Prenatal Genetic Counselor
About The Position
This position involves eliciting medical and family history, constructing pedigrees to assess genetic disease risk, and evaluating complex medical and genetic literature. The counselor will incorporate this information into patient counseling and management, explain genetic testing options (including risks, benefits, and limitations), and coordinate genetic testing and results. Responsibilities include providing genetic education, counseling, and psychosocial support, reviewing referrals, triaging cases, and supporting the operations of the genetics clinic. The role also involves administrative and day-to-day clinical activities such as record review and patient charting, writing detailed consultation reports, and collaborating with the genetic counseling team, MD supervisor(s), and the multidisciplinary care team. The position requires in-depth medical knowledge, interpretation of genetic results with minimal oversight, identification/creation of patient support resources, clinical supervision of genetic counseling students, teaching genetics/genetic counseling content, implementing systems for data collection and analysis, and collaboration on research and/or quality improvement projects. Mentoring new genetic counselor hires is also a responsibility.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Genetic Counseling from an ACGC-accredited program
- Board certification by ABGC (if not yet certified, candidate must be ABGC board-eligible at time of hire and obtain certification within one year)
- South Carolina Genetic Counselor Licensure (or eligibility for licensure - limited licensure may be obtained for those awaiting ABGC results)
Responsibilities
- Elicits medical history, family history and constructs pedigree to assess risk for genetic disease occurrence or recurrence
- Evaluates complex medical and genetic literature from a variety of sources and incorporates into patient counseling and management
- Explains available testing options including risks, benefits and limitations of testing
- Coordinates genetic testing and return of results for patients and/or families
- Provides genetic education, counseling, and psychosocial support for patients/families
- Reviews referrals and triages cases
- Supports operations of genetics clinic
- Performs administrative and day-to-day operational clinical activities including record review and patient charting
- Writes detailed consultation reports conveying complex genetic concepts to patients and referring physicians
- Collaborates with genetic counseling team, MD supervisor(s) and multidisciplinary care team
- Facilitates referrals as indicated
- Demonstrates in-depth medical knowledge in practice area(s) and interprets most genetic results with minimal oversight/guidance
- Identifies or creates patient support resources for indications encountered in practice
- Provides clinical supervision for genetic counseling students
- Teaches genetics/genetic counseling content to medical/genetic trainees
- Implements systems to collect, maintain and analyze operational data
- Collaborates on research and/or quality improvement projects
- Mentors new genetic counselor hires
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
