Genetic Counselor

**Genetic Counselor** Job Summery**

Provides genetic education, counseling, and support to patients and/or families who have genetic disorders, birth defects, or who may be at risk for inherited conditions. Works as part of a multidisciplinary team including oncology specialists and lifestyle medicine specialists. May coordinate and support research activities within area of expertise.

**Primary Job Duties**
- Collect and interpret comprehensive information with regard to patient and family history, including medical, genetic and psychosocial history.
- Make appropriate and accurate risk assessments to determine the likelihood of genetic conditions in a patient, his/her offspring, and other family members, and then identify and explain options for dealing with these risks.
- Discuss and educate regarding the medical features and natural history, means of diagnosis, genetic aspects, environmental factors and management of genetic conditions and the associated risks.
- Identify, request* and coordinate appropriate genetic laboratory tests and other diagnostic studies. (* request: in association/consultation with a physician, if limited through licensing)
- Integrate results of genetic laboratory tests and other diagnostic studies with personal and family medical history into genetic risk assessment.
- Explain the clinical and psychosocial implications of genetic laboratory tests and other diagnostic studies and their results.
- Evaluate the client's or family's responses to information discussed and provide client-centered counseling and anticipatory guidance.
- Identify and utilize community resources that provide medical, educational, financial, and psychosocial support and advocacy.
- Document patient interactions, discussions and decisions in patient's electronic medical record
- Provide written documentation of medical, genetic, and counseling information for families and health care professionals.
- Liaise, in the form of consultations, discussions, multidisciplinary meetings, written reports and referrals, with other healthcare professionals to provide optimal patient care.
- Serve as a genetic health resource for professionals and the community.
- Assist in writing policies and clinical practice guidelines.
- Participate in research related to the field of genetic counseling.
- Provide clinical supervision and teaching to students/trainees
- Liaise with medical clinics regarding the care of high-risk patients identified through genomics program
- Stay up to date with advances in genomics and genetic counseling through ongoing continuing education (and maintenance of licensing/certification)

**Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi**
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is located on Al Maryah Island, the heart of Abu Dhabi's new central business district. It shares the island with a hotel, stock exchange, and office buildings. Access to the island is by multiple bridges to the mainland. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is a unique and unparalleled extension of the Cleveland Clinic model of care, providing a spectrum of specialty services that are designed to cater to the healthcare needs of Abu Dhabi and the region. One of the objectives of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is to address the needs of patients currently traveling abroad for treatment. Like its counterpart in the United States, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is a physician-led medical facility, served by Western-trained, North American board-certified (or equivalent) physicians. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi offers the most advanced tertiary medical services in the region through a comprehensive range of specialties and subspecialties. Local and international patients are cared for in an environment that combines excellent amenities and service standards with the highest quality patient care and superior clinical outcomes. The hospital is designed to offer state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment capabilities, and to utilize advanced technologies in surgery, imaging, telemedicine, and electronic medical records.

**Ownership**

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is one of a number of initiatives led by Mubadala Healthcare.

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**Estimated Service Area**

This strategically located multi-specialty tertiary care facility with adjacent clinic houses five clinic floors, three diagnostic and treatment levels, and thirteen floors of critical and acute inpatient units totaling 364 beds (expandable to 490). Additional space has been incorporated for operational and support departments, retailers, a conference center, and a high-fidelity clinical simulation center. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi hosts the latest technologies in surgery, imaging, telemedicine, and electronic medical records, integrating systems in a manner that is first of its kind in the country and the Middle East healthcare region. State-of-the-art imaging equipment like CTs, MRIs, and procedural suites, along with technologically advanced and modern patient rooms, serve lo