Child Life Specialist Park City Hospital

Intermountain Health • Park City, UT

7d • $24 - $38 • Onsite

About The Position

The Child Life Specialist interacts directly with pediatric patients, families, and other health team members, facilitating age-appropriate interactions and activities to make the health care experience easier. The role reduces patient and family distress, increases effective coping, fosters patient independence, and promotes optimum development. The specialist provides supervision to volunteers, child life pre-internship students, and child life assistants.

This position is based at Intermountain Health Park City Hospital and covers pediatric needs hospital-wide. The regular schedule is part-time, 30 hours per week, every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PRN hours may be available up to 40 hours per week. Pay is based on experience, at an hourly rate of $24.30–$37.52. New hires are eligible for a $1,500 sign-on bonus.

The specialist assesses and documents patient and family care; develops, implements, and evaluates patient- and family-centered care plans; and provides developmentally appropriate education, procedural preparation, coping support, comfort management, and play opportunities. The role also contributes to staff education, community outreach, and Foundation partnerships, and follows the Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) Child Life Code of Ethics and department expectations.

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; the applicant must have completed the internship to be eligible.
• Experience with pediatric patients in a medical, hospital, or behavioral health setting.
• Experience in Child Life Core Competencies, including establishing supportive relationships; meeting the needs of children and family members with attention to social, emotional, and cognitive development; 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 with word processing, spreadsheets, and databases or similar applications.
• Skills in pediatrics, training and mentoring, writing documentation, communication, relationship building, taking initiative, critical thinking, teamwork, growth mindset, and accountability.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including communicating and hearing spoken information and alarms, reading information and monitors, using manual dexterity to handle equipment and computer tasks, lifting and transferring patients and supplies, bending and carrying items, and standing in a stationary position for extended periods.

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 ability.
• Self-directed work style, proactive initiative, and strength in building professional relationships.

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 and meet child life department expectations.
• Facilitate age-appropriate interactions and activities to make health care easier for patients and families.
• Supervise volunteers, child life pre-internship students, and child life assistants.

Benefits

• $1,500 sign-on bonus for new hires.
• A comprehensive benefits package intended to support well-being across physical, mental, and spiritual health, including programs supporting healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged lives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time