Genetic Counselor, HG-Adult Genetics Clinic

Overview

WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN? With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals.

Our competitive benefits package includes healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases, and more. You’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career at UT Southwestern.

The McDermott Center serves as the Center for Human Genetics at UT Southwestern and provides expertise and resources for clinicians and basic scientists to identify genes and sequence variations that contribute to human diseases and traits. If your career ambitions include working in higher education with world leaders in clinical genetics and genetic research, we have an opening for a bright, energetic person to work and grow as a Genetic Counselor in the McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development.

The selected candidate will join an experienced team with an Adult Genetics MD and three Genetic Counselors in the Internal Medicine Adult Genetics Clinic, with primary roles in research and partnering to launch and implement a population sequencing project. UT Southwestern has launched the Sequencing Populations to Accelerate Research and Care (SPARC) program, a transformative initiative designed to create an institutional biobank and perform whole-exome sequencing on up to 150,000 patients across our Health System.

SPARC will accelerate use of genetic data to improve screening for important genetic risk factors and help advance application of these data into practice to improve the care of patients and their families. Working with SPARC project leadership, this position will help define return-of-results processes for SPARC and develop the initial content (scripts, reports, etc.) needed for the first phase of return of results.

The position will also support a cascade screening research project, developing methods for identifying at-risk individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia and providing pre-test counseling, facilitation of testing, and post-test counseling with custom-made software and AI tools.

The position has flexibility to provide coverage for the Adult Genetics clinic which includes seeing patients in conjunction with MD visits and independently with MD oversight in both in-person and telehealth settings. The adult clinic sees all non-cancer and non-prenatal indications for genetic diagnosis. There is also a large metabolic genetic population that is managed longitudinally. This position is 100% on campus.

UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare – no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
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• Education:
  
  Master’s Degree from board-accredited program in genetics
• Licenses and
  
  Certifications:
  
  Certified Genetic Counselor (ABGC-CGC) by the American Board of Medical Genetics or the American Board of Genetic Counseling within 1 year

• Experience:
  
  2 years of related experience

• Serve as a core member of the SPARC operational team to identify, curate, and prioritize genes and conditions for return of results to SPARC participants.
• Develop and maintain educational materials, counseling scripts, and result reports to support return-of-results activities for SPARC.
• As the first genetic counselor embedded…