Genetic Counseling Assistant GCA

Hemophilia Outreach•Green Bay, WI

About The Position

The Genetic Counseling Assistant supports the Genetics Counselor and the bleeding disorders comprehensive care team in a fast-paced outpatient clinic. The role is intended to improve clinic efficiency by relieving some of the Genetic Counselor’s workload. The assistant helps coordinate genetic testing, prepare patient records and pedigrees, draft documentation for counselor review, manage referrals and scheduling, and provide clinical and administrative support. The organization is a small, nonprofit clinic focused on improving the lives of people with bleeding disorders and describes its workplace as supportive of professional and personal growth.

Requirements

Associate degree related to the medical or scientific field preferred.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree related to the medical or scientific field.

Responsibilities

Prepare and review charts for patient visits and case conferences, summarizing relevant medical, bleeding, surgical, and family history.
Create and update detailed patient pedigrees using Progeny or similar software.
Coordinate genetic testing, including researching laboratory, specimen collection, and submission requirements.
Complete genetic testing requisitions through laboratory portals and paper-based processes, and coordinate specimen collection, packaging, shipping, and inter-laboratory transfers as needed.
Draft consult notes, letters of medical necessity, patient and family correspondence, and educational resources for final review by the Genetic Counselor.
Communicate with genetic testing laboratories about testing requirements, specimen status, billing, insurance, and logistics; coordinate follow-up as appropriate.
Assist with genetic test result follow-up, including expanded testing, re-requisitioning at the Genetic Counselor’s direction, and variant reclassification follow-up.
Maintain genetic testing and condition-specific tracking logs, gather program data and statistics, and manage genetic testing supplies and kit inventory.
Manage patient referrals and complex scheduling, including appointments, provider schedules, waitlists, ancillary testing, pre-appointment documentation, and release of medical information.
Provide day-to-day clinical and administrative support to the comprehensive care team, including patient and provider communication, medical record management, and clinic preparation.
Perform other duties as assigned.