Child Life Specialist - Full Time - Sioux Falls
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We need to decide which sections to include. The posting includes:
- Facility: Children's Hospital
- Location: Sioux Falls, SD
- Address: 1600 W 22nd St, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA
- Shift: 8 Hours - Varied Shifts
- Job Schedule: Full time
- Weekly Hours: 35.00
- Salary Range: $24.00 - $33.00
- Pay Info: $5,000 Sign-On bonus with a commitment!
- Department Details (Child-Centered Environment, Multidisciplinary Team, Community Impact)
- Job Summary (description of duties)
- Qualifications (list)
- Benefits (list)
- EEO etc (boilerplate to remove)
- Drug Free Workplace Policy etc (boilerplate)
- Req Number: R-0276801
- Job Function: Allied Health
- Featured: No
We need to remove boilerplate: EEO/AA, accommodation request, drug free workplace, etc. Also remove application instructions (none present). Remove duplicated lines.
We need to include sections only when there is real specific content.
Potential sections:
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We have Benefits: list of benefits. So include Benefits section.
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for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail.
We need to remove boilerplate: EEO, accommodation request, drug free workplace, etc.
We need to drop minor metadata like Req Number, Job Function, Featured? Could fold into a short
or drop. Probably drop them as they are minor metadata.
We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler text.
Let's extract substantive content:
Facility: Children's Hospital
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Address: 1600 W 22nd St, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA
Shift: 8 Hours - Varied Shifts
Job Schedule: Full time
Weekly Hours: 35.00
Salary Range: $24.00 - $33.00
Pay Info: $5,000 Sign-On bonus with a commitment!
Department Details:
- Child-Centered Environment: Sanford Children's Castle of Care provides a vibrant, colorful world where sick and injured children find inspiration, imagination, and play. This unique and welcoming environment contributes to the emotional well-being and healing of pediatric patients.
- Multidisciplinary Team: You'll be part of a cohesive and diverse team that includes nurses, child life specialists, pharmacists, social workers, chaplains, dietitians, respiratory care professionals, therapists, and school teachers. Collaborative teamwork ensures the best possible care for young patients.
- Community Impact: By joining the Sanford Children's team, you'll be making a significant impact on your community's health and the well-being of children and families. Your work will truly make a difference in the lives of young patients.
Job Summary:
Develop, coordinate and implement the delivery of developmentally appropriate play activities, expressive arts, and special events for pediatric patients and their families within the health care setting, both at the bedside and in playroom settings. Serves as the child's advocate when collaborating with the healthcare team to determine suitable therapeutic interventions. Utilizes expert knowledge of child development, family systems theories, and the developmental effects of stress and trauma on children to establish appropriate interventions to alleviate distress. Promotes family-centered care and facilitates the strengthening of positive coping and resiliency skills within the healthcare setting. Provides ongoing assessment of interventions used. Provides oversight and direction for utilization of volunteers in Child Life department. Possesses expert knowledge of medical diagnosis and procedures. Understands special needs of children with chronic or disabling conditions, with expertise in the use of play activities in a health care environment and in-depth knowledge of research regarding children in health care settings.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Child Life, Child Development, Human Development, or related field required.
- Completion of Child Life internship required.
- Minimum two years experience working with various age groups of children is preferred.
- Experience working with pediatric population in a therapeutic setting desired.
- Certification as a Child Life Specialist (CCLS) is required or must be obtained within one year of hire.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within six months of hire.
Benefits:
Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits .
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But we have both Schedule and Pay info separate; we could keep them as separate sections if they have specific content. The instruction says never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state them, so we can include them.
Thus sections:
- About the role (facility, location, address, department details)
- Responsibilities (Job Summary)
- Qualifications (list)
- Benefits (list + link)
- Pay (salary range + sign-on bonus)
- Schedule (shift, job schedule, weekly hours)
We need to avoid filler. All have content.
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About the role: Could include facility, location, address, and department details (Child-Centered Environment, Multidisciplinary Team, Community Impact). Could be prose.
We'll write:
About the role
Facility: Children's Hospital. Location: Sioux Falls, SD. Address: 1600 W 22nd St, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA.
Department Details:
- Child-Centered Environment: Sanford Children's Castle of Care provides a vibrant, colorful world where sick and injured children find inspiration, imagination, and play. This unique and welcoming environment contributes to the emotional well-being and healing of pediatric patients.
- Multidisciplinary Team: You'll be part of a cohesive and diverse team that includes nurses, child life specialists, pharmacists, social workers, chaplains, dietitians, respiratory care professionals, therapists, and school teachers. Collaborative teamwork ensures the best possible care for young patients.
- Community Impact: By joining the Sanford Children's team, you'll be making a significant impact on your community's health and the well-being of children and families. Your work will truly make a difference in the lives of young patients.
But we need to avoid duplication; we already have facility/location/address as separate sentences; could combine into one . That's fine.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities
Job Summary: ...
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Qualifications:
Qualifications
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Benefits: Benefits
Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include:
...
For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits .
Pay: Pay
Salary Range: $24.00 - $33.00. Pay Info: $5,000 Sign-On bonus with a commitment!
