Genetic Counselor

Job Summary:

Provides genetic counseling and referral services for patients of all age groups (including obstetric-prenatal counseling, multiple miscarriage counseling, reproductive screening and advice, newborn consultation and cancer patients) who have or are at risk for genetic conditions or birth defects. Acts as a consultant to health care providers regarding highly specialized genetic information pertinent to management of their patients.
Essential Responsibilities:

• Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.
• Provides genetic counseling services for all areas of medical genetics including pediatric, prenatal, adult, and cancer referrals.
• Reviews patient chart and evaluates family history through investigation of outside records, examination of affected individuals, or family testing of chromosome analysis, DNA studies, metabolic screening, etc.
• Assesses recurrence risk and recommends medical or genetic testing based on analysis of the risk, benefit and cost.
• Provides crisis intervention and psychosocial counseling to members upon discovery of unexpected findings (e.g., malformation, biochemical disorders) regarding genetic conditions.
• Reviews implications and discusses options with member and/or family members. Makes referrals for ongoing care and support.
• Provides case management for complex genetic cases including coordination medical recommendations and management plans, testing and ongoing counseling.
• Develops, implements and coordinates a wide variety of genetic programs (e.g., prenatal diagnosis, California Prenatal Screening Program, carrier screening and specialty clinics). Follows guidelines mandated by the State of California.
• Produces culturally sensitive and age appropriate patient and health professional educational materials, and participates in community education programs.
• Conducts literature search on rare genetic diseases and keeps abreast of developments in the field.
• Develops and presents in-service education to physicians and health professional education materials, and current medical genetic topics.
• Maintains statistics, survey trends, and adjusts protocols to ensure appropriate patient referral and care.
• Recommends and implements enhanced clinical practice standards.
• Participates in research projects.
• Participates in group quality assurance case conferences with the Medical Geneticist.
• Reviews complex family pedigrees, unusual cases, abnormal AFP results, viewing of photographs, DNA studies, etc.
• Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.

Basic Qualifications:
Experience

• N/A

Education

• Masters degree in Genetic Counseling or complete degree prior to employment.

License, Certification, Registration

• Genetic Counselor License (California) required at hire from American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics OR Temporary Genetic Counselor License (California) required at hire

• National Provider Identifier required at hire

Additional Requirements:

• Knowledge of Federal, State and Local requirements.
• Demonstrated analytic and diagnostic reasoning skills.
• Ability to clearly explain complex medical information in both verbal and written form.
• Previous experience or knowledge of crisis intervention and interviewing techniques.
• Experience in development of educational programs in human and medical genetics.
• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
• For temporary Genetic Counselor license, must work under the general supervision of a licensed genetic counselor or licensed physician: expiration is after 24 months or 30 days after notification that applicant has failed the ABGC certification exam and it cannot be renewed (whichever comes first)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of computer operations preferred.

Primary Location: California,Baldwin Park,Baldwin Park Medical Offices
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Flexible
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-SCAL-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: Pasadena-So. Los Robles Admin - Genetics - 0806
Pay Range: $50.98 - $62.07 / year Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data, internal alignment, and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.
Travel: Yes, 5 % of the Time
Flexible: Work location is on-site at a KP location, with the flexibility to work from home. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

• Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licensure requirements (where applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.
• Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.
• Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.