The Johns Hopkins Center for Inherited Heart Disease (CIHD) is a clinical program that evaluates, diagnoses, and manages individuals and families with disorders including Long QT Syndrome, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and other familial forms of cardiomyopathy and arrhythmia. We are seeking a Genetic Counselor who will work on familial forms of structural and arrhythmic heart disease.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide independent, direct genetic counseling for a range of inherited heart diseases.
• Participate in program development and management of genetic counseling services within the Division of Cardiology for adult and pediatric patients.
• Review medical records to determine possible genetic testing options.
• Summarize and discuss cases referred to CIHD with program faculty.
• Facilitate post-mortem sample collection and coordination of DNA banking.
• Coordinate clinical genetic testing including informed consent, lab requisition forms, and letters of medical necessity;
• Communicate test results to physicians and patients, often as a follow-up to a visit, and document clinical information in the electronic medical record.
• Respond to inquiries related to genetic testing/counseling services from health care professionals, patients, and the public.
• Participate in cardiology and genetic educational activities.
• Provide guidance to genetic counseling students, nurses, residents, and fellows.

• Master's Degree in Genetic Counseling from a program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling

• Maryland licensure and ABGC certification as a genetic counselor or Maryland licensure as a supervised genetic counselor with certification within one year of employment.

• Must maintain current certification and licensure during duration of employment.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• ABGC board certified
• Two years of genetic counseling experience.

• Previous experience with cardiac disease.

Classified Title: Genetic Counselor   
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/ME  
Starting Salary Range: $64,600 - $113,300 Annually ($90,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: M-F 8:30-5 
FLSA Status: Exempt 
Location: School of Medicine Campus  
Department name: SOM DOM Cardiology   
Personnel area: School of Medicine 

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