Description
We are seeking a Child Life Specialist to join our team at McKay-Dee Hospital. 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
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:
- Competitive salary range: $24.30 - $37.52 per hour
- 10% shift differential for evening/weekend hours
- $3000 Sign-On Bonus for new hires
- Comprehensive benefits package