Child Life Specialist Adaptive Care
About The Position
The Child Life Specialist interacts directly with pediatric patients, families, and health team members, facilitating age-appropriate interactions and activities to make health care easier for patients and families. The role reduces distress, supports effective coping and patient independence, and promotes optimal development. The specialist provides supervision to volunteers, child life pre-internship students, and child life assistants. This position serves patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings at Primary Children's Hospital and facilitates play sessions in the Sensory Room. The Adaptive Care Program works to create equitable and productive health care experiences for individuals with developmental disabilities by identifying and communicating unique needs so providers and families can collaborate on positive outcomes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution; the 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 families; communicating and providing education; coping support and comfort management; therapeutic play; and ongoing assessment and written documentation of clinical care.
- Computer experience in word processing, spreadsheets, and databases or similar applications.
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 health care plans.
- Provide developmentally appropriate education, psychological and 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 and meet child life department expectations.
Benefits
- $3,000 sign-on bonus for new hires.
- A generous benefits package covering programs intended to support wellness and help caregivers live healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
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Job Type
Full-time
