Location: Remote in the U.S.A

What is the Invitern Program?

The Invitern Program offers opportunities for students, recent grads, or those who are early in their career to develop industry skills through Invitae's internship roles.

With each opportunity, we aim to create an experience for our interns (Inviterns!) that is enhanced by mentorship, networking opportunities, and impactful work. Throughout the duration of this program, we hope to offer a sense of community with our Inviterns and build lasting relationships. Our hope is that Inviterns become future Invitaens!

The 2022 Summer Invitern Program is a paid internship and will start June 6th, 2022 and commence August 12, 2022.

Summary Timeline

Late October 2021 - Invitern role open for applications

December 2021 - Inviterns selected

June 2022 - Inviterns start

August 2022 - Invitern Program ends

Genetic Counseling Assistant Intern - Clinical Consultation Services

Invitae is inviting applications from undergraduate students with an interest in human genetics and genomics to join our clinical team for a 3 month supervised remote learning experience as an intern supporting our Clinical Consultation Services team. They will work alongside our team of Genetic Counseling Assistants and Genetic Counselors as they provide excellent customer service experience to health providers with clinical questions, including discussing general clinical issues brought out by specific patients,, providing clinically useful information, and making recommendations for further care or referrals. The intern will also provide customer service to patients with general questions about the test process or results. This position requires a willingness to learn, and a dedication to patient health. This is a unique opportunity to work closely with an experienced team of California-licensed laboratory directors, board-certified medical geneticists and genetic counselors, genomics scientists, bioinformaticians, and other professionals who aim to bring comprehensive diagnostic and preventive genetic testing to the world.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with clinical email inquiries using a client relationship management platform (Salesforce/SFDC)
• Review orders for clinical appropriateness and perform email outreach as necessary
• Participate in or take leadership of a development project

Requirements

• Undergraduate student pursuing a degree in genetics or a related field
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational and task management skills
• Experience in a CLIA-certified diagnostic laboratory and familiarity with next-generation sequencing is preferred

By joining Invitae, you'll work alongside some of the world's experts in genetics and healthcare at the forefront of genetic medicine. We've created a culture that empowers our teams and our teammates to have the biggest impact and to explore their interests and capabilities.

Opportunities:

• Training with various members of genetic counseling (GC) and genetic counseling assistant (GCA) team on role-specific functions
• Weekly check-ins with GCA buddy
• Monthly check-ins with GC supervisor
• Attend weekly Genetic Counseling Services case conference
• Attend monthly Clinical Genomics case conference
• Observe primary and Tier 2 (specialty-specific) phone shifts
• Observe 2-3 post-test counseling sessions with our Genetic Counseling Services team
• Meet with genetic counselors from various teams at Invitae to gain exposure to the different roles genetic counselors can fulfill in the industry. These teams may include Clinical Science Liaisons, Medical Affairs, Marketing, Genetic Counseling Services, Variant Interpretation and Clinical Genomics.
• Participate in Genetic Counseling at Invitae employee resource group discussions

Join us.

At Invitae, we value diversity and provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Notes: Summer internship or starting full time in summer before classes restart and then going to part time (min 10 hours per week)

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