Child Life Specialist

About the role

Plays an integral role in fostering the emotional, developmental, intellectual and physical wellbeing of children in the inpatient and outpatient setting by creating a welcoming and nurturing environment. Ensures the comfort of the patients and their families by demonstrating the basic principles of family-centered care and fostering positive hospital community relations. This position requires patient care.

Responsibilities

• Assess children's response to illness, hospitalization and/or treatment.
• Responds to child life orders in a timely manner.
• Implements and enforces hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
• Develop goals for a family service plan based on family, parent, and child assessed needs.
• Maintain confidentiality and appropriate professional boundaries with all parties at all times
• Participates in the development of standards of performance with department leadership.
• Communicates plan of care with multidisciplinary team members as appropriate.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor's Degree Child Development required or Master's Degree Child Development preferred. Licenses and Credentials: Certified Child Life Specialist [CCLS] - Association of Child Life Professionals Child Life Certification Commission preferred. Experience: related experience 0-1 year preferred.

• Standing Frequently (34-66%)
• Walking Frequently (34-66%)
• Sitting Occasionally (3-33%)
• Lifting Frequently (34-66%) 35lbs+ (w/assisted device)
• Carrying Frequently (34-66%) 20lbs - 35lbs
• Pushing Occasionally (3-33%)
• Pulling Occasionally (3-33%)
• Climbing Rarely (Less than 2%)