Pediatric Genetics Counselor
Overview
Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
Responsibilities
- Provides medical genetics consultation with diagnosis, counseling, and management to a variety of ambulatory patients referred from, but not limited to, community pediatricians, pediatric sub-specialists, developmental pediatrics, obstetricians, reproductive endocrinologists, and internists.
- Provides inpatient consultation along with the medical geneticist to the neonatal intensive care unit, women's and children's pediatric floors, and adult medicine.
- Captures genetic testing and specimen transport.
- Maintains communication with patients regarding test results and other case management concerns.
- Provides educational resources for genetic information to the medical community at HMH and participates in grand rounds in pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology, and internal medicine as needed.
- Provides genetic lectures and education to the community and lectures to medical students/residents as needed.
- Participates in case conferences, special committees related to clinical care, and interdepartmental rounds.
- Develops programs with various departments as they may relate to genetics.
- Provides continued clinical research in regards to genetic syndromes, management and genetic testing and identifies new areas of research endeavors.
- Oversees graduate level genetic counseling students.
- Develops and leads patient support programming.
- Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.).
- Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.
Qualifications
- Master's degree from an American Board of Genetic counseling (ABGC) accredited genetic counseling program.
- Computer literacy in Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Maintains board eligibility and, once board certified, fulfills CEU requirements.
- Maintains licensure in the State of New Jersey.
- Eligible for Certification by American Board of Genetic Counseling. Must pass boards within 2 years of hire.
- New Jersey Genetic Counselor License must renewed every two years.
Licenses and Certifications Required
- NJ State Genetic Counselor License.
Contacts
- Regular contact with Medical Center personnel, patients and visitors.
Working Conditions
- Lifts a minimum of 0 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 0 lbs. and stands a minimum of 0 hours a day.
Compensation
Minimum rate of $83,782.40 Annually
HMH is an Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.
Awards We’ve Received
- US News & World Report 2025 - HUMC - #1 Hospital in NJ & #1 in NY Metro Area
- US News & World Report 2025 - Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital - #1 Children’s Hospital in NJ and #3 Children’s Specialties in the Nation
- US News & World Report 2025 - JSUMC - #5 Hospital in NJ
- US News & World Report 2025 - John Theurer Cancer Center at HUMC - Ranked Nationally
- US News & World Report 2025 - HUMC - Best Hospitals Honor Roll
- Becker’s Hospital Review 2025 - 7 HMH Institutions Named Among Becker’s Top 100
- Newsweek 2025 - Hackensack Meridian Health - America’s Greatest Workplaces for Mental Well-Being 2025
- Newsweek 2025 - Best Hospitals USA - HUMC - #59