Junior Doctor Clinical Genetics

For our team at the Clinical Genetics outpatient clinic of the Human Genetics department at Amsterdam UMC, we are looking for a junior doctor. You will provide outpatient care to individual patients and/or their family members who are referred to our department due to a congenital disorder or a possible hereditary predisposition to cancer or cardiac abnormalities.

You provide information to patients and/or family members regarding the genetic contribution to symptoms, phenomena, or congenital abnormalities in the individual themselves, his or her (unborn) child, or in the family. You establish the indication for DNA diagnostics, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of performing DNA diagnostics, and guide people in their decision-making regarding genetic diagnostics. You interpret the results of genetic diagnostics, discuss the consequences of the result, and ensure the correct follow-up after the genetic diagnostic results.

In addition to providing hereditary counseling to patients with potentially hereditary disorders, you also act as a point of contact for general practitioners, medical specialists, and patients. Within the department, a subdivision has been made into four pillars: predisposition & development, cardio-, neuro-, and oncogenetics.

Concrete duties included in this position

• Providing hereditary advice in an understandable and, in principle, non-directive manner to the individual patient and/or their family members at the clinical genetics outpatient clinic in Amsterdam UMC or at the satellite clinics.
• Requesting DNA diagnostics, assessing the results, and providing the resulting (follow-up) advice.
• Participating in patient discussions, multidisciplinary consultations, and working groups.

In this role, you will work under the supervision of a clinical geneticist.

What do you bring?

We are looking for a junior doctor who, in any case, brings the following knowledge and qualifications:

• Completed medical degree and BIG registration
• Experience within clinical genetics, pediatrics, cardiology, neurology, or oncology is a plus.
• Demonstrable interest in clinical genetics
• Good command of the Dutch and English languages
• Strong communicator, flexible mindset, and works well in a team
• You can maintain a good overview and are organizationally strong.

• A one-year contract as a junior doctor with a view to a permanent contract.
• Classification in salary scale 10: € 3,724 to € 5,867 gross for full-time employment (depending on education and experience). In addition, you will receive, among other things, an 8.3% end-of-year bonus and 8% holiday allowance. Calculate your net salary here. As of July 1, 2026, the salary will be increased by 3.5% in accordance with the UMC collective labor agreement (CAO).
• Free and unlimited access to our online learning environment GoodHabitz.
• Pension accrual at ABP, of which we pay 70% of the premium.
• For 7 km or more per one-way trip, you will receive 100% public transport reimbursement. For private transport, you will receive €0.18 per km, up to a maximum of 40 km per one-way trip.
• Prefer walking or cycling? Make use of our bicycle scheme and also receive €0.18 per km.
• An active staff association and a Young Amsterdam UMC association, both of which organize fun (sporty) activities and events.