Genetic Counselling Assistant
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- Laboratory
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- LAB00014010 Requisition #
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- Jul 14, 2023 Post Date
- Classification: Genetic Assistant
- Union: HSAA FAC PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Genetics and Genomics
- Primary Location: Alberta Children's Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 21-JUL-2023
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 28-AUG-2023
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $34.80
- Maximum Salary: $45.90
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Completion of a Bachelor's degree in Science, specializing in Genetics or related discipline.
Additional Required Qualifications:Minimum of 1 year of health care experience working with patient records. Minimum 1 year of face-to-face and/or telephone communication experience with health care professionals and/or patients. Strong knowledge/exposure to the field of genetic counselling through university coursework, employment, volunteer work or job shadowing. English fluency and superior communication skills (reading, writing, verbal). Proficient in interpersonal communication, including establishing and maintaining collaborative professional relationships. Self-directed with strong initiative, problem solving and conflict management skills. Intermediate experience with Outlook and Microsoft office Suite (Word, Excel). A bachelor’s degree in a non-genetics field along with coursework in the field of genetics, such as completion of a Genetic Counselling Assistant training program or other clinical genetic seminars/workshops, may be considered as equitable.
Preferred Qualifications:Experience in a Medical Genetics clinic or lab. Experience using Epic (Connect Care) in a laboratory or clinical role. Experience with peer support or counselling. Experience in performing and critiquing scientific literature searches.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with APL.