Schedule: Schedule
Shift: 8 Hours - Varied Shifts. Job Schedule: Full time.
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to decide which sections to include. The posting includes: - Facility: Children's Hospital - Location: Sioux Falls, SD - Address: 1600 W 22nd St, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA - Shift: 8 Hours - Varied Shifts - Job Schedule: Full time - Weekly Hours: 35.00 - Salary Range: $24.00 - $33.00 - Pay Info: $5,000 Sign-On bonus with a commitment! - Department Details (Child-Centered Environment, Multidisciplinary Team, Community Impact) - Job Summary (description of duties) - Qualifications (list) - Benefits (list) - EEO etc (boilerplate to remove) - Drug Free Workplace Policy etc (boilerplate) - Req Number: R-0276801 - Job Function: Allied Health - Featured: No We need to remove boilerplate: EEO/AA, accommodation request, drug free workplace, etc. Also remove application instructions (none present). Remove duplicated lines. We need to include sections only when there is real specific content. Potential sections: - About the role? Could include facility, location, address, shift, schedule, weekly hours. Might be better as "About the role" or "Job Details". But the instruction gives examples: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can choose which to use. We have Pay info: Salary Range and Sign-On bonus. So we can include a Pay section. We have Schedule: Shift, Job Schedule, Weekly Hours. So we can include a Schedule section. We have Benefits: list of benefits. So include Benefits section. We have Responsibilities: Job Summary (duties). Could be Responsibilities. We have Requirements/Qualifications: list of qualifications. Could be Qualifications. We have Skills? Not explicitly listed but could be implied; better not to create if not present. We have About the role: could include facility, location, address, department details (Child-Centered Environment etc). Might be appropriate. We must not repeat job title as heading. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. We need to use
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail.
We need to remove boilerplate: EEO, accommodation request, drug free workplace, etc.
We need to drop minor metadata like Req Number, Job Function, Featured? Could fold into a short
or drop. Probably drop them as they are minor metadata.
We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler text.
Let's extract substantive content:
Facility: Children's Hospital
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Address: 1600 W 22nd St, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA
Shift: 8 Hours - Varied Shifts
Job Schedule: Full time
Weekly Hours: 35.00
Salary Range: $24.00 - $33.00
Pay Info: $5,000 Sign-On bonus with a commitment!
Department Details:
- Child-Centered Environment: Sanford Children's Castle of Care provides a vibrant, colorful world where sick and injured children find inspiration, imagination, and play. This unique and welcoming environment contributes to the emotional well-being and healing of pediatric patients.
- Multidisciplinary Team: You'll be part of a cohesive and diverse team that includes nurses, child life specialists, pharmacists, social workers, chaplains, dietitians, respiratory care professionals, therapists, and school teachers. Collaborative teamwork ensures the best possible care for young patients.
- Community Impact: By joining the Sanford Children's team, you'll be making a significant impact on your community's health and the well-being of children and families. Your work will truly make a difference in the lives of young patients.
Job Summary:
Develop, coordinate and implement the delivery of developmentally appropriate play activities, expressive arts, and special events for pediatric patients and their families within the health care setting, both at the bedside and in playroom settings. Serves as the child's advocate when collaborating with the healthcare team to determine suitable therapeutic interventions. Utilizes expert knowledge of child development, family systems theories, and the developmental effects of stress and trauma on children to establish appropriate interventions to alleviate distress. Promotes family-centered care and facilitates the strengthening of positive coping and resiliency skills within the healthcare setting. Provides ongoing assessment of interventions used. Provides oversight and direction for utilization of volunteers in Child Life department. Possesses expert knowledge of medical diagnosis and procedures. Understands special needs of children with chronic or disabling conditions, with expertise in the use of play activities in a health care environment and in-depth knowledge of research regarding children in health care settings.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Child Life, Child Development, Human Development, or related field required.
- Completion of Child Life internship required.
- Minimum two years experience working with various age groups of children is preferred.
- Experience working with pediatric population in a therapeutic setting desired.
- Certification as a Child Life Specialist (CCLS) is required or must be obtained within one year of hire.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within six months of hire.
Benefits:
Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits .
We need to remove the link? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. The link is substantive? It's a reference for more info. Could keep as part of benefits paragraph. It's not a list; it's prose. We'll keep as part of
.
We need to format lists as
- . For Benefits, we have a sentence describing benefits and then a list of specific benefits: health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package. Could make a list.
But the instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should turn those into a list.
Thus Benefits section:
Benefits
then Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include:
then - health insurance
... etc. Then maybe a For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits .
Similarly for Qualifications: list.
Responsibilities: Job Summary is prose; could be a or multiple
. Could break into paragraphs but it's one big block. We'll keep as
.
About the role / Department Details: Could be a section "About the role" containing facility, location, address, shift, schedule, weekly hours, and department details. Or we could split into "About the role" and "Schedule" and "Pay". The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine facility/location/shift/schedule into "About the role". Then separate Pay, Schedule, Benefits, Responsibilities, Qualifications.
But we have both Schedule and Pay info separate; we could keep them as separate sections if they have specific content. The instruction says never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state them, so we can include them.
Thus sections:
- About the role (facility, location, address, department details)
- Responsibilities (Job Summary)
- Qualifications (list)
- Benefits (list + link)
- Pay (salary range + sign-on bonus)
- Schedule (shift, job schedule, weekly hours)
We need to avoid filler. All have content.
Now format.
About the role: Could include facility, location, address, and department details (Child-Centered Environment, Multidisciplinary Team, Community Impact). Could be prose.
We'll write:
About the role
Facility: Children's Hospital. Location: Sioux Falls, SD. Address: 1600 W 22nd St, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA.
Department Details:
- Child-Centered Environment: Sanford Children's Castle of Care provides a vibrant, colorful world where sick and injured children find inspiration, imagination, and play. This unique and welcoming environment contributes to the emotional well-being and healing of pediatric patients.
- Multidisciplinary Team: You'll be part of a cohesive and diverse team that includes nurses, child life specialists, pharmacists, social workers, chaplains, dietitians, respiratory care professionals, therapists, and school teachers. Collaborative teamwork ensures the best possible care for young patients.
- Community Impact: By joining the Sanford Children's team, you'll be making a significant impact on your community's health and the well-being of children and families. Your work will truly make a difference in the lives of young patients.
But we need to avoid duplication; we already have facility/location/address as separate sentences; could combine into one . That's fine.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities
Job Summary: ...
Actually the job summary already starts with "Develop, coordinate..." We'll just put that as .
Qualifications:
Qualifications
- ...
Benefits: Benefits
Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include:
...
For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits .
Pay: Pay
Salary Range: $24.00 - $33.00. Pay Info: $5,000 Sign-On bonus with a commitment!
Schedule: Schedule
Shift: 8 Hours - Varied Shifts. Job Schedule: Full time.
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. We need to remove boilerplate: EEO, accommodation request, drug free workplace, etc. We need to drop minor metadata like Req Number, Job Function, Featured? Could fold into a short
or drop. Probably drop them as they are minor metadata. We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler text. Let's extract substantive content: Facility: Children's Hospital Location: Sioux Falls, SD Address: 1600 W 22nd St, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA Shift: 8 Hours - Varied Shifts Job Schedule: Full time Weekly Hours: 35.00 Salary Range: $24.00 - $33.00 Pay Info: $5,000 Sign-On bonus with a commitment! Department Details: - Child-Centered Environment: Sanford Children's Castle of Care provides a vibrant, colorful world where sick and injured children find inspiration, imagination, and play. This unique and welcoming environment contributes to the emotional well-being and healing of pediatric patients. - Multidisciplinary Team: You'll be part of a cohesive and diverse team that includes nurses, child life specialists, pharmacists, social workers, chaplains, dietitians, respiratory care professionals, therapists, and school teachers. Collaborative teamwork ensures the best possible care for young patients. - Community Impact: By joining the Sanford Children's team, you'll be making a significant impact on your community's health and the well-being of children and families. Your work will truly make a difference in the lives of young patients. Job Summary: Develop, coordinate and implement the delivery of developmentally appropriate play activities, expressive arts, and special events for pediatric patients and their families within the health care setting, both at the bedside and in playroom settings. Serves as the child's advocate when collaborating with the healthcare team to determine suitable therapeutic interventions. Utilizes expert knowledge of child development, family systems theories, and the developmental effects of stress and trauma on children to establish appropriate interventions to alleviate distress. Promotes family-centered care and facilitates the strengthening of positive coping and resiliency skills within the healthcare setting. Provides ongoing assessment of interventions used. Provides oversight and direction for utilization of volunteers in Child Life department. Possesses expert knowledge of medical diagnosis and procedures. Understands special needs of children with chronic or disabling conditions, with expertise in the use of play activities in a health care environment and in-depth knowledge of research regarding children in health care settings. Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Child Life, Child Development, Human Development, or related field required. - Completion of Child Life internship required. - Minimum two years experience working with various age groups of children is preferred. - Experience working with pediatric population in a therapeutic setting desired. - Certification as a Child Life Specialist (CCLS) is required or must be obtained within one year of hire. - Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within six months of hire. Benefits: Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits . We need to remove the link? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. The link is substantive? It's a reference for more info. Could keep as part of benefits paragraph. It's not a list; it's prose. We'll keep as part of
. We need to format lists as
- . For Benefits, we have a sentence describing benefits and then a list of specific benefits: health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package. Could make a list.
But the instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should turn those into a list.
Thus Benefits section:
Benefits
thenSanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include:
then- health insurance ... etc. Then maybe a
- Child-Centered Environment: Sanford Children's Castle of Care provides a vibrant, colorful world where sick and injured children find inspiration, imagination, and play. This unique and welcoming environment contributes to the emotional well-being and healing of pediatric patients.
- Multidisciplinary Team: You'll be part of a cohesive and diverse team that includes nurses, child life specialists, pharmacists, social workers, chaplains, dietitians, respiratory care professionals, therapