Genetic Counsellor, Hereditary Cancer Program - BC Cancer Victoria
Core
Provide genetic counselling to individual patients and family members regarding hereditary cancer patterns, risks, and screening recommendations within a team approach.
Role type
Clinical genetic counsellor (hereditary cancer)
Builds
Patient care plans, risk assessments, and cancer surveillance strategies
Domain
Healthcare / Oncology / Genetics
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Conducting patient and family history interviews, explaining hereditary cancer patterns and risks, recommending cancer screening, scheduling genetic testing, coordinating with external genetic counselling centres, referring to health professionals, documenting medical history and risk assessments, requesting medical records and tissue blocks, teaching medical students and residents, contributing to database software design, developing program policies
Preferred skills
Knowledge of Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility, understanding of settler colonialism impacts on Indigenous Peoples, familiarity with legislative obligations regarding Indigenous rights, experience with quantitative and qualitative research design
Technologies
Progeny (HCP database software), word processing software
Responsibilities
Interview patients and family members to develop medical and family history; Explain hereditary cancer patterns and associated cancer risks; Recommend cancer screening based on family history and guidelines; Schedule genetic testing and explain benefits/harms; Coordinate genetic counselling for out-of-province family members; Refer patients to social workers, surgeons, and oncologists; Document patient information including risk assessments and surveillance strategies; Request medical records and tissue blocks; Train medical students, residents, and graduate students; Contribute to database software and program policy development
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC