Genetics Medical Director

• Board-eligible/certified in Clinical Genetics by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics.
• Clinical experience or board certification/eligibility in medical or clinical biochemical genetics is preferred as successful applicants should be comfortable caring for patients with inborn errors of metabolism as well as general genetic diagnoses.
• Eligible for a Minnesota medical license and will need credentialing with several area hospitals that the Genetics service provides care for.

We offer a competitive compensation package relocation allowance and signing bonus. Benefits package includes malpractice health dental disability coverage retirement plans solid vacation and CME package and more!

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
* Clinical competency and expertise in caring for hospitalized children.
* Strong understanding of examination methodologies and diagnostics.
* Knowledge of common medication side effects and contraindications.
* In-depth knowledge of legal medical guidelines and medicine best practices.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Respect for patient confidentiality.
* Compassionate and approachable.
* Responsible and trustworthy.

Physical Demands

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The posted salary represents a market competitive range based on salary survey benchmark data for similar roles in the local or national market. When determining individual pay rates we carefully consider a wide range of factors including but not limited to market indicators for the specific role the skills education training credentials and experience of the candidate internal equity and organizational needs.

In addition to your salary this position may be eligible for medical dental vision retirement and other fringe benefits. Positions that require night weekend or on-call work may be eligible for shift differentials or premium pay

All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of an occupational health assessment drug screen background investigation and compliance with the U.S. Government Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification.

Childrens Minnesota is proud to be an equal opportunity employer whose staff is representative of its community and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race color creed sex religion national origin sexual orientation genetic information gender identity or expression age veteran status disability pregnancy citizenship status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.

About Childrens Minnesota

Childrens Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924 Childrens Minnesota is one system serving kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals nine primary care clinics multiple specialty clinics and seven rehabilitation sites. As The Kids Experts in our region Childrens Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top childrens hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn.

Childrens Minnesota is proud to be recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2023s Top Diversity Leaders. The national honor recognizes the top diverse healthcare executives and organizations influencing public policy care delivery and promoting diversity equity and inclusion in their organizations and the industry.

The Genetics/Genomics department at Childrens Minnesota has two exciting opportunities to join our team.

Leadership/Clinical Genetics Opportunity - step into a key leadership role and lead the continued growth of our precision health programs and overseethe genetics/genomics department.

Clinical Genetics Opportunity join our collaborative clinical team and make a direct impact on patients lives.

Childrens Minnesota Genetics/Genomics Department is the only clinical genetics/genomics program in Minnesota exclusively dedicated to the diagnosis and clinical care of pediatric patients and childhood conditions. Our department consists of a talented team of four geneticists fourteen genetic counselors three genetic counseling assistants one clinic nurse one metabolic dietitian and two pharmacogenomics pharmacists. Our comprehensive enterprise-wide practice supports end-to-end genetics services and integrates genetic counselors into critical specialty services such as hematology/oncology cardiology neonatology immunology neurology and pulmonology.

With the growing impact and accessibility of genomic testing we are expanding our scope of personalized care more broadly into pediatric and adolescent care with the implementation of a nationally recognized pediatric pharmacogenomics program.

Responsibilities for the clinical and medical director role:

• Provide outpatient clinical care and inpatient consultations at Childrens Minnesotas Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver personalized care to pediatric and adolescent patients.
• If interested opportunities to participate in clinical and research projects evaluating our genetics and precision health programs as well as clinical teaching of medical students residents and genetic counseling students.

Responsibilities exclusive to the medical director role:

Under the successful candidates leadership the precision health group will oversee the expansion of early genomic testing into the diagnostic process integrate genomic and other healthcare data into electronic health records for point-of-care insights apply data-driven strategies to enhance care and reduce costs advocate for improved payor coverage of pediatric/adolescent genomic testing and develop educational programs to foster the future potential of precision health in pediatric and adolescent populations.

The selected individual will bring experience in developing teams in clinical settings a proven track record of successfully collaborating with clinical and administrative leadership across departmental boundaries. Experience with government advocacy and familiarity with integrating research and clinical efforts for discovery and/or healthcare optimization. Strong working knowledge of electronic health record development. Expertise in genomics and health record data analysis and utilization.