Genetic Counselor

Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota • St. Paul, MN

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About The Position

The Genetic Counselor is a healthcare professional who identifies hereditary conditions in patients and their families and educates families and healthcare providers about the causes, inheritance patterns, and medical management of these conditions. The role works as part of Children’s Minnesota’s medical genetics team and collaborates with a clinical geneticist to evaluate patients with complex medical problems that may have a hereditary component. The position may also involve working independently, with physician supervision when appropriate, to evaluate patients with single or isolated birth defects or known genetic conditions, and to perform screening, triage, testing, or other activities.

Children’s Minnesota’s Genetics/Genomics Department is a pediatric clinical genetics and genomics program dedicated to diagnosing and caring for children with genetic conditions. The department includes geneticists, genetic counselors, genetic counseling assistants, a clinic nurse, a metabolic dietitian, and pharmacogenomics pharmacists. Its enterprise-wide practice integrates genetic counselors into specialty services including hematology/oncology, cardiology, neonatology, immunology, neurology, and pulmonology.

Requirements

• Successful completion of a master’s degree program in genetic counseling.
• ABGC board certification.
• Minnesota Genetic Counselor license and credentialing upon the start date.
• Experience in genetic counseling, including pediatrics and general clinical genetics.

Nice To Haves

• Subspecialty experience with ENT and Endocrinology is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify hereditary conditions in patients and their families.
• Educate families and healthcare providers about the causes, inheritance patterns, and medical management of hereditary conditions.
• Collaborate with a clinical geneticist to evaluate patients with complex medical problems that may have a hereditary component.
• Evaluate patients with single or isolated birth defects or known genetic conditions, with physician supervision when appropriate.
• Perform screening, triage, testing, or other activities.

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Other fringe benefits may be available

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time