Genetic Counselor - Maternal Fetal Medicine

Job Description

LOCATION: Women's & Children's Center at Moses Cone Hospital, WHG-MFM Center
CITY: Greensboro
JOB DETAILS:
Exempt: Yes | FTE: 1.0 (40 hours/week) | Schedule: Mon - Friday | On Call: NO

JOB SUMMARY:
Cone Health is excited to grow the maternal fetal medicine presence in the Greensboro community and establish its own maternal fetal medicine practice. The genetic counselor will work in close partnership with maternal fetal medicine physician(s) and sonographers. There are genetic counselors in other specialties at Cone Health, a local genetic counseling training program at University of North Carolina Greensboro as well as an extensive genetics community in North Carolina.

Primary job responsibilities include providing genetic counseling for women and families during the preconception and prenatal period, determining and facilitating optimal prenatal genetic testing strategies and timely reporting of genetic test results in an outpatient maternal fetal medicine practice. In addition, the genetic counselor will be responsible for coordinating the care of pregnancies with fetal anomalies/genetic conditions and supporting a growing referral base. The genetic counselor would also coordinate and participate in monthly Multidisciplinary Antenatal Advisory Committee (MAAC) meetings. There may be opportunities to engage in research activities within area of expertise. In addition, may participate in teaching and supervision of genetic counseling graduate students, medical students, residents and other learners.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Required
Master's Degree in Genetic Counseling / Genetics from a genetic counseling training program accredited by the American Council of Genetic Counseling (ACGC)
- American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) board eligible status
Preferred
Board certified by American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) or American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG).
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Preferred
Two years' experience directly in Maternal Fetal Medicine
Experience preferred, but new graduates from a program accredited by the American Council of Genetic Counseling (ACGC) will be considered
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