Child Life Specialist

We are seeking a compassionate and experienced Child Life Specialist to join our team at Intermountain Health Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT.

As a Child Life Specialist, you will interact directly with pediatric patients, families, and other health team members to facilitate age-appropriate interactions and activities, reducing patient and family distress, and promoting optimum development.

Responsibilities:

• Assess, prioritize, and document pediatric patient and family care
• Develop, implement, and evaluate effective pediatric patient and family-centered healthcare plans
• Provide developmentally appropriate education, psychological procedural preparation, coping support, comfort management, and play opportunities to pediatric patients and families
• Participate in selection, supervision, and training of new hires, students, and volunteers
• Provide education for staff and assist with community outreach and Foundation partnerships

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• Documentation of a successfully completed 600-hour internship supervised by a child life specialist
• Child Life Certification from 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
• Computer experience in word processing, spreadsheets, and databases or similar applications

Preferred Qualifications:

• One year 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
• Supervising volunteers while working with children and adolescents
• Spanish speaking

Physical Requirements:

• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors
• Ongoing need to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients

Benefits: Our comprehensive benefits package includes programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Salary: $24.30 - $37.52 per hour