Genetic Counselor - Prenatal Diagnostic Center

About the role

The Genetic Counselor I provides genetic counseling services to patients and families under established protocols and clinical supervision. This role is intended for newly certified genetic counselors or those with limited professional experience and emphasizes skill development, knowledge application, and integration into interdisciplinary care teams.

Responsibilities

• Provides clear and concise information about genetic conditions and psychosocial support to patients and families.
• Facilitates with the patient informed decision-making about testing, management, and reproductive alternatives, as appropriate.
• Assesses psychosocial factors, recognizing social, educational, and cultural issues.
• Identifies, coordinates, interprets, and explains genetic laboratory tests and results, and reports other diagnostic studies to the patient.
• Elicits and interprets individual, family, medical, developmental, and reproductive histories.
• Determines mode of inheritance and risk of transmission of genetic conditions and birth defects.
• Evaluates the patient’s or family’s responses to the condition or risk of recurrence and provides client-centered counseling and anticipatory guidance.
• Provides accurate and timely written documentation of medical information and records to families, primary care providers or referral entity