Description
We are seeking a Child Life Specialist to join our team at 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:
- Accurately assess, prioritise, and document pediatric patient and family care
- Develop, implement, and evaluate effective pediatric patient and family centred health care 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
- Assist with community outreach and Foundation partnerships
- Adhere to Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) Child Life Code of Ethics
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 behavioural 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 behavioural 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
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, based on experience. A $3000 sign-on bonus is available for new hires.