Location: Hackensack, NJ
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
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. The Genetic Counselor functions in clinical, research, and educational capacities for medical genetics services at Hackensack University Medical Center. Responsibilities: A day in the life of a Genetics Counselor at Hackensack Meridian *Health* includes: - 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. - Coordinates 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