Child Life Specialist
About The Position
The Child Life Specialist fosters psycho-social, emotional, and physical development of children and adolescents through the provision of developmentally appropriate preparation for medical procedures, post-procedural education, and therapeutic play in order to maintain normalized living patterns and minimize stress and anxiety. This role involves conferring with multidisciplinary team members to promote continuity of care and develop discharge goals. The specialist also incorporates family centered care into daily interventions, working with children from various hospital units, including children of adult patients, siblings of pediatric patients, and outpatient services.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Child Life, Family Studies, Child Development, or related field
- Completion of a Child Life internship
- Certification in Child Life is required within one year of hire date
Responsibilities
- fosters psycho-social, emotional, and physical development of children and adolescents through the provision of developmentally appropriate preparation for medical procedures, post-procedural education, and therapeutic play in order to maintain normalized living patterns and minimize stress and anxiety
- Confers with multidisciplinary team members to promote continuity of care and develop discharge goals
- incorporates family centered care into daily intervention, working with children from various hospital units (i.e., children of adult patients, siblings of pediatric patients, and outpatient services)
Benefits
- comprehensive and market-competitive total rewards package that includes benefits, compensation, recognition and well-being offerings that focus on the whole person and engage with their current stage of life and career
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
