Job Description

We?re seeking a collaborative and adaptable Genetic Counselor I who is comfortable working independently while also contributing as part of a supportive team environment. The Genetic Counselor I will provide genetic counseling following established genetic counseling practice guidelines in a cancer genetics setting. The Genetic Counselor I will be responsible for seeing patients in multiple clinics, including main campus and other affiliates. Any combination of academic education, professional training, or relevant work experience that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the responsibilities of the role will be considered.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Assesses recurrence risks and recommends medical or genetic testing based upon analysis of risk, benefit and cost.
• Ensures proper completion of counseling paperwork.
• Responsible for the communication of both normal and abnormal results and coordinating appropriate follow-up with medical geneticist and/or supervising physician.
• May provide case management for complex genetic cases, including coordinating medical recommendations, testing, and ongoing counseling.
• Provides crisis intervention and psychosocial counseling regarding genetic conditions; makes referrals for ongoing care and support.
• Acts as consultant to referring physicians regarding highly specialized genetic information pertinent to the management of their patients.
• Responsible for analyzing the intake information and determining if appropriate appointments have been scheduled.
• Interacts and communicates regular with the medical geneticist(s) and/or supervising physician(s).
• Participates in regular staff meetings; works to establish her/himself as a team member, providing coverage for colleagues as necessary.
• Provides genetic counseling in accordance w/applicable standards of professional care.
• Attends continuous education courses, attends meetings, and reviews medical literature. 
• Stays current in GC field.
   

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Master?s Degree in Genetic Counseling.
• ABGC eligible or certified (or equivalent). Expected to obtain ABGC/ABMG certification.
• Must hold a California Genetic Counseling license prior to start date.  

Experience:

• Open to new graduates with zero to two (0-2) years? experience in genetic counseling.
• Ability to work independently. Demonstrates refined analytic and diagnostic reasoning skills. Ability to clearly explain complex medical information in both verbal and written form.
• Demonstrates organizational, communication and interpersonal skills. Computer experience preferred. Bilingual skills a plus.

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About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi...tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.

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