and SEER staging systems
• Handles day-to-day operation of the registry
• Attends meetings and serves on committees or teams as required
• Completes patient care evaluation studies with survival data
• Monitors quality assessment program
• Cancer abstracting for Tennessee State Reporting System contracting facilities
• Travel as necessary to contracting facilities
• Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.Collection and preparation of registry statistics
• Performs other duties as assigned by manager

Minimum Education:

None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.

Minimum Experience:

Three (3) Years Cancer Registry Experience. Good computer skills, good communication skills, medical terminology and anatomy and physiology. Abstracting experience (at least one year) preferred.

Licensure Requirement:

Cert Tumor Registrar (CTUR) is required. Employee must have a valid Tennessee driver’s license Class D and state mandated minimum insurance coverage.  Driving record must meet Covenant Health minimum standards at the date of hire and throughout employment tenure.