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San Francisco VA Health Care System - Veterans Health Administration
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A Genetic Counselor provides healthcare guidance to individuals based upon genetic factors. Advises patients or relatives at risk of an inherited disorder of the consequences and nature of the disorder, the probability of developing or transmitting it, and the options open to them in management and family planning. Requires a certification in Genetic Counseling.
$99,586 / year median in the U.S.
+5% projected growth
Job Description
Job Description Join our Team at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San Francisco, CA as a Physician - Clinical Geneticist (Remote)! The incumbent serves as a Clinical Geneticist with responsibility for delivery of comprehensive genetic care. The position includes responsibility for completing a broad range of genetic care needs for VA patients; providing genetic services via multiple modalities, including virtual care; actively participating as a member of a multi-disciplinary health care team; participating in the training of physicians and other health practitioners; coordinating care with other VA clinical services; and serving as the collaborating physician for genetic counselors. Major Duties include but are not limited to: Make independent professional decisions and recommendations. Participate in the design of service priorities and objectives. Create a culture of commitment to quality, education, compassion, collaboration, innovation, accountability, integrity, and creative problem solving. Participate in the development of clinical protocols to ensure evidence-based use of genetic services, including germline genetic testing. Deliver high quality of genetic care, including evaluation of performance with respect to standards of care, clinical effectiveness, compliance with policies and quality improvement. Use systems-based methods to achieve optimal care coordination. Serve as the collaborating physician for genetic counselors, including participation in periodic (e.g., weekly) scheduled meetings with genetic counselors; responding to clinical questions from genetic counselors in a timely way outside of scheduled meetings; participating in weekly case conference, if available; and documenting in the medical record formulated clinical assessments or management plans (e.g., with addenda to genetic counselor notes or co-signing genetic counselor notes), as needed. Participate in meetings, conferences, workshops, seminars, and symposia to maintain expertise in clinical genetics to assist with integration of