Clinical Genetics Opportunity

Utah State Extension; Tualatin (OR); On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's Minnesota seeks to fill key roles in their Genetics/Genomics department, including leadership and clinical positions. Ideal candidates will lead the growth of precision health programs and provide critical clinical care to pediatric patients. The roles require board certification in Clinical Genetics and offer competitive compensation including relocation allowance.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Relocation allowance

Signing bonus

Health, dental, and disability coverage

Retirement plans

Vacation and CME package

Qualifications

• Experience in team development and clinical settings.
• Comfortable caring for patients with inborn errors of metabolism.
• Strong knowledge of electronic health records.

Responsibilities

• Provide outpatient clinical care and inpatient consultations.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for personalized care.
• Lead the expansion of early genomic testing into diagnostics.

Skills

Clinical Genetics

Leadership

Collaboration

Advocacy

Data Analysis

Education

Board-eligible/certified in Clinical Genetics

Job description

The Genetics/Genomics department at Children’s Minnesota has two exciting opportunities to join our team.

Leadership/Clinical Genetics Opportunity - step into a key leadership role and lead the continued growth of our precision health programs and overseethe genetics/genomics department.

Clinical Genetics Opportunity – join our collaborative clinical team and make a direct impact on patients’ lives.

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.


Responsibilities for the clinical and medical director role:

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.

If interested, opportunities to participate in clinical and research projects evaluating our genetics and precision health programs as well as clinical teaching of medical students, residents, and genetic counseling students.

Responsibilities exclusive to the medical director role:

Under the successful candidate’s leadership, the precision health group will oversee the expansion of early genomic testing into the diagnostic process, 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, and develop educational programs to foster the future potential of precision health in pediatric and adolescent populations.

The selected individual will bring experience in developing teams in clinical settings, a proven track record of successfully collaborating with clinical and administrative leadership across departmental boundaries. Experience with government advocacy, and familiarity with integrating research and clinical efforts for discovery and/or healthcare optimization. Strong working knowledge of electronic health record development. Expertise in genomics and health record data analysis and utilization.

Qualifications:

Board-eligible/certified in Clinical Genetics by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics.

Clinical experience or board certification/eligibility 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.

Eligible for a Minnesota medical license and will need credentialing with several area hospitals that the Genetics service provides care for.

We offer a competitive compensation package, relocation allowance, and signing bonus. Benefits package includes malpractice, health, dental, disability coverage, retirement plans, solid vacation and CME package and more!

CHILDREN’S MINNESOTA is the 7thlargest pediatric health system in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children, from before birth through young adulthood. As The Kids Experts^TM , Children’s Minnesota is uniquely poised to serve the highly specialized health care needs of children and is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children’s hospital.

Minneapolis/St. Paul, often referred to as the Twin Cities,isthe 16th largest metropolitan areain the United States and consistently ranks as one of the top ten most livable places. The Twin Cities area offers ahigh quality of life, world class arts,excellent school systems,an award-winning culinary scene, vibrant culture, professional and college sports, outstanding year round recreation with a bounty of lakes and a half dozen downhill ski areas located within a one hour drive of the Twin Cities.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:Felicia Mead / Children’s Minnesota / [e-mail] / 952.992.5326