Genetic Counselor - MFM/Prenatal

Location

Nampa, ID | United States

Job description

St. Luke’s Health System in Nampa in Idaho's Treasure Valley is seeking a Genetic Counselor to join our Maternal Fetal Medicine/Prenatal team.

Position Summary

St. Luke’s Health System has an exciting opportunity for a Genetic Counselor   to join our Maternal Fetal Medicine team in beautiful Treasure Valley, Idaho! 

The Genetic Counselor   is responsible for researching, collecting information, and counseling families with genetic or fetal abnormalities . The Genetic Counselor will work with those who may be at risk for inherited disease or an abnormal pregnancy outcome.  

This position will work in primarily in our Nampa clinic with some time in the Boise clinic, as well as conduct telehealth appointments with patients from our Magic Valley clinic. 

Hours are Monday-Friday business hours.

Benefits include medical/dental/vision insurance, PTO/ESL, tuition reimbursement, extensive well-being program, and signing/relocation bonus!

Responsibilities

• 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

Qualifications

• Master's Degree from an accredited Genetic Counseling Program
• Certified or Board eligible, licensure from the state of practice, or provisional license before hire date
• Prenatal or Maternal Fetal Medicine experience preferred

is Idaho’s largest employer and most awarded health system, with a medical staff of over 1,800 physicians and advanced practice providers. Made up of eight hospitals around central and southern Idaho, we are proud to be the only locally owned and operated, physician-led, not-for-profit health system in the state. St. Luke’s has been awarded as one of the Top 15 Health Systems in the country by Merative for nine consecutive years. We are committed to providing high quality patient care and positively impacting the lives of those in our community. St. Luke’s enjoys an outstanding reputation as both a quality employer and a superior healthcare organization.

About Nampa

The city of Nampa, in Canyon County, is located on the west end of the beautiful Treasure Valley. Approximately 30 minutes from the capital city of Boise, it features the perfect mixture of rural and urban living and boasts the strongest agricultural economies in the entire state. This being Idaho’s largest metropolitan area. Nampa offers a rich environment with endless natural beauty, local history, culture and economic well-being.

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*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.

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