Job Description

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

MO-SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

Job Responsibilities:

Schedules patient for genetic counseling appointment. This includes:

• Explain process of genetic counseling visit, address questions patient may have about appointment
• Prior to genetic counseling visit, obtain genetic testing results on patient and/or their relative and other necessary medical records
• Send email to patient with link for online family history form and directions for accessing telehealth visit or, if visit is in-person, provide directions to appropriate location.
• Manage genetic counselors’ appointment calendars

Assist genetic counselor with the genetic testing process for patients, including:

• Input of lab orders (demographic data) into appropriate lab portal
• Aid in obtaining insurance pre-authorizations for genetic testing
• Assists with tracking orders and results, communicates with the lab about status of results
• Co-ordinate data collection
• Input of data into risk assessment models (such as Tyrer-Cuzick)
• Update pedigree in pedigree drawing software
• Assists with sample collections (takes patient to lab if in-house blood draw, helps with coordination of skin punch biopsies)

Additional patient preparation and follow-up tasks as assigned

Job Summary:

Supports clinic, department or program in an administrative capacity.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs duties under supervision, within w ell established guidelines and practical knowledge gained from experience.

• Greets patients or visitors, answers/screens/routes telephone calls, files, distributes mail and performs other general clerical duties.

• May provide assistance with programs/software for Providers. May assemble and maintain patient charts.

• Responsible for making copies, answering phones, making appointments, and maintaining records.

• May be responsible for maintaining office inventor y including ordering supplies. Ensures that office equipment is in good working order and requests repairs or maintenance as needed.

• Communicates with patients, families, physicians and other healthcare team members about patient care according to protocol.

• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High school diploma or equivalent

EXPERIENCE

• One year experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

Department:

4874900235 Prfee PD-Genetics

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,pregnancy, veteran status , or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Click here to learn more.

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Job Tags

Work at office, Online, Shift work, Day shift,

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