Technician, Health Information Management

Who We Are:

People are our passion and purpose.Come work where you are appreciated for who you are not just what you can do. Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital is a modern state-of-the-art 295-bed acute care facility offering an advanced neurosurgery program with Spine Center accreditation amongst other specialty services.

Where We Are:

The City of Somerset blends southern hospitality with abundant recreational opportunities including a 65000-acre lake with 1200 miles of shoreline. Somerset is host to nationally recognized high quality performing and visual arts concerts and other special events to the community.

Why Choose Us:

• Health (Medical Dental Vision) and 401K Benefits for full-time employees
• Competitive Paid Time Off / Extended Illness Bank package for full-time employees
• Employee Assistance Program mental physical and financial wellness assistance
• Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance for qualified applicants
• Professional Development and Growth Opportunities
• And much more

Job Summary:

Responsible for accessing abstracting coding and data entry of cancer patient data. Maintains all cancer registry functions in accordance with American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Guidelines. Conducts follow-up and case-finding as regulated by State agencies. Assists with Tumor Board/Cancer Conference and Cancer Committee

FLSA: Non-exempt

Job Requirements/Education:

• Associates or Bachelors Degree in a related field including Health Sciences Transcription Medical Coding etc..
• At least one year experience in Medical Records or Tumor Registry.
• A minimum of 1 year of current cancer data abstraction experiences preferred

Required Licenses:

• Current Oncology Data Specialist certification or board eligibility preferred

Required Skills:

• Requires critical thinking skills decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• Language Skills: Able to communicate effectively in English both verbally and in writing.

Minimum Education

• High school diploma or equivalent required

Essential Functions

• Performs case-finding to identify all patients diagnosed and treated for any cancer diagnosis.
• Documents morphology coding of all histologic and maintains suspense file based on newly diagnosed cases from pathology reports.
• Abstracts and reports cancer patient data to Kentucky Cancer Registry and National Cancer database.
• Assists with Cancer Conference activities as needed and Tumor Board agendas. Assists with meeting set-up and facilitation.
• Conducts cancer patient follow-up in accordance with State and National NCC guidelines.
• Maintains all cancer registry functions and assists with data request quality studies and ACOS - Commission on Cancer guidelines for accreditation.

Non-Essential Functions:

Review and comply with LifePoint Code of Conduct and all relevant Company and Division policies and procedures.

EEOC Statement

Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of color race sex age religion national origin disability genetic information gender identity sexual orientation veterans status or any other basis protected by applicable federal state or local law.