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Job Summary:

• Admissions
• Reviews applications
• Meets with Program Director to select interviewees and rank candidates
• Conducts individual interviews with all candidates
• Program evaluation/accreditation
• Compiles information regarding clinical training for annual reports and accreditation review
• Assists the Program Director in other capacities as needed

• Coordinates clinical observation experiences for first-year students;
• Assists in management of clinical placements for summer and second-year students: maintains forms, affiliation agreements, requirements, schedule, evaluations;
• Assists in initiating and maintaining clinical affiliation agreements for clinical practicum sites;
• Reviews and monitors student case logs, goals, mid-term and final evaluations and self-reflections;
• Establishes remedial plan for students as necessary in collaboration with Program Director;
• Develops supervisor workshops;
• Reviews and monitors rotations sites and supervisors through formal evaluation, direct communication with supervisors and student conferences;
• Provides feedback to rotation supervisors annually through aggregate site and supervisor evaluation reports;
• Assists with standardized patient experiences;
• Provides clinical supervision for genetic counseling students in cancer clinic not to exceed more than 0.4 FTE;
• Assists with and develops course outlines and syllabi, functions as course director for Introduction to Cancer Genetic Counseling, and is an instructor in other courses as needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

• American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) or the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG) current genetic counseling board certification;
• Minimum of 5 years' experience as a clinical genetic counselor;
• Experience in teaching and lecturing to genetic counseling students or other health professionals;
• Prior student supervision experience is preferred;
• Have administrative, leadership, supervision, and teaching experience;
• Be available for program administration year-round;
• Demonstrate excellent analytical and critical thinking skills with close attention to detail;
• Demonstrate expert skills in framing analytic problems, identifying key stakeholders, acquiring and preparing data, selecting and applying analytic tools, making recommendations, and producing actionable results;
• Possess strong organizational and interpersonal communication skills;
• Possess a strong commitment to achieving the missions of the Xavier University of Louisiana and the Genetic Counseling Program;
• Will complete two hours per year of training/coursework related to their position in the program; including at least one hour of training/coursework related to principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.

Preferred Qualifications:

• American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) or the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG) current genetic counseling board certification;
• Minimum of 5 years' experience as a clinical genetic counselor;
• Experience in teaching and lecturing to genetic counseling students or other health professionals;
• Prior student supervision experience is preferred;
• Have administrative, leadership, supervision, and teaching experience;

Education: PhD

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About Xavier University of Louisiana

Xavier University of Louisiana, founded by St. Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in 1925, is Catholic and historically Black. The ultimate purpose of the University is to contribute to the promotion of a more just and humane society by preparing its students to assume roles of leadership and service in a global society. The only historically Black, Catholic university in the United States, XULA is a private, liberal-arts based, co-educational institution offering 40 undergraduate majors, 5 master’s degree programs and a doctor of pharmacy program. More than one-half of its 3,100 students are from Louisiana, but it draws students from nearly all fifty states and 35 countries. Xavier is recognized as a national leader in the sciences and the liberal arts: • #1 in the nation in the number of African American graduates who go on to complete medical school (AAMC data 2019). • Among the nation’s top four colleges of pharmacy in graduating African Americans with Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D) degrees. (2018) • #1 in the nation in awarding bachelor's degrees to African American students in the biological and biomedical sciences, the physical sciences, and physics. ...(2018) • #3 in the nation in the number of African American graduates who go on to earn a Ph.D. in science and engineering disciplines. (2018) • The Department of Physics is #1 in the nation for awarding African Americans baccalaureate degrees in physics and the physical sciences, according to the American Institute of Physics. (2018) Xavier is consistently ranked by the American Chemical Society as one of the top 25 universities in the nation. • The 2020 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges named Xavier among its 300 “best and most interesting” four-year colleges and universities. • Xavier was also singled out as one of the nation’s 385 best institutions for undergraduate education by The Princeton Review in the 2020 edition of its annual “The Best 385 Colleges”. • College Consensus, a unique college ratings website that aggregates publisher rankings and student reviews, ranks Xavier as the nation’s #3 Historically Black Colleges and Universities) (2019). It also ranks Xavier as #3 among all Louisiana colleges. • College Factual ranks both Xavier’s biology and chemistry programs as program as No. 1 in Louisiana. (2019) • Your 2018 Guide to College Transfer lists Xavier as one of only 90 colleges and universities nationwide profiled as “transfer friendly” in this guide to the college transfer process by the Kaplan Educational Foundation. • The Student Loan Report ranks #Xavier 12 out of 800 Private schools who left graduates with the least amount of private student loan debt, a form of financial aid known for higher interest rates and less forgiving repayment programs. (2018) • Zippia.com named Xavier's Psychology Program as #1 in Louisiana. (2018) • Learn.org ranks Xavier Among the Top 50 STEM schools in the U.S. (2019) • The Edvocate ranks Xavier as the nation’s No. 3 Catholic University. (2019) • Zippia.com rates Xavier #1 in Louisiana in its 2019 report, “Best College in Each State for Getting a Job”.

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