Medical Director - Genetics

Children's Minnesota•St. Paul, MN

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Children’s Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children, from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924, Children’s Minnesota is one system serving kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals, nine primary care clinics, multiple specialty clinics and seven rehabilitation sites. As The Kids Experts™ in our region, Children’s Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children’s hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn. Please visit childrensMN.org. Children’s Minnesota is proud to be recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2023’s Top Diversity Leaders. The national honor recognizes the top diverse healthcare executives and organizations influencing public policy, care delivery, and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in their organizations and the industry. Children’s Minnesota Genetics/Genomics Department is the only clinical genetics/genomics program in Minnesota exclusively dedicated to the diagnosis and clinical care of pediatric patients and childhood conditions. Our department consists of a talented team of four geneticists, fourteen genetic counselors, three genetic counseling assistants, one clinic nurse, one metabolic dietitian, and two pharmacogenomics pharmacists. Our comprehensive enterprise-wide practice supports end-to-end genetics services and integrates genetic counselors into critical specialty services such as hematology/oncology, cardiology, neonatology, immunology, neurology, and pulmonology. With the growing impact and accessibility of genomic testing, we are expanding our scope of personalized care more broadly into pediatric and adolescent care with the implementation of a nationally recognized pediatric pharmacogenomics program.

Requirements

Board-eligible/certified in Clinical Genetics by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics.
Eligible for a Minnesota medical license and will need credentialing with several area hospitals that the Genetics service provides care for.
Minimum 5 years of experience as a practicing physician in the clinical practice area that they will lead, except when hiring the first physician at Children's Minnesota in a particular specialty, in which case minimum experience will be determined by the Chief Medical Officer.
Leadership experience and familiarity with quality improvement work, safety initiatives, systems-based practice, patient-centered care.
Strong working knowledge of electronic health record development.
Expertise in genomics and health record data analysis and utilization.

Nice To Haves

Additional clinical experience in medical or clinical biochemical genetics is preferred, as successful applicants should be comfortable caring for patients with inborn errors of metabolism as well as general genetic diagnoses.

Responsibilities

Build and expand precision medicine in collaboration with our therapeutic and diagnostic services program.
Integrate genomic and other healthcare data into electronic health records for point-of-care insights.
Apply data-driven strategies to enhance care and reduce costs.
Advocate for improved payor coverage of pediatric/adolescent genomic testing.
Develop educational programs to foster the future potential of precision health in pediatric and adolescent populations.
Provide outpatient clinical care and inpatient consultations at Children's Minnesota's Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses.
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver personalized care to pediatric and adolescent patients.
Participate in clinical and research projects evaluating our genetics and precision health programs.
Participate in clinical teaching of medical students, residents, and genetic counseling students.
Develop teams in clinical settings.
Collaborate with clinical and administrative leadership across departmental boundaries.
Integrate research and clinical efforts for discovery and/or healthcare optimization.