Cancer Registrar

Aptive Resources is seeking a highly qualified Cancer Registrar/Oncology Data Analyst to join our team. The selected candidate shall conduct records maintenance, including submission of complete case abstract and conduct timely case ascertainment and accession to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) approved software. The contractor will conduct data curation and abstraction into VHA approved cancer registry database software. The Contractor shall conduct records maintenance, including submission of complete case abstract and conduct timely case ascertainment and accession to VHA approved software. The contractor will conduct data curation and abstraction into VHA approved cancer registry database software. Abstracting shall encompass the full and complete data set to present a complete patient summary in the VHA approved cancer registry database software. American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Tumor-Node-Metastasis (TNM) staging shall be performed on all cases meeting the criteria as established by Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) and the AJCC. Meet reporting requirements of state central cancer registry, the American College of Surgeon's Commission on Cancer, and the VA Central Cancer Registry. Maintain patient and records confidentiality. Candidates will complete all applicable “physician TNM staging” fields at the time of case ascertainment and/or case completion. Provide a list of completed cases to the contact manager. Provide last vital status, status of disease and substantiating text when reporting incidence. Correct all inconsistencies found through any VACO or hospital quality assurance review within 30 days of notification of inconsistencies, errors, warnings, or any other data quality problems at no additional cost to the Government. Comply with all guidelines governing the accepted standard of registry operations.