Tumor Registrar

UNC Health

Rocky Mount, NC

Tumor Registrar

UNC Health

Rocky Mount, NC

Sep 03, 2025

Healthcare Services

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Description

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

UNC Health Nash, an affiliated member of the UNC Health system, invites passionate healthcare professionals to join our esteemed team. Governed locally, we proudly serve a diverse patient base, spanning Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Wilson Counties, and beyond. With a steadfast commitment to elevating community health through exceptional care, we prioritize excellence, compassion, and innovation, ensuring every individual receives the highest standard of support. Joining our team means becoming an integral part of our dedication to wellness, where we constantly strive to redefine excellence in healthcare through state-of-the-art facilities and pioneering programs. Join us in this transformative journey, where your contributions will make a lasting impact on our community's health and wellbeing.

Summary:

This position collects extensive data on all new cancer seen at UNC Hospital at Nash, as required by state law and according to regulations established by various state and national registries

Support the quality, and operational goals of the department and state mandated reporting of cancer detection and staging of current and past patient cases.

Responsibilities:

· · Establishes and accomplishes methods for the tracking, analysis and reporting of cancer cases for patients treated at UNC Nash Hospital.

Codes, summarizes, sequences, and stages extracted information according to extensive and complex rules. Performs necessary research, analysis, interpretation and decision-making to best abstract, stage or sequence information.
Composes explanatory comments to supplement codes. Conceptualizes the case as a whole and determines what types of supplementary information would augment the data provided by the codes.
Conducts quality control activities such as auditing records and conducting data review meetings. Participates with multidisciplinary teams in creating, organizing and providing documentation of established procedures necessary for accreditation.
Creates case abstracts for cancer patients, extracting data items from the various medical records
Follows-up on each case abstracted for the life of the patient. Ensures that follow-up information is collected for each case annually. Extracts the required information from in-house or external sources. May communicate through written correspondence or telephone to obtain needed data
Responds to requests for information. Creates queries to extrapolate data completes ad hoc and routinized reports of data

Other information:

Associates Degree in Healthcare or Cancer Registry Management, Cancer Information Management, Health Information Technology - Mandatory
Associates Degree in Health Information Management or related medical field preferred - preferred
Certified Tumor Registrar - Mandatory
2 - 4 years of Healthcare/Medical in other related fields - preferred

Works Directly with Cancer Registry Coordinator to assist with staging and documenting tumor board discussions.

Job Details

Legal Employer: Nash Hospitals

Entity: Nash UNC Health Care

Organization Unit: NGH Nash Cancer Center

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 8.00

Work Assignment Type: Remote

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: NASH HC

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

Description

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

Summary:

This position collects extensive data on all new cancer seen at UNC Hospital at Nash, as required by state law and according to regulations established by various state and national registries

Support the quality, and operational goals of the department and state mandated reporting of cancer detection and staging of current and past patient cases.

Responsibilities:

· · Establishes and accomplishes methods for the tracking, analysis and reporting of cancer cases for patients treated at UNC Nash Hospital.

Codes, summarizes, sequences, and stages extracted information according to extensive and complex rules. Performs necessary research, analysis, interpretation and decision-making to best abstract, stage or sequence information.
Composes explanatory comments to supplement codes. Conceptualizes the case as a whole and determines what types of supplementary information would augment the data provided by the codes.
Conducts quality control activities such as auditing records and conducting data review meetings. Participates with multidisciplinary teams in creating, organizing and providing documentation of established procedures necessary for accreditation.
Creates case abstracts for cancer patients, extracting data items from the various medical records
Follows-up on each case abstracted for the life of the patient. Ensures that follow-up information is collected for each case annually. Extracts the required information from in-house or external sources. May communicate through written correspondence or telephone to obtain needed data
Responds to requests for information. Creates queries to extrapolate data completes ad hoc and routinized reports of data

Other information:

Associates Degree in Healthcare or Cancer Registry Management, Cancer Information Management, Health Information Technology - Mandatory
Associates Degree in Health Information Management or related medical field preferred - preferred
Certified Tumor Registrar - Mandatory
2 - 4 years of Healthcare/Medical in other related fields - preferred

Works Directly with Cancer Registry Coordinator to assist with staging and documenting tumor board discussions.

Job Details

Legal Employer: Nash Hospitals

Entity: Nash UNC Health Care

Organization Unit: NGH Nash Cancer Center

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 8.00

Work Assignment Type: Remote

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: NASH HC

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

About UNC Health

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

UNC Health and its 33,000 employees, continue to serve as North Carolina’s Health Care System, caring for patients from all 100 counties and beyond our borders. We continue to leverage the world class research conducted in the UNC School of Medicine, translating that innovation to life-saving and life-changing therapies, procedures, and techniques for the patients who rely on us.

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