--- In cancerregistrargroup@yahoogroups.com, donna_cal
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Yes, the educational requirements are the biggest problem. You do
> NOT even need to graduate from high school to sit for our exam.
>
> The lack of education requirements keeps your salary down.
>
> The NCRA Council on Certification is currently reviewing the
> eligibility requirements to sit for the exam, so this may change.
>
> --- In cancerregistrargroup@yahoogroups.com, c_carter_ctr
> <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> > I'm in the process of trying to identify a title for the Cancer
> > Registry and the positions held within it that is in line with
the
> > national trend.
> >
> > I think that we're all in the same boat when it comes to not
being
> > able to compare one facility or registry to the next because our
> > titles differ nationwide.
> >
> > The definition of a registrar from the American Heritage
Dictionary
> > is:
> >
> > NOUN: 1. One who is in charge of official records. 2. An officer
in
> > a college or university who keeps the records of enrollment and
> > academic standing. 3. An officer of a corporation responsible for
> > maintaining records of ownership of its securities. 4. An
admitting
> > officer in a hospital.
> >
> > I think that our role is so much more than this definition but
will
> > have difficulty in convincing our HR department in changing the
> > titles if I can't provide any backing on the local, state or
> > national level.
> >
> > Our Health Record Services department just changed their name to
> > Health Information Management. I think that Cancer Data
Management
> > or Cancer Information Management would be more appropriate with
our
> > role but having the title of Cancer Registrar changed to Cancer
> Data
> > Manager becomes a problem because HR relates the word "manager"
> with
> > somebody who supervises employees and not just data.
> >
> > I'm sure that other registrars would benefit from a discussion
> about
> > this particular issue. The educational requirements necessary to
> be
> > a CTR also hinders some of the changes that we need in our
registry
> > to be able to compete with other positions in the hospital that
> > require so much less than what we're responsible for. Any help
> that
> > you all can offer would be so appreciated!!!
> >
> > Thank you in advance for sharing!
> > Charla Carter, CTR
> > Cincinnat, OH







I have a CTR position avail in Vail paying between $55 and $75K