Abstractor/Administrative Assistant

We’re Maimonides Health, Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1,800 physicians and healthcare professionals, and more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. Our core values—Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork (H.E.A.R.T)—drive everything we do. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties, including Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital and Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn's only children's hospital and pediatric trauma center. Our clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, particularly in cardiology, neuroscience, orthopedics, and oncology.

About the role

The Cancer Registry Administrative Assistant supports the mission, values, and goals of the Maimonides Cancer Center. Under general supervision and according to prescribed Cancer Registry procedures, this role collects information and compiles records relating to patients with malignant cancers and some benign tumors. The position provides secretarial and clerical support to the Cancer Committee, Cancer Conferences, and Cancer Registry.

Responsibilities

• Identifies new cancer cases diagnosed at Maimonides Medical Center and Clinics by reviewing medical records, laboratory pathology reports, and other diagnostic test results.
• Requests medical record charts from the Health Information Administration.
• Performs annual follow-up by phone or letter on patients after discharge to obtain end results information, quality of life data, and length of survival.
• Works closely with cancer program leadership to ensure compliance with current standards of the American College of Surgeons for a Teaching Hospital Cancer Program.
• Maintains minutes for all Tumor Board Conferences in the institution.
• Updates and contributes to the maintenance of the Cancer Registry procedures manual.
• Maintains the confidentiality, security, and quality control of data stored in the cancer registry files.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED equivalency.
• Certification by the National Cancer Registrars Association or eligibility to take the certification examination.
• One year of clinical experience working in a Health Information Management Department.

Skills

• Knowledge of medical terminology, human anatomy, and physiology.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing English; knowledge of a second language is preferred.

Pay

USD $67,000.00 – USD $76,000.00 per year.