Cancer Registry Coordinator

Reno

Tuesday, 21 April 2026

This position ensures continued analysis of medical surveillance and monitoring of the health status of patients diagnosed with cancer at the Renown Regional Medical Center. The position will prepare survivorship data summaries utilizing treatment information and develop a tracking mechanism to ensure 100% compliance. This position will assist in ensuring all Pennington Cancer Institute program documentation meet standards requirements and maintain documentation to ensure accurate reporting to accrediting organizations. Nature and Scope This position functions under the Quality Coordinator-Cancer Registry and must ensure complete and accurate follow-up data for all cancer patients meeting eligibility requirements by A - Co. S standards for diagnostic and/or treatment of malignant and specific benign diseases at Renown Health. In addition, this position ensures accurate identification of all new cancer cases through complete case finding. The coordinator must be familiar with HIPAA standards and able to communicate to physicians, hospital staff, patients and all other customers. The coordinator ensures that all Commission on Cancer, Renown Health, and JCHAO standards and policies are followed. The coordinator will reconcile monthly Patient Disease Index, pathology surgical, radiation oncology, infusion center and medical oncology office reports with Metriq to ensure case finding and follow-up patient data are identified, analyzed and entered into the Metriq database. The coordinator must maintain an 80% follow-up rate for the last 15 complete years, and a 90% follow-up rate for the last 5 complete years for cancer cases at all times. The coordinator must analyze patient recurrence/treatment information to ensure that all disease status, recurrences and location of disease spread are documented in the database. The coordinator will be responsible for the case-finding processes in the Cancer Registry Department ensuring that all pathology reports, disease index, radiology, pathology and patient listings for radiation oncology, infusion services and the medical oncology clinic are reviewed for a follow-up and/or Metriq recurrence of disease and documented in the database on a weekly basis. The coordinator will provide support to assist leadership with Cancer Committee and all Centers of Excellence meetings by maintaining all meeting documentation, analyzing for adherence to Co. C Standard requirements and preparation of the agenda packets. Post meeting - ensure scanning and maintenance of all meeting materials into the appropriate computerized directories. The coordinator is responsible for tracking the compliance for assigned Co. C standards and completing the monthly Cancer Services Metrics report. Assist with all other aspects of registry duties such as training, abstracting and chart request. Some travel is required. This position does not provide patient care Disclaimer The foregoing description is not intended to be, and should not be construed as, an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job. Minimum Qualifications Requirements - Required and/or Preferred Name Description Education: Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform job duties safely and effectively. Completion of a Medical Terminology and Anatomy/ Physiology course and database management. Experience: Preferred three-year experience in a HIM Department or Cancer Registry. License(s): None Certification(s): None Computer / Typing: Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and Word and have the ability to use the computer to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.

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