Clinical Curation Scientist- Genetic Counselor

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Position Overview 

This position supports laboratory functions of PreventionGenetics, part of Abbott Cancer Diagnostics. PreventionGenetics is a clinical genetic testing company for both rare disease and germline hereditary cancer. The Clinical Curation Scientist-Genetic Counselor collaborates cross-functionally to support clinical genetic curation, health information management, and business initiatives. The Clinical Curation Scientist- Genetic Counselor serves as an individual contributor, responsible for translating clinical information to phenotype ontology for genomic testing and curates multi-gene panels based on published literature and professional guidelines. 

This position is remote or onsite from Marshfield, WI. 

Essential Duties 

Include, but are not limited to, the following: 

• Support high-quality clinical curation of our databases, test menu, and multi-gene panels in accordance with professional guidelines. 

• Collaborate with client-facing and laboratory teams to maintain effective clinical information streams, including the company website, test ordering portals, test requisition forms, clinical reports and electronic health record integrations. 

• Support phenotype-driven testing products by abstracting clinical information as an individual contributor. 

• Serve as a subject matter expert on ethical considerations in genetic testing, including informed consent, privacy, data sharing, incidental findings, and equity in access to genomic services, and help develop related laboratory policies and practices. 

• Collaborate with molecular geneticists and other departments to provide high quality, timely test results and to achieve other organizational goals and objectives. 

• Support content creation of reports, publications, and training materials. 

• Provide insight into the clinical utility of genetic testing and educational formats to improve patient outcomes. 

• Contribute to design, research, review and writing of department procedures. 

• Ensure and monitor compliance with CLIA and CAP regulations, including Ethical Legal and Social Implication considerations. 

• Support company initiatives and projects as team representative and company champion. 

• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork. 

• Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures. 

• Maintain regular and reliable attendance. 

• Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization. 

• Ability to work designated schedule. 

• Ability to work nights and/or weekends (as needed). 

• Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 100% of a typical working day. 

• Ability to travel 10% of working time away from work location, may include overnight/weekend travel. 

Minimum Qualifications 

• Master’s Degree Genetic Counseling 

• ABGC/CCGC Board Certified or eligible 
• 1+ years of relevant professional experience in capacity as outlined in the Essential Duties.

• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation. 

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in country where work will be performed on a full or part-time basis. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time. 

     

The base pay for this position is

$61,300.00 – $122,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Research and Discovery

     

DIVISION:

ONCO Cancer Diagnostics

        

LOCATION:

United States of America : Remote

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 10 % of the Time

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

     

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

     

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