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Genetic Counselor at St. Luke's Health System in Boise, Idaho, United States Job Description Overview St. Luke's Health System in Boise is seeking a Genetic Counselor to join our Cancer Institute team. Responsibilities + Provides specialty consultation to healthcare staff, including physicians and other primary care providers. Serve as resource to physicians, hospital staff, and parents. + Discusses prognosis and management options; explain disease signs and symptoms, probability of recurrence, prognosis, diagnostic methods and procedures, alternate courses of action and available options. + Coordinates patient care with social services, clergy, healthcare providers and other resources based upon evaluation of individual patient needs. + Compiles complete family history, obtain and review medical records, assess risk of genetic disease and provide grief and crisis counseling to individuals and/or families. + Participates in partnerships, projects and strategic planning involving genetics across the Health System. Serves as resource to physicians, hospital staff, and parents. + Documents care provided in the medical record. + Provides community outreach, education, public policy advocacy and philanthropy for areas that genetics is involved in. + Provides follow-up patient care. + May perform duties to assure compliance with COC requirements. + Other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Qualifications + Education: Master's Degree from an accredited Genetic Counseling Program + Experience: 0 years (Previous genetic counseling experience preferred but not required) + Licenses/Certifications: Certified or Board eligible, licensure from the state of practice, or provisional license before hire date Why St. Luke's St. Luke's Health System (is Idaho's largest employer and most awarded health system, with a medical staff of over 1,800 physicians and advanced practice providers. Made up of eight hospitals around central and southern Idaho, we are proud to be the only locally owned and operated, physician-led, not-for-profit health system in the state. St. Luke's has been awarded as one of the Top 15 Health Systems in the country by Merative for nine consecutive years. We are committed to providing high quality patient care and positively impacting the lives of those in our community. St. Luke's enjoys an outstanding reputation as both a quality employer and a superior healthcare organization. About Boise Known as the 'City of Trees,' Boise (is Idaho's capital city To view full details and how to apply, please login or create a Job Seeker account

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