Child Life Assistant

Intermountain Health

4d • $21 - $29 • Onsite

About The Position

The Child Life Assistant Interacts directly with pediatric patients, families, and other healthcare team members and facilitates age-appropriate activities to help make the healthcare experience easier for patients and families. Under the direction of a child life specialist, the child life assistant provides activities in a play setting that reduces patient and family distress, increases effective patient and family coping, fosters patient independence, and promotes optimum development. This role is designed as a career path toward other child development roles and most Child Life Assistants are working towards child life certification through the Association of Child Life Professionals while earning a degree and certifications. Posting Specifics Entry Rate: Based on experience Shift Details: Part-time (32 hrs/wk position). EVERY Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Must be able to work schedule shifts! Required to work 1 assigned holiday per year. Schedule: Saturday/Sunday (9:00am - 5:30pm)- Forever Young Zone Playroom, Teen Room, Hope Garden Monday/Tuesday (8:30am- 5:00pm)- Kids Clubhouse This position is on-site at Primary Children's Hospital - Salt Lake City Additional Details: Experience with children and knowledge of Child Development is necessary. Spanish Speaking preferred. Interest in data collection, statistics and excel The Child Life Assistant also accurately assesses and prioritizes developmental needs of the pediatric patient and family and updates child life specialist when patient needs are outside scope of practice. Under the direction of a child life specialist, the Assistant develops, implements, advertises, and evaluates developmentally appropriate play / recreational activities and directs parents, students, and volunteers in providing developmentally appropriate toys to patients and families in play space. This position screens and transports patients to play areas, completes appropriate check-in guidelines and policies to ensure child safety and assists in coordinating special events, holidays, and special visitors. The Child Life Assistant is required to maintain a clean, safe environment in accordance with infection prevention and safety standards. This includes monitoring and providing a supportive child-friendly environment in play spaces, supervising, orienting, and training students and volunteers as needed. May assist with ordering, receiving, organizing, and distributing supplies. The Child Life Assistant supports the Child Life Assistants, who will oversee the therapeutic activities for the patients. At times, the Assistant may supervise and independently lead the facility “Kids Clubhouse”, coordinating the work of the volunteers in those spaces.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience working with healthy children or children in a medical or hospital setting
• Knowledge of child development
• Computer experience in word processing, spreadsheets, and databases or similar applications
• Able to work independently and be organized
• Ability to work in a stressful environment related to patient needs including acute, chronic, and complex disease, and grief and bereavement
• Maintains appropriate boundaries with patients and families

Nice To Haves

• Associate or bachelor’s degree
• Working towards child life certification through the Association of Child Life Professionals
• Work experience as a child life assistant.
• Completion of child life pre-internship/practicum
• Completion of a 600-hour child life internship.
• Spanish speaking

Responsibilities

• Accurately assesses and prioritizes developmental needs of the pediatric patient and family and updates child life specialist when patient needs are outside scope of practice.
• Develops, implements, advertises, and evaluates developmentally appropriate play/recreational activities and directs parents, students, and volunteers in providing developmentally appropriate toys to patients and families in play space.
• Screens and transports patients to play areas, completes appropriate check-in guidelines and policies to ensure child safety and assists in coordinating special events, holidays, and special visitors.
• Maintains a clean, safe environment in accordance with infection prevention and safety standards.
• Monitors and provides a supportive child-friendly environment in play spaces; supervises, orients, and trains students and volunteers as needed.
• Assists with ordering, receiving, organizing, and distributing supplies.
• Supervises and independently leads the facility “Kids Clubhouse,” coordinating the work of the volunteers in those spaces.

Benefits

• We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
• Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.
• Intermountain Health’s PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up-front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution. The program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates. Caregivers are eligible to participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree