Genetics Assistant -CVH Genetics Counselling
About the role
Position: Genetic Assistant
Dept.: Laboratory Medicine and Genetics
Posting ID: 3579
Role/Level: Allied Technical - 06.2 ($33.94hr- $39.07hr)
Status: Permanent Full Time
Site: Credit Valley Hospital
Posted: July 14-2025
Internal Deadline: July 21-2025
Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre, Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.
Our Mission: A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community
Our Values: Compassion, Excellence, Courage
Our Goals: Quality, Access, Sustainability
Our Enablers: People, Education, Innovation, Research
The Genetics Clinic at the Credit Valley Hospital is seeking a Genetic Assistant. Working collaboratively with the Clinical Genetics team the Genetic Assistant will be responsible for providing operational support to MD and professional staff, and all other duties assigned in line with the scope of a Genetic Assistant.
Qualifications
- BSc. In Biology or Genetics preferred
- Knowledge of genetics principles and theory
- Attention to detail with strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent inter-personnel and customer service skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently. Professional and capable of developing effective working relationships
- Working knowledge of standard computer applications including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel). Experience in use of EPIC is an asset
- Well organized with effective prioritization and time management skills
- Previous related experience in a clinical genetics setting is an asset
Responsibilities
- Prepare patient’s pedigrees; request past pedigrees from Medical Records as needed
- Providing patient health information to other professional staff
- Contacting families/physician/Laboratories for further information
- Manage incoming genetics test reports via laboratory and providers portals
- Coordinating additional testing for patients following medical directives
- Tracking results and samples on patients using a database
- Sending and tracking Release of information consent forms
- Request variant reinterpretations from genetic labs
- Entering request for ministry of health extensions
- Sending letter’s/emails and faxes to patient’s and professional staff
- High accuracy and attention to detail when performing a wide variety of tasks
- Performing all other duties consistent with the Genetic Assistant role as assigned
- Receive and distribute all patient test results to team members
To pursue this career opportunity, please visit our website: www.trilliumhealthpartners.ca
Trillium Health Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a healthy, safe and respectful environment for healing, based on our values compassion, excellence and courage. To be Better Together, we commit to fostering a respectful workplace culture that promotes a safe and supportive environment for everyone who provides care, supports caregiving, receives care or visits the hospital.
In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.
All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act.
We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
About Trillium Health Partners
Trillium Health Partners is a leading hospital with an outstanding record of performance, fiscal responsibility and quality patient care. The hospital encompasses three main sites – Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Health Centre – offering the full range of acute care hospital services, as well as a variety of community-based, specialized programs.
Our intention is to achieve the highest quality of care that is easily accessible for our community, at the lowest cost. We are committed to creating an exceptional experience for everyone who walks through our doors.
As our diverse community continues to grow and age, and as more people are living with chronic diseases, we’re taking into account the inevitable changes on the horizon. We know that to continue to deliver exceptional patient care, we must think and act differently, and take a new and innovative approach to the delivery of health care. We envision a new kind of health care for a healthier community – an inter-connected system of care that is organized around the patient, both inside the hospital and beyond its walls. Through partnership, working in a coordinated way across the system, we can meet the needs of our patients and continue to provide outstanding, sustainable quality patient care.
As partners in creating a new kind of health care, we are Better Together.
Genetics Assistant -CVH Genetics Counselling
About the role
Position: Genetic Assistant
Dept.: Laboratory Medicine and Genetics
Posting ID: 3579
Role/Level: Allied Technical - 06.2 ($33.94hr- $39.07hr)
Status: Permanent Full Time
Site: Credit Valley Hospital
Posted: July 14-2025
Internal Deadline: July 21-2025
Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre, Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.
Our Mission: A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community
Our Values: Compassion, Excellence, Courage
Our Goals: Quality, Access, Sustainability
Our Enablers: People, Education, Innovation, Research
The Genetics Clinic at the Credit Valley Hospital is seeking a Genetic Assistant. Working collaboratively with the Clinical Genetics team the Genetic Assistant will be responsible for providing operational support to MD and professional staff, and all other duties assigned in line with the scope of a Genetic Assistant.
Qualifications
- BSc. In Biology or Genetics preferred
- Knowledge of genetics principles and theory
- Attention to detail with strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent inter-personnel and customer service skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently. Professional and capable of developing effective working relationships
- Working knowledge of standard computer applications including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel). Experience in use of EPIC is an asset
- Well organized with effective prioritization and time management skills
- Previous related experience in a clinical genetics setting is an asset
Responsibilities
- Prepare patient’s pedigrees; request past pedigrees from Medical Records as needed
- Providing patient health information to other professional staff
- Contacting families/physician/Laboratories for further information
- Manage incoming genetics test reports via laboratory and providers portals
- Coordinating additional testing for patients following medical directives
- Tracking results and samples on patients using a database
- Sending and tracking Release of information consent forms
- Request variant reinterpretations from genetic labs
- Entering request for ministry of health extensions
- Sending letter’s/emails and faxes to patient’s and professional staff
- High accuracy and attention to detail when performing a wide variety of tasks
- Performing all other duties consistent with the Genetic Assistant role as assigned
- Receive and distribute all patient test results to team members
To pursue this career opportunity, please visit our website: www.trilliumhealthpartners.ca
Trillium Health Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a healthy, safe and respectful environment for healing, based on our values compassion, excellence and courage. To be Better Together, we commit to fostering a respectful workplace culture that promotes a safe and supportive environment for everyone who provides care, supports caregiving, receives care or visits the hospital.
In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.
All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act.
We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
About Trillium Health Partners
Trillium Health Partners is a leading hospital with an outstanding record of performance, fiscal responsibility and quality patient care. The hospital encompasses three main sites – Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Health Centre – offering the full range of acute care hospital services, as well as a variety of community-based, specialized programs.
Our intention is to achieve the highest quality of care that is easily accessible for our community, at the lowest cost. We are committed to creating an exceptional experience for everyone who walks through our doors.
As our diverse community continues to grow and age, and as more people are living with chronic diseases, we’re taking into account the inevitable changes on the horizon. We know that to continue to deliver exceptional patient care, we must think and act differently, and take a new and innovative approach to the delivery of health care. We envision a new kind of health care for a healthier community – an inter-connected system of care that is organized around the patient, both inside the hospital and beyond its walls. Through partnership, working in a coordinated way across the system, we can meet the needs of our patients and continue to provide outstanding, sustainable quality patient care.
As partners in creating a new kind of health care, we are Better Together.