Child Life Specialist (Full Time) Sign

About the role

Position Summary The Child Life Specialist promotes a healthy, healing environment for children and their families as they cope with life-threatening illness through assessment, advocacy, and education. They will proactively support efforts that ensure delivery of developmentally appropriate care in addition to promoting a safe environment throughout service.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with appropriate care team members, contributing to the development and implementation of a specialized plan of care by assessing and identifying developmental, temperament, copying style, social, sensory, and emotional needs
• Identifies, educates, and supports the use of developmentally appropriate coping strategies with children and families facing illness, disability, and/or death/loss
• Plans, organizes, and leads individuals/groups in creative expression, self-healing, and developmental play. Encourages socialization whenever possible, with peers, siblings, and family members through developmentally appropriate play activities
• Participates as a member of the interdisciplinary team by integrating child life goals into total care of the child/family during team meetings, interdisciplinary case conferences, and staff meetings
• Provides a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment for infants, children, adolescents, and families
• Responds to crisis situations appropriately, effectively, and calmly to ensure ongoing safety of children/families
• Implementation of developmentally appropriate legacy and memory activities for the child and/or siblings facing end of life, to allow expression of feelings, and inclusion in the process
• Communicates on an ongoing basis with nursing staff as to plans, interventions, and progress issues that impact physical care/status of child and family
• Maintains current, accurate patient records in accordance with established protocols
• Performs other duties as required / Other duties as assigned

Skills

• Outstanding communication, education, and customer service skills
• Ability to prioritize, solve problems, manage multiple tasks, and work independently
• Ability to collaborate with others on the interdisciplinary team with community partners
• Skilled in providing holistic care to patients and their families
• Ability to identify and address psychosocial needs
• Demonstrates ethical conduct and judgement that is in harmony with the mission and values of Navian Hawai’i
• Adheres to all policies, procedures, and regulations regarding patient care, conduct, safety, fire, security, risk management, and personnel policies

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Child Development, Child Life, or related field.
• Child Life Certification (completed or currently in progress) preferred
• 2 years of recent experience in pediatric