MISSION STATEMENT

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS*

• Master’s degree in Genetic Counseling or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Certification as a Genetic Counselor by the American Board of Medical Genetics .
• Licensed, or able to be licensed, as a Genetic Counselor by the State of Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
• Demonstrate ability to provide independent, advanced genetic counseling services, including test coordination, and ordering, test interpretation, patient education, family risk assessment and cascade testing.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and diverse patient populations.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS*

• Minimum of two years of experience as a genetic counselor, including direct patient counseling in a clinical setting.
• Experience working across both adult and pediatric patient populations.
• Experience in cardiovascular genetics, including inherited cardiomyopathies, arrhythmia syndromes, and other heritable cardiovascular disorders.
• Prior involvement in clinical research, patient registries, or quality improvement initiatives.
• Proficiency with Epic or other electronic health record systems.
• Experience developing patient education materials or counseling tools.
• Active participation in professional genetic counseling or cardiovascular genetics organizations.

Characteristic Duties:

• Collect and evaluate patient medical history, constructing a pedigree using appropriate nomenclature.
• Perform comprehensive genetic risk assessment and explain specifics regarding natural history of diagnosis, genetic factors, and available testing options. Facilitate testing when indicated.
• Interpret genetic test results and communicate them to patients and other healthcare professionals.
• Provide psychosocial assessment and counseling.
• Appropriately document all clinical encounters.
• Perform case preparation and follow-up.
• Effectively triage new referrals.
• Consent patients for participation in relevant registries based on their genetic testing status.
• Provide clinical onboarding, mentorship and education to other genetic counselors and health care professionals.
• Recognize and address key clinical factors that suggest genetic risk beyond chief complaint.
• Serve as content expert for referring providers.
• Take proactive steps to assure continuity of care within the clinical unit.
• Develop/implement protocols for the integration of emerging technologies that may affect clinical care.
• Design and implement plans for improvement in the clinic.
• Perform other related duties as assigned