County of Santa Clara
Genetic Counselor II
SALARY
$51.10 - $61.83 Hourly
$4,088.16 - $4,946.32 Biweekly
$8,857.68 - $10,717.03 Monthly
$106,292.16 - $128,604.32 Annually
LOCATION
San Jose Metropolitan Area, CA
JOB TYPE
Full-Time/Part-Time
JOB NUMBER
18-Y09-A
DEPARTMENT SINGULAR
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
OPENING DATE
05/24/2018
CLOSING DATE
Continuous
SALARY
$51.10 - $61.83 Hourly
$4,088.16 - $4,946.32 Biweekly
$8,857.68 - $10,717.03 Monthly
$106,292.16 - $128,604.32 Annually
LOCATION
San Jose Metropolitan Area, CA
JOB TYPE
Full-Time/Part-Time
JOB NUMBER
18-Y09-A
DEPARTMENT SINGULAR
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
OPENING DATE
05/24/2018
CLOSING DATE
Continuous
Description 123$
- Under general supervision, to counsel, support, educate and inform individuals and families, with or at risk of inherited genetic disorders and birth defects about the medical, scientific, and psychological resources available to them, to promote an understanding of birth disorders, to adapt to the risk or condition and to make informed choices.
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- Establishes a mutually agreed upon genetic counseling agenda with the patient and their family;
- Elicits and obtains family history and medical information, including pregnancy development;
- Provides professional psychosocial genetic counseling to individuals regarding genetic hereditary conditions which pose potential risks to their children;
- Recommends medical or genetic testing to individuals/families at risk for genetic diseases or birth defects;
- Educates and explains technical and medical aspects of diagnostic and screening methods and reproductive options, including associated risks, benefits and limitations;
- Coordinates communication between patient and multi-disciplinary medical team in the diagnosis and evaluation of birth conditions;
- Provides direct in-patient and out-patient care and at satellite clinics;
- Charts, reports, coordinates and categorizes clinical testing and test results that are approved by the Chief of Maternal Fetal Medicine;
- Supervises and teaches genetic counseling interns;
- Educates medical students, nurses, residents and fellows, research, community outreach and multi-disciplinary clinic development regarding genetic services and current medical genetic updates;
- Responds to scheduled genetic counseling appointments with individuals/families in a timely manner;
- May be assigned as a Disaster Service Worker, as required;
- Performs other duties as required.
Employment Standards
- Possession of Master's degree in Genetic Counseling/Human Genetics or closely related field and possession and maintenance of a valid certification by the American Board of Genetic Counseling and licensure by the California Department of Health as a Genetic Counselor.
Training and Experience Note: The required knowledge and abilities are attained through three (3) years of experience working as a Genetic Counselor equivalent to Genetic Counselor I at Valley Medical Center.
Knowledge of:- Principles of supervision, training and instructional methods;
- Clinical expertise in area of specialty;
- Common and uncommon inherited disorders and detectable conditions;
- Effective counseling session structure;
- Counseling techniques sensitive toward individuals and families at risk of genetic defects or birth disorders, that promotes individual choice on various treatment options;
- Benefits and risks of noninvasive screening or invasive diagnostic testing;
- Individual case management and collaborates with multidisciplinary health professionals to promote patient care;
- Community agencies and State support services;
- Age specific competencies required of infants, children, adolescents, adults and geriatrics;
- Common office computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets and databases.
Ability to:- Supervise and assign the work of interns;
- Obtain and interpret family medical histories to assess the chance of disease occurrence or re-occurrence;
- Work in collaboration with health professionals to assist families facing prenatal genetic abnormalities and birth defects;
- Identify and respond to issues and problems effectively and in a timely manner;
- Maintain confidentiality; listen and obtain clarification to ensure that instructions/requests are fully comprehended;
- Educate individuals, families and medical professionals about inherited genetic disorders or birth defects and the medical testing, scientific research, psychological resources and other options available;
- Counsel patient and families to promote informed choices and adaptation to the risk or birth health condition;
- Translate complex language of genomic medicine into understandable terms;
- Communicate effectively orally and in writing with individuals, families and medical professionals;
- Maintain State of California required license credentials and certifications;
- Establish effective relationships with those contacted in the course of business.
Special requirement:- Travel to and provide services at satellite clinics as required.
- Employer
- County of Santa Clara
- Phone
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(408) 299-5830
- Website
- http://www.sccjobs.org/
- Address
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70 W. Hedding Street
8th Floor, East Wing
San Jose, California, 95110
- Employer
- County of Santa Clara
- Phone
- (408) 299-5830
- Website
- http://www.sccjobs.org/
- Address
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70 W. Hedding Street
8th Floor, East Wing
San Jose, California, 95110
- Genetic Counselor II Supplemental Questionnaire
- * QUESTION 1
- Please answer the following questions. Completion of the following supplemental questions is REQUIRED for your application and is an integral part of the evaluation process. Initially, it will be used to evaluate against the employment standards. For those applicants meeting the employment standards, this information will be critical in the subsequent competitive assessment to identify those candidates to be invited to continue in the examination process. Your responses to the questions may also be reviewed and scored in a Competitive Rating evaluation process based on pre-determined rating criteria. Your answers should be as complete as possible, as no additional information will be accepted from applicants once the Competitive Rating evaluation has begun. Please include the name of employer, job title, dates of employment and number of hours worked per week for questions asking about your experience. A response of "see resume" or "see application" will deem your application incomplete. Vague, incomplete or non-responsive answers could result in no or low scores in a competitive rating process. Do you understand this requirement?
- * QUESTION 2
- Do you possess a Master's degree or higher in Genetic Counseling/Human Genetics or closely related field?
- * QUESTION 3
- If you marked yes please list the type of degree and level that you possess. If you do not have any write "none."
- * QUESTION 4
- Do you possess board certification by the American Board of Genetic Counseling?
- * QUESTION 5
- Do you possess board certification by the American Board of Genetic Counseling or are eligible for certification?
- * QUESTION 6
- Do you possess a Genetic Counselor license issued by the California Department of Public Health?
- * QUESTION 7
- If you marked yes please list your Genetic Counselor license issued by the California Department of Public Health. If you do not have any write "none."
- * QUESTION 8
- How many years of experience do you possess working as a Genetic Counselor?
- * QUESTION 9
- If you answered yes, please describe your Genetic Counselor experience in detail. Please include the name of employer, job title, dates of employment and number of hours worked per week. If you do not have any write "none."
- * QUESTION 10
- How did you first learn about the job opening at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Hospital and Clinics (SCVMC)?
- * Required Question