Genetic Counselor - Maternal Fetal Medicine

St. Luke's Health System•Boise, ID

18h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Genetic Counselor is responsible for researching, collecting information, and counseling clients with genetic or fetal abnormalities. Provides specialty consultation to healthcare staff, including physicians and other primary care providers. Serves as a resource to physicians, hospital staff, and parents. Discusses prognosis and management options; explains disease signs and symptoms, probability of recurrence, prognosis, diagnostic methods and procedures, alternate courses of action, and available options. Coordinates patient care with social services, clergy, healthcare providers, and other resources based upon evaluation of individual patient needs. Compiles complete family history, obtains and reviews medical records, assesses risk of genetic disease, and provides grief and crisis counseling to individuals and/or families. Participates in partnerships, projects, and strategic planning involving genetics across the Health System. Serves as a resource to physicians, hospital staff, and parents. Documents care provided in the medical record. Provides community outreach, education, public policy advocacy, and philanthropy for areas that genetics is involved in. Provides follow-up patient care. May perform duties to assure compliance with COC requirements. Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

Master's Degree
0 years experience
Certified or Board eligible, licensure from the state of practice, or provisional license before hire date

Responsibilities

Provides specialty consultation to healthcare staff, including physicians and other primary care providers.
Serve as resource to physicians, hospital staff, and parents.
Discusses prognosis and management options; explain disease signs and symptoms, probability of recurrence, prognosis, diagnostic methods and procedures, alternate courses of action and available options.
Coordinates patient care with social services, clergy, healthcare providers and other resources based upon evaluation of individual patient needs.
Compiles complete family history, obtain and review medical records, assess risk of genetic disease and provide grief and crisis counseling to individuals and/or families.
Participates in partnerships, projects and strategic planning involving genetics across the Health System.
Serves as resource to physicians, hospital staff, and parents.
Documents care provided in the medical record.
Provides community outreach, education, public policy advocacy and philanthropy for areas that genetics is involved in.
Provides follow-up patient care.
May perform duties to assure compliance with COC requirements.
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.