Key Responsibilities:
- Provide pre-test and post-test genetic counselling to patients and their families.
- Obtain and document detailed medical, family, reproductive, and genetic history.
- Prepare and interpret pedigrees/family trees and assess hereditary disease risks.
- Explain genetic and genomic tests, including carrier screening, prenatal testing, NIPT, PGT, hereditary cancer testing, rare disease testing, and other molecular/genetic investigations.
- Explain test perks, limitations, possible outcomes, turnaround time, and implications in an easy-to-understand manner.
- Review genetic test reports and communicate clinically relevant findings to patients and referring physicians.
- Coordinate with geneticists, pathologists, IVF specialists, oncologists, gynecologists, pediatricians, and other clinicians.
- Maintain accurate patient counselling records and ensure confidentiality of genetic information.
- Support doctors and the laboratory team in selecting appropriate genetic tests based on clinical indications.
- Follow ethical, regulatory, and organizational guidelines related to genetic testing and patient consent.
- Participate in awareness programs, doctor engagement activities, CME sessions, and patient education initiatives.
- Follow up with patients regarding testing, reports, referrals, and further clinical recommendations.
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📌 Genetic Counsellor (Bhubaneswar)
🏢 Lifecell
📍 Bhubaneswar