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Tumor Registrar/Cancer Registrar PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The individual will work for approximately 9 months, but may be terminated upon completion of the project. BASE PERIOD: December 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008 Service Quantity (Hours) Hourly Total Primary Care 1680 _______ _______ The Tumor Registrar (preferably an LPN, RN, or Social Worker) is a member of the Medical Service and will work primarily in the Oncology Section, but may have some duties and responsibilities in other sections of Medical Service. Tumor Registrar/Cancer Registrar - Needs to be a CTR (Certified Tumor Registrar) " Compiles/Abstracts/Analyzes Data from Records. Obtains information from patient's charts regarding tumor and cancer diagnoses. Maintains cancer information in an appropriate registry. Answers requests for data and prepares routine and special reports when the requests are for data with which the employee is familiar and can be provided in a format established by higher graded employees. The Chief of Oncology provides direct supervision for all duties performed in regard to the tumor registry function. Other members in the Oncology Section may also provide guidance and supervision for the duties related to this function. " Employee composes responses to routine requests for release of patient information. Selects and compiles information from medical records and prepares correspondence. Prepares correspondence by retrieving and releasing data following a standardized approach, which meets the requirements of the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act regulations. Typically uses standard form or formats for letters. " Maintains tumor registries, performs research. Maintains special registries of disease occurrences. Assists in research. Incumbent works with IRM to ensure that DHCP Oncology software is functioning correctly. Ensures that the data entered into the computer is accurate and complete; data variation will be brought to the attention of the Chairman of the Cancer Committee and IRM. Maintains annual follow-up on all cases. As directed the employee gathers information for research and correspondence. Compiles information in final format for inclusion in registries, or to be provided for research or correspondence. Information is obtained from sources that employee is familiar with and consists of data with which the employee has previously worked. " Communicates with the National Cancer Institute and pharmaceutical companies regarding the acquisition of compassionate use drugs; explains and justifies need for drugs; completes and submits necessary forms in accordance with established procedures, maintains registry to show occurrences of disease by type, extent of illness and survival. Information is gathered from various sources and the employee must use judgment to select accurate information for inclusion. Independently maintains registry to show occurrences of disease by type, extent of illness and survival. Information is gathered from various sources that require the employee to distinguish or validate the data. Organizes and maintains a data system which conforms to the standards of tumor registry operations and meets the needs of the users of the registry data.

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