Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS) PRN

About the role

Become a Child Life Specialist with Hands of Hope. We are seeking CCLS candidates in SW Georgia.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patients to identify psychosocial, financial, and environmental needs as evidenced by documentation, clinical records, case conferences, team reports, call-in logs, and on-site evaluations.
• Makes the initial Child Life Specialist evaluation visit and re-evaluates patient needs during each following visit.
• Communicates significant findings, problems, and changes in condition or environment to the Supervisor, physician, and other personnel involved with patient care.
• Reports unsafe conditions and the outcome of each visit to the appropriate Supervisor by the end of the day.
• Implements the plan for patient safety, using patient, family, and community resources.
• Participates in the implementation and development of the Plan of Care to ensure quality and continuity of care and proper discharge planning.
• Verifies the Plan of Care prior to each visit and provides care according to physician's orders, assessment data, and established standards and guidelines.
• Initiates and revises the Plan of Care in response to identified patient care issues.
• Writes physician orders to cover additional visits and changes to the plan of care, per agency policy.
• Incorporates patient care goals established in the plan of care, as evidenced by documentation in clinical notes.
• Performs appropriate skilled services/interventions in accordance with accepted standards of practice and certified by the patient's physician.
• Counsels and instructs patients and families in following the Plan of Care and meeting Child Life Specialist and related needs.
• Maintains communication with clinical staff providing updates and changes in schedules, patient data or needs, physician orders, or special instructions.
• Participates in patient care conferences offering clinical suggestions.
• Affirms the continuity of quality patient care delivered.
• Maintains communication with clinical staff providing updates and changes in schedules, patient data or needs, physician orders or special instructions.
• Participates in patient care conferences offering clinical suggestions.
• Maintains communication with clinical staff providing updates and changes in schedules, patient data or needs, physician orders or special instructions.
• Participates in patient care conferences offering clinical suggestions.
• Maintains communication with clinical staff providing updates and changes in schedules, patient data or needs, physician orders or special instructions.
• Participates in patient care conferences offering clinical suggestions.

Qualifications

• A heart to serve patients and families and a passion for providing the best possible care.
• A Bachelor's degree in relevant field and CCLS certification from the Child Life Council.
• A current CCLS certification.
• Two years of Child Life Specialist experience in a healthcare setting.
• Reliable transportation.
• The ability to sit, stand, bend, move intermittently, and lift at least 25 lbs and bear the weight of an average adult effectively.