**Job Description** **Title:** Director of Clinical Genetics **Reports To:** Chair, Medical Specialties, Valley Medical Group **Time Commitment:** .4 FTE (16 hours/week) **Position Summary:** Working in partnership with the Icahn School of Medicine, the Director will develop and oversee a Clinical Genetics program for the Valley Health System. The Director will supervise all clinical genetic counselors employed across the health system. **Primary Duties and Responsibilities:** 1. Review of clinical cases in various specialties, including but not limited to Maternal Fetal Medicine, Pediatrics, Oncology and Cardiology. 2. Provide clinical genetic consultation to a wide variety of patients, both in-person (ambulatory and hospital settings) and using telemedicine. 3. Work with Service Line Chairs to develop programs to meet specialty-specific genetics needs 4. Responsible for the recruitment, ongoing education supervison and retention of Genetic Counselors across the Valley Health System 5. Initiate and support academic and research efforts related to genetics and genomics. 6. Help to establish a robust genetic screening program for cancer and inherited diseases. **Qualifications:** + MD or DO with at least two years of training or experience in genetics or morphology. Must be eligible for or have board certification from the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics + Maintains up-to-date credentials including CV, License, DEA, CDS, Board Certification, documentation of hospital admitting privileges + Maintains CME credit hours as required for Board Certification and/or hospital staff privileges. **Behavioral Qualifications:** + Outstanding interpersonal, service excellence and customer service skills. + Strong communication and presentation skills to present information to all customers and/or individuals of varying age groups. + Ability to convey information clearly and concisely, both verbal and written. + Ability to create, maintain and support a high functioning team; establish and foster cooperative working relationships with staff and management; and function effectively as part of that team. + Strong orientation towards the provisions of high quality, cost effective and comprehensive medical care. + Demonstrates behavior that is courteous, caring, respectful, and compassionate. + Demonstrates ability to listen and respond in a non-judgmental manner, with clear expectations. + Demonstrates behavior that is consistent with the Valley Health System's Leadership Standards and Values, as well as the Valley Medical Group’s **Mission and Vision Statements.** + Ability to represent the organization positively at all times. + Ability to respect confidentiality of private healthcare, financial and other company information at all times. + Ability to honor commitments to the job and members of the team. + Ability to speak constructively about co-workers and the organization. + Ability to assume responsibility and accountability for job duties and organizational responsibilities. + Ability to support company-wide efforts to improve and maintain a high level of patient/customer satisfaction as evidenced by (but not limited to) customer/patient satisfaction survey scores and other organizational and System's targets. **About The Valley Hospital and Valley Medical Group:** The Valley Hospital and Valley Medical Group are part of Valley Health System, one of the largest and most honored healthcare providers in New Jersey. The Valley Hospital has received Magnet designation for nursing excellence since 2003, has consistently been recognized for patient safety, and has been ranked among the World’s Best Hospitals by Newsweek. Located in Bergen County, New Jersey, The Valley Hospital is an acute-care, not-for-profit hospital with 431 licensed beds. A new Valley Hospital, currently under construction, is scheduled to open in Paramus, New Jersey, in 2023. Valley Medical Group (VMG) is a multispecialty group practice comprised of physicians and advanced practice providers representing more than 50 medical and surgical specialties. VMG brings together experts in the fields of oncology, cardiology, obstetrics & gynecology, and various medical and surgical specialties. VMG providers also offer the full scope of primary care, including internal medicine, family medicine, and pediatrics. Prestigious alliances with Cleveland Clinic’s Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute and the Mount Sinai Health System mean our doctors are collaborating with the top physician leaders in medicine today. VMG believes the relationships among its doctors and providers are central to success. Our interest in your personal and professional goals, combined with our network of resources, creates an environment of close collaboration that helps to ensure the finest patient outcomes. If you’re interested in a career in which your expertise and collaboration are paramount to the success of an organization, join us! https://www.ValleyHealth.com/Featured-Opportunities **Please specify Job Title of interest and send CV with Cover Letter to:** **Alex Cano** **Executive Director Physician Recruitment** **Mount Sinai Health System** **Alex.cano@mountsinai.org** **Qualifications** . **Responsibilities** . **About Us** **Strength Through Diversity** The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by: + Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential. + Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination. + Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers. At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. 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