Job Title & Specialty Area: Genetic Counselor
Department: Genetics Practice
Location: SPC Dallas, Hybrid
Shift: Monday to Friday 830 am to 5 pm
Job Type: Hybrid
Why Children's Health?
At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.
Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.
Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.
Summary:
Serves as the primary contact for families, department physicians, and outside physicians seeking care for their patients. Responsible for providing genetic counseling and case management for patients/families to facilitate understanding of disease or birth defect, explain diagnosis and implication to families, including recurrence risks, prognosis of condition and reproductive options. Ensures completion of genetic counseling services for other clinics and provides education and information for physicians, residents, and nurses in accordance with CMC's policy and procedures. Reviews genetic test interpretations and reports results. Serves as a client/patient liaison. May write policies, procedures, abstracts, or posters.
Responsibilities:
- General: Customer Service Liaison - Supports the customer service efforts of the organization as necessary. Utilizes genetics expertise to inform timely and accurate responses to clinician inquiries. Reviews complex genetic test orders to ensure the correct and most cost-effective test has been ordered for a specific patient based on their personal and/or family history. May participate in training of Genetic Counselors, fellows, and residents.
- Clinical Focus: Patient Care - Obtains medical/family history, conducts psychosocial assessment, provides relevant genetic counseling, presents salient information to physician, coordinates testing, calls out test results, completes electronic charting.
- Case Management - reports and interprets test results with families and referring physicians; responsible for care coordination, prescription refills, and communication with schools, therapists, external & internal physicians. Chart Review - Obtains and reviews medical records, consults with families and referring providers prior to appointment, and conducts literature review.
- Laboratory Focused: Variant Interpretation and Report Writing – Interprets complex genomic data in a pediatric genetic diagnostic setting. This will involve clinical correlation of gene/variant with patient phenotype, scientific literature review, and/or report writing for both targeted and high-complexity genomic tests. Test Development – Supports new test development efforts of the laboratory and updates to existing tests, as needed. Knowledge Holding - Prepares technical documentation drafts for protocols and policies.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- At least 1 year related experience and experience in a pediatric and or metabolic role Preferred
EDUCATION
- Graduate or professional work or advanced degree; or equivalent experience Required
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
- American Board of Genetic Counselors certification - within 2 years of hire date Required
A Place Where You Belong
We put our people first. We welcome, value, and respect the beliefs, identities and experiences of our patients and colleagues. We are committed to delivering culturally effective care, creating meaningful partnerships in the communities we serve, and equipping and developing our team members to make Children’s Health a place where everyone can contribute.
Holistic Benefits – How We’ll Care for You:
- Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years.
- 4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenure
- Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks)
- Caregiver Leave
- Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
As an equal opportunity employer, Children's Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other Federal or State legally-protected status or class. This applies to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer pay, training, discipline, workforce adjustments, termination, employee benefits, and any other employment-related activity.
