About this opportunity
St. Luke's Health System lists this Genetic Counselor - Maternal Fetal Medicine opportunity in nampa, Idaho. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
At St. Luke’s, our patients come from all walks of life and so do we! We strive to foster an environment that embraces our employees' unique strengths, experiences, and perspectives which drives our exceptional, patient-centered care.
What to Expect:
The MFM practice consists of seven MFM physicians, one nurse practitioner, and three genetic counselors. We provide care across two main clinical offices and a weekly outreach clinic. This position is primarily based at our Boise clinic, with occasional opportunities to see patients at other locations. Our team works closely together to bring diverse perspectives and deliver the highest quality of care to patients in Idaho and beyond. Genetic counselors in our practice support patients at key times, including preconception, infertility, during pregnancy, and after delivery.
The Genetic Counselor is responsible for researching, collecting information, and counseling clients with genetic or fetal abnormalities.
Provides specialty consultation to healthcare staff, including physicians and other primary care providers. Serve as resource to physicians, hospital staff, and parents.
Discusses prognosis and management options; explain disease signs and symptoms, probability of recurrence, prognosis, diagnostic methods and procedures, alternate courses of action and available options.
Coordinates patient care with social services, clergy, healthcare providers and other resources based upon evaluation of individual patient needs.
Compiles complete family history, obtain and review medical records, assess risk of genetic disease and provide grief and crisis counseling to individuals and/or families.
Participates in partnerships, projects and strategic planning involving genetics across the Health System. Serves as resource to physicians, hospital staff, and parents.
Documents care provided in the medical record.
Provides community outreach, education, public policy advocacy and philanthropy for areas that genetics is involved in.
Provides follow-up patient care.
May perform duties to assure compliance with COC requirements.
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Schedule:
3 days a week
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Master's Degree
Experience: 0 years
Licenses/Certifications: Certified or Board eligible, licensure from the state of practice, or provisional license before hire date
Requirements:
At St. Luke’s, our patients come from all walks of life and so do we! We strive to foster an environment that embraces our employees' unique strengths, experiences, and perspectives which drives our exceptional, patient-centered care.
What to Expect:
The MFM practice consists of seven MFM physicians, one nurse practitioner, and three genetic counselors. We provide care across two main clinical offices and a weekly outreach clinic. This position is primarily based at our Boise clinic, with occasional opportunities to see patients at other locations. Our team works closely together to bring diverse perspectives and deliver the highest quality of care to patients in Idaho and beyond. Genetic counselors in our practice support patients at key times, including preconception, infertility, during pregnancy, and after delivery.
The Genetic Counselor is responsible for researching, collecting information, and counseling clients with genetic or fetal abnormalities.
Provides specialty consultation to healthcare staff, including physicians and other primary care providers. Serve as resource to physicians, hospital staff, and parents.
Discusses prognosis and management options; explain disease signs and symptoms, probability of recurrence, prognosis, diagnostic methods and procedures, alternate courses of action and available options.
Coordinates patient care with social services, clergy, healthcare providers and other resources based upon evaluation of individual patient needs.
Compiles complete family history, obtain and review medical records, assess risk of genetic disease and provide grief and crisis counseling to individuals and/or families.
Participates in partnerships, projects and strategic planning involving genetics across the Health System. Serves as resource to physicians, hospital staff, and parents.
Documents care provided in the medical record.
Provides community outreach, education, public policy advocacy and philanthropy for areas that genetics is involved in.
Provides follow-up patient care.
May perform duties to assure compliance with COC requirements.
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Schedule:
3 days a week
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Master's Degree
Experience: 0 years
Licenses/Certifications: Certified or Board eligible, licensure from the state of practice, or provisional license before hire date
What's in it for you:
At St. Luke’s, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission – and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.
St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.
*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.
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Worksite address
nampa, ID, 83687, US
Who can apply
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