Child Life Specialist- Procedural Services

Trinity Health • Grand Rapids, MI

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About The Position

What the Child Life Specialist will do: Supporting children and their families by using a variety of tactics learned through education and experience to help the patient better understand a process, procedure, or other element of their medical stay. Creates developmentally appropriate strategies to minimize trauma and increase understanding of a medical diagnosis or process through treatments plans using therapeutic play, education, preparation, and activities. Advocates for the needs of children and their families on an individualized basis. Support therapeutic strategies for those with cognitive impairments or developmental delays to provide equitable care and enhance the patient/family experience. Actively participate as a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, integrating plan to promote optimal patient care that is family-centered, developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, and psychosocially mindful. Review and assist with care plans on identified patients requiring additional resources during their hospital stay. Providing information, support, and guidance to parents and family members. Non-direct patient care tasks, such as presenting learning opportunities to members of the health care team to educate on best approaches, appropriate interventions, and communication strategies to improve the patient experience. Be a resource for Trinity Health Grand Rapids to help with any pediatric or other patient that would benefit from Child Life Services. Coordinating education and maintaining therapeutic supplies. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, in human development and family studies, child and family studies or a related field.
• Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS)
• Completed Clinical Internship with a minimum of 600 hours.

Nice To Haves

• Clinical experience in a healthcare setting

Responsibilities

• Supporting children and their families by using a variety of tactics learned through education and experience to help the patient better understand a process, procedure, or other element of their medical stay.
• Creates developmentally appropriate strategies to minimize trauma and increase understanding of a medical diagnosis or process through treatments plans using therapeutic play, education, preparation, and activities.
• Advocates for the needs of children and their families on an individualized basis.
• Support therapeutic strategies for those with cognitive impairments or developmental delays to provide equitable care and enhance the patient/family experience.
• Actively participate as a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, integrating plan to promote optimal patient care that is family-centered, developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, and psychosocially mindful.
• Review and assist with care plans on identified patients requiring additional resources during their hospital stay.
• Providing information, support, and guidance to parents and family members.
• Non-direct patient care tasks, such as presenting learning opportunities to members of the health care team to educate on best approaches, appropriate interventions, and communication strategies to improve the patient experience.
• Be a resource for Trinity Health Grand Rapids to help with any pediatric or other patient that would benefit from Child Life Services.
• Coordinating education and maintaining therapeutic supplies.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Magnet designated facility with active shared decision making councils.
• Comprehensive benefit packages available including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 403B and education assistance
• We serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities
• We live and breathe our guiding behaviors: we support each other in serving, we communicate openly, honestly, respectfully, and directly, we are fully present, we are all accountable, we trust and assume goodness in intentions, and we are continuous learners

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees