Genetic Counselor
5+ Years, Hyderabad
Duties & Responsibilities :
- Managing patients through face-to-face interactions
- Taking and interpreting family and medical histories to calculate the risk of condition occurrence or recurrence.
- Assessing the genetic tests that would be most appropriate for each patient
Interpreting genetic tests and explaining them in comprehendible language to the patients - Educating patients about the inheritance patterns, testing, management, prevention, resources and research
- Dealing with ethical and psychological issues raised by the patients and their families
- Maintaining patient records
- Working with other medical and healthcare staff to ensure appropriate follow-up of patients
- Inspecting genetic data to ascertain patients’ existing and predictable diagnoses
Sharing and contextualizing test outcomes - Communicating with contracted physicians to devise useful interventions
- Ability to handle workload depending on no of patients per day, each consultation lasting for 45-60 minutes
- Responsible for both pre-test and post-test counseling
Qualifications and Skills :
- Degree in genetic counseling or genetics/ biological sciences and psychology from an accredited university
- At least 5 years of experience
- Good verbal and written communication skills to empathize and communicate with patients effectively
