Genetic Counselor

Salary :

$80,000 - 100,000 yearly

Company : Montefiore Medical Center

Job Type : Full Time

1695 Eastchester Road, United States

Number of Applicants

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Job Description - Genetic Counselor

City/State:

Bronx, New York

Grant Funded:

Department:

Division of Medical and Reproductive Genetics

Work Shift:

Day

Work Days:

MON-FRI

Scheduled Hours:

8:30 AM-5 PM

Scheduled Daily Hours:

7.5 HOURS

Pay Range:

$80,000.00-$100,000.00

Genetic Counselors in the Division of Reproductive and Medical Genetics in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health see both high risk and low risk patients during pregnancy and preconception as well as patients who are at risk for hereditary cancer syndromes either by their personal history of cancer and/or their family history of cancer. Genetic counselors are health professional that have specialized education, training and experience in medical genetics and counseling. They assist patients and clinicians as well as learners of all levels understand the genetic contributions to disease. Teamwork is critical. In addition, they provide genetic counseling services to patients, supervise junior staff members and student counselors, and teach genetic counseling to fellows, medical students and residents.

Responsibilities include:

Explain the nature of genetic evaluation to patients. Obtain and review medical and family histories, based on the referral indication, and document the family history using standard pedigree nomenclature
Assess results through continuous discussions with junior counselors, medical students, residents and fellows
Oversee the progress of the students and junior staff
Plan, organize and conduct public and professional education programs on medical genetics, patient care and genetic counseling issues
Genetic counselors provide primary patient care as a member of an interdisciplinary team consisting of physicians, other genetic counselors, laboratory staff, etc.

Education/skills required:

Masters of Science Degree in Human Genetics coupled with Board eligibility and subsequent certification by the American College of Genetic Counseling required

Please note: The successful candidate must become certified within five years of date of graduation from Master’s program. He/she must maintain certification during tenure. Incumbent must also re-certify every five years per ABGC policies and procedures.

Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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