Child Life Specialist

About the role

Work with patients, families, and a multidisciplinary team to facilitate age-appropriate interactions, increase effective patient/family coping, promote optimal development of hospitalized children and the children of hospitalized adults. Collaborate with other disciplines as appropriate to coordinate continuity of patient care from admission to discharge. This position will also work across the hospital setting to consult with staff working with pediatric patients to enhance the pediatric experience of care at Harborview.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate working knowledge of disease process, precautions, typical medical treatment and diagnostic procedures, functional abilities, complications, and implications of long-term deficits related to primary diagnoses.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the developmental stages and their effects on hospitalizations and proficiency in the evaluation and assessments of patients ages 0-18 years (and adults with developmental delays placing them at a developmental age between 0-18) with a variety of complex and multiple medical issues.
• Create care plans based on admit diagnosis and medical issues impacting stay, assessment of the child’s current developmental stage, temperament, coping style, culture, spirituality, potential stressors, patient and family needs, and social supports.
• Provide a diverse, well-rounded, goal directed treatment program to meet patient’s psychosocial and developmental needs.
• Serve as a resource to other disciplines in the developmental needs of pediatric and adolescent populations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and certification as a Child Life Specialist.

Qualifications

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.

Skills

N/A

Benefits

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Pay

Pay Range Minimum: $37.45 hourly
Pay Range Maximum: $53.58 hourly

Position Details

• Shift: First Shift (United States of America)
• Temporary or Regular: Regular
• FTE (Full-Time Equivalent): 100.00%
• Union/Bargaining Unit: Not Applicable