Child Life Specialist-Children of Adult Patients

Baylor Scott & White Health•Grapevine, TX

64d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Palliative Care Child Life Specialist, use your knowledge of child development. Help adult patients and their children, aged 0-18 years, with severe medical conditions. Work with adults and engage children in age-appropriate discussions and interventions. This helps children cope, understand, address worries, and prepare for a sick family member. Educate adults and children on explaining medical conditions, preparing for death, grief assistance, and recognizing alarming behaviors. Learn about different forms of grief and signs requiring professional counseling.

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree
(3) Three years of work experience in a related field
Certification as a Child Life Specialist
Basic Life Support Certification, (BLS) which should be obtained within (30) thirty days of being hired or transferred into the role.
Has considerable understanding of areas such as child development and life theory, evidence-based practice, childhood trauma, grief, and therapeutic practices.
Exhibits good communication through child-friendly language, facial expressions, listening, emotional control, and social awareness. Manages relationships effectively.
Exhibits cultural awareness while interacting with patients, families, and medical team from varied spiritual, ethnic, linguistic, educational and socio-economic backgrounds.
Passionately educates medical personnel about palliative care for kids. This includes their unique responses to medical conditions, hospitalization, terminal illnesses, and grief.
Helps children's mental health, promoting open communication and involving them in saying goodbye to loved ones.
Effectively manages high-stress situations with youth and families facing serious health challenges and grief.
Is adept at documentation using professional language, punctuation, spelling, and tone.

Responsibilities

Meeting families to assess children's psychosocial needs before starting therapy.
Understand and explain serious illness or injury to youth and families. This includes diagnosis, grief, coping, death, and bereavement.
Be alert for signs of abuse in kids under your care and report any instances promptly.
Help kids with grief before and after a loved one's passing. This includes explaining death, preparing kids for services, and evaluating their understanding and coping.
Educate patients and families on coping strategies, common concerns, and behavioral changes in youth.
Provide information and resources for help services.
Share important info with medical staff about Palliative Care Child Life services. Identify families who can benefit.
Help develop best practices, procedures, and processes to enhance our Palliative Care Child Life team.