Child Life Specialist Eccles Outpatient Clinics
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, increases effective coping, fosters patient independence, and promotes optimal development. The specialist also provides supervision to volunteers, child life pre-internship students, and child life assistants. This position covers clinics in the Eccles Outpatient Building at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, including Audiology, Echocardiology, EKG, Wound Care, Liver, Kidney, Heart, Safe & Healthy Families, Dermatology, PM&R, Neurology, and other clinics as needed. The schedule is 24 hours per week, either four 6-hour days on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.) or three 8-hour days on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday (8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.). There are no weekends, but occasional holidays are required. Pay is based on experience, with an hourly range of $24.30–$37.52.
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 supportive relationships; meeting the social, emotional, and cognitive needs of children and families; education and communication; coping support and comfort management; therapeutic play; and ongoing assessment and written clinical documentation.
- 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/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 pediatric patient- and family-centered 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.
- Provide supervision to volunteers, child life pre-internship students, and child life assistants.
Benefits
- $1,500 sign-on bonus for new hires.
- A comprehensive benefits package described as supporting caregiver well-being and wellness.
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Job Type
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