Child Life Specialist PRN St George
About The Position
The Child Life Specialist interacts directly with pediatric patients, families, and other health team members. The role facilitates age-appropriate interactions and activities to make health care easier for patients and families, reduce distress, strengthen coping, foster patient independence, and promote optimal development. The specialist provides supervision to volunteers, child life pre-internship students, and child life assistants. This PRN position supports Child Life Specialists at St. George Regional Hospital in pediatrics, the emergency department, and same-day surgery. Coverage is needed for sick call-outs, time-off requests, and open-position gaps, with an expectation of supporting four shifts per month. Potential coverage days are Monday through Sunday, with daytime and evening shifts. The position offers a $1,500 sign-on bonus for new hires. Pay is based on experience.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution; degree will be verified.
- Documentation of a successfully completed 600-hour internship supervised by a child life specialist.
- Child Life Certification from the Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) is required within 15 months of hire.
- Experience with pediatric patients in a medical, hospital, or behavioral health setting.
- Experience in Child Life Core Competencies, including establishing supportive relationships; meeting the social, emotional, and cognitive needs of children and family members; educating and communicating with children, families, and team members; providing coping support and comfort management; guiding children in therapeutic play; and ongoing assessment and written documentation of clinical care.
- Computer experience in word processing, spreadsheets, and databases or similar applications.
- Skills in pediatrics, training and mentoring, written documentation, communication, relationship building, initiative, critical thinking, teamwork, growth mindset, and accountability.
Nice To Haves
- One year of experience with pediatric patients in a medical, hospital, or behavioral health setting.
- Work experience as a child life assistant.
- Experience as a child life pre-internship or practicum student.
- Experience supervising volunteers while working with children and adolescents.
- Spanish speaking.
Responsibilities
- Accurately assess, prioritize, and document pediatric patient and family care.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate effective, patient- and family-centered pediatric health care plans.
- Provide developmentally appropriate education, psychological procedural preparation, coping support, comfort management, and play opportunities to pediatric patients and families.
- Participate in the selection, supervision, and training of new hires, students, and volunteers.
- Provide education for staff, such as in-services and newsletter articles.
- Assist with community outreach and Foundation partnerships.
- Adhere to the Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) Child Life Code of Ethics.
- Meet requirements outlined in child life department expectations.
- Supervise volunteers, child life pre-internship students, and child life assistants.
Benefits
- $1,500 sign-on bonus for new hires.
- Benefits package described as supporting well-being across physical, mental, and spiritual health, with programs promoting healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged lives.
