Program Director of Genetic Counseling

Company Name: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Position Title: Program Director of Genetic Counseling

Location: Pennsylvania, US

Geisinger is developing a new genetic counseling training program to take advantage of the 33 genetic counselors and the multiple national leaders in genetic counseling at Geisinger. The program will be based in central Pennsylvania and will take advantage of Geisinger’s research and clinical programs in Precision Health.

Job Summary:

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) is searching for a full-time Program Director of Genetic Counseling. This position will lead the development of Geisinger’s efforts to educate future genetic counselors with a focus on precision health. The program goal is to leverage Geisinger’s Genomic Sequencing and Counseling Program to educate future genetic counselors. Geisinger is providing precision healthcare to our community today through the first large-scale, health system based clinical community program in the world and is empowering patients with potentially preventable conditions to better manage or even prevent illness. We are transforming the practice of healthcare from a system that takes care of sick people to a system that helps prevent people from becoming sick. Geisinger is evolving from treating people in a one-size-fits-all way to treating people as individuals, taking into account their unique behavioral, environmental, social and genomic characteristics.

Job Duties:

This individual will be responsible for developing and implementing a masters-level genetic counseling training program that meets accreditation requirements of the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling. Program development may include design, coordination, administration, planning, and development of the Program, including curriculum, clinical and research training and rotations, such as:

• Leading Geisinger discussion on the education needs of future genetic counselors
• Creating and managing partnerships with academic, medical, and commercial institutions
• Working with the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling and the American Board of Genetic Counseling to ensure educational programs meet accreditation requirements
• Developing and maintaining budgets for the program
• Determining faculty needs and recruiting faculty
• Developing a timeline and plan to achieve New Program status and accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling
• Teach as necessary in the Program

Skills:‎

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our ‎members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.‎

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.‎
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.‎
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the ‎caregivers for tomorrow.‎
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our ‎members, our community, and the nation.‎
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the ‎Geisinger family.‎

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including ‎vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of ‎collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.‎

‎*Does not qualify for J-1 waiver. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. ‎Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive ‎consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or ‎their protected veteran status.‎

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