Genetic Counselor

Children’s 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 their causes, inheritance patterns, and medical management. The counselor 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. With physician supervision when appropriate, the role may also involve independently evaluating patients with single or isolated birth defects or known genetic conditions, and performing screening, triage, testing, or other activities.

Children’s Minnesota’s Genetics/Genomics Department is the only clinical genetics and genomics program in Minnesota exclusively dedicated to diagnosing and providing clinical care for pediatric patients and childhood conditions. The department provides comprehensive, enterprise-wide genetics services and 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.

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
• Shift differentials or premium pay may be available for positions requiring night, weekend, or on-call work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time