Job Title: Genetic Counselor, Precision Oncology and Hereditary Cancers
Company: Kwatra Precision Cancer Institute and Research Centre, KPCIRC
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India, On site
Employment Type: Full Time
Joining Requirement: Immediate Joiner
Are you ready to be the crucial human link between cutting edge AI genomic data and life saving patient care?
At the Kwatra Precision Cancer Institute and Research Centre, we are operating at the forefront of AI driven healthcare, computational biology, and precision oncology. While our bioinformatics pipelines generate immense molecular insights, we need a deeply empathetic Genetic Counselor to translate this data into actionable, understandable, and ethically grounded guidance for our patients.
If you have a passion for oncology and want your clinical interpretations to directly influence targeted cancer therapies, we want you on our expert multidisciplinary team in New Delhi.
What You Will Do
- Clinical Counseling and Risk Assessment: Provide comprehensive pre test and post test genetic counseling for hereditary cancer syndromes and somatic tumor profiling.
- Genomic Translation: Clearly explain complex Next Generation Sequencing results, including pathogenic, benign, and VUS, in culturally sensitive and accessible language.
- Multidisciplinary Impact: Serve as a core member of KPCIRC Molecular Tumor Board, collaborating with oncologists and computational biologists to formulate targeted therapy plans.
- Patient Outreach and Conversion: Follow up on leads generated by telecallers, answering preliminary clinical queries to build trust and drive the conversion of new patients.
- Psychosocial and Ethical Support: Provide short term emotional support to families navigating a cancer diagnosis, facilitate cascade testing discussions, and navigate genetic data privacy.
- Research and Education: Consenting patients for genomics clinical trials, contributing to our clinico genomic AI databases, and collaborating with our educational arm, ISAGS.
What You Bring
- Education: Master degree in Genetic Counseling, Medical Genetics, or a closely related clinical genetics field.
- Experience: Two to five years of clinical experience as a Genetic Counselor. Dedicated experience in an oncology setting or precision medicine center is highly desirable.
- Certification: Board Certification or eligibility is strongly preferred.
- Technical Expertise: High proficiency in interpreting NGS reports and whole exome or genome sequencing. Familiarity with variant databases like ClinVar, gnomAD, and COSMIC.
- Availability: Must be immediately available to join our team in New Delhi.
Why Build Your Career at KPCIRC?
- Forefront of Science: Work daily with world class computational biologists and state of the art AI tools to redefine modern cancer care.
- Generational Impact: Your risk assessments and counseling will save lives across entire family lines.
- Growth Ecosystem: Engage in continuous learning through internal research seminars and tumor boards.
- Culture: Competitive compensation package within a highly supportive and mission driven workplace culture.
Apply now or submit your updated resume at [email protected].
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Benefits:
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
