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Job Description:

This position may be filled as a Genetic Counselor Graduate or a Genetic Counselor Level I, depending on individual experience, certifications, education, and other qualifications.

Provides genetic counseling, assessment, and clinic service to patients with documentation and follow-up, teaching assistance, clinical supervision, and research assistance.

Essential Responsibilities:

Responsibilities listed in this section are core to the position.  Inability to perform these responsibilities, with or without an accommodation, may result in disqualification from the position. 

• Genetic Counseling: Provides clear and concise information about genetic conditions and psychosocial support to patients and families. Facilitates with the patient informed decision-making about testing, management, and reproductive alternatives, as appropriate.
• Assessment: Assesses psychosocial factors, recognizing social, educational, and cultural issues. Identifies, coordinates, interprets, and explains genetic laboratory tests and results, and reports other diagnostic studies to the patient.
• Clinical Service: Elicits and interprets individual, family, medical, developmental, and reproductive histories. Determines mode of inheritance and risk of transmission of genetic conditions and birth defects. Evaluates the patient’s or family’s responses to the condition or risk of recurrence and provides client-centered counseling and anticipatory guidance.
• Documentation: Provides accurate and timely written documentation of medical information and records to families, primary care providers, or referral entity.
• Research: May conduct clinical research in the field of genetics, assist faculty in research projects, and write clinical case reports.
• Teaching Assistance: Participates with faculty in educational activities as requested.
• Clinical Supervision: Provides clinical supervision of genetic counseling students and other trainees.
• Memberships: Maintains membership in the national organization, National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) and other related organizations.

General Responsibilities:

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications (Genetic Counselor Graduate):

Education: Master’s degree in Genetic Counseling from an accredited American Board of Genetic Counselors (ABGC) program.

Experience: No experience required.

License(s)/Certification(s)/Registration(s): American Board of Genetic Counseling Certification and Oklahoma Genetic Counselor License required within 10 months of hire.

Minimum Qualifications (Genetic Counselor I):

Education: Master’s degree in Genetic Counseling from an accredited program required.

Experience: No experience required.

License(s)/Certification(s)/Registration(s) Required:

• Certified Genetic Counselor (CGC) issued by the American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) required.
• Active Licensed Genetic Counselor (LGC) issued by the Oklahoma State Department of Health required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:  

• Basic knowledge of practices and procedures within genetic counseling.
• Knowledge of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the right to privacy and confidentiality.
• Knowledge of new and innovative approaches to genetic counseling.
• Ability to gather, evaluate, and interpret data.
• Ability to give full attention to what is being said to understand the problem and be able to make a decision which will benefit the patient.
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to come up with alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Must be self-motivated, work independently, and as a member of a team.
• Must have critical thinking and innovative skills.

This is a Safety Sensitive position under 63 0.S. 427.8 and is subject to a zero-tolerance drug and alcohol standard in compliance with Oklahoma law.

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