Child Life Activity Coordinator - Cancer & Hematology Center

Texas Children's Medical Center•Houston, TX

About The Position

The Child Life Activity Coordinator provides a comprehensive play program at the Cancer & Hematology Center to support normal growth and development, socialization, and healing through play. The role creates safe, engaging, and developmentally appropriate experiences that support patients and families throughout their care journey. The coordinator also maintains welcoming activity areas, collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, supports school services and volunteers, and may coordinate the volunteer dog program when assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.

Nice To Haves

One year of experience working with children in a hospital or non-hospital environment preferred.

Responsibilities

Prioritize patient play and activity needs using daily reports, verbal consultations, and collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Develop and facilitate developmentally appropriate play-based programs, activities, and special events for patients of all ages.
Create welcoming, safe, and supportive activity areas that encourage self-expression, family involvement, and peer interaction.
Plan weekly and monthly calendars of developmentally appropriate activities and special events.
Provide bedside toys and activities based on patient needs and interdisciplinary team referrals.
Respond to activity consults and self-referrals within established time frames.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to identify individualized patient care goals that can be supported through normalizing play.
Assess school-services eligibility, educate families, and initiate services for eligible patients.
Maintain activity-room inventory, monitor purchases, manage supplies, and support budget adherence.
Ensure activity areas, toys, and games are clean, organized, safe, and compliant with infection-control and visitor policies.
Safely assist patients to and from activity rooms and special events, and communicate identified safety concerns to leadership.
Train, guide, and supervise volunteers to support safe, engaging, and effective patient activities.
Collaborate with Volunteer Services to support volunteer satisfaction, retention, and participation.
Participate in staff meetings, departmental initiatives, performance-improvement activities, and professional-development opportunities.
Build positive working relationships with patients, families, volunteers, and interdisciplinary team members.
Promote department and organization-wide activities and respond to correspondence in a timely, professional manner.
Coordinate the volunteer dog program when assigned, including volunteer support, safety and infection-control compliance, staff education, and program operations.