Genetic Counselor - Lab - Part Time

Valley Children's; California; On-site; USD 69,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Valley Children's Healthcare is seeking a genetic counselor to provide counseling and case management for prenatal and medical/genetic patients, collaborating with the Geneticist and care teams. You will also support operational effectiveness and market development, with travel to satellite clinics.

Required are a Master’s in Genetic Counseling and ABGC certification or active candidate status. The role includes liaison with labs, education, and quality-improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Genetic Counseling is required.
• ABGC board certification or active candidate status required.
• Minimum one year in medical genetics setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review genetic testing requests for appropriate test selection.
• Support genetic testing stewardship and utilization-management initiatives.
• Collaborate with providers and genetic counselors on testing strategies.
• Serve as a liaison with reference laboratories regarding testing, reporting, billing.
• Assist with interpretation and management of genetic results and reports.
• Support Epic genetic testing workflows and laboratory interfaces.
• Participate in quality-improvement and cost-saving initiatives related to testing.
• Develop educational resources and provide genetic testing expertise to teams.

Skills

Genetic counseling

Testing stewardship

Collaboration with providers

Liaison with labs

Education resources

Bilingual preferred

Education

Master's Degree in Genetic Counseling

Tools

Epic

Laboratory interfaces

Job description

Job Summary:

This position is accountable for counseling and case management of prenatal, medical genetic and metabolic genetic patients. Serves as a liaison between the patient, primary care provider, community agencies and the department, eliciting and providing medical and genetic information in collaboration with the Geneticist and provide psychosocial support. Works with Hospital leadership to ensure operational effectiveness and market development. Travel is required to satellite clinics.

Qualifications:

Essential Functions

• Review genetic and genomic testing requests for appropriate test selection and utilization.
• Support genetic testing stewardship and utilization-management initiatives.
• Collaborate with providers and genetic counselors regarding testing strategies and complex laboratory questions.
• Serve as a liaison with reference laboratories regarding testing, reporting, billing, pricing, and operational issues.
• Assist with interpretation, clarification, and management of genetic and genomic laboratory results, including amended or reinterpreted reports.
• Support Epic genetic testing workflows, laboratory interfaces, and appropriate visibility of genetic results.
• Participate in quality-improvement and cost-saving initiatives related to genetic testing.
• Assist with evaluation and implementation of emerging genetic and genomic testing technologies.
• Develop educational resources and provide genetic testing expertise to clinical and operational teams.

Education

• Master's Degree Genetic Counseling (required)

Licenses and Certifications

• ABGC - Board Certified Status - ABGC - American Board Genetic Counselors (required) or
• Other - Other Active Candidate Status as designated by the American Board of Genetic Counseling (required)

Work Experience

• Minimum one (1) year Applicable medical genetics setting and/or area of focus (i.e. lab or neurology) (preferred)

Skills and Abilities

• Bilingual skills preferred.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Compensation Range:

$50.21 - $72.75

Workshift:

Position Exempt:

No

FTE %:

50

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

20

Daily Hours:

10

Have Questions?

Call Recruitment Services at 559-353-7071 or email us at [e-mail] Disclaimer: Final compensation will be dependent upon skills and experience.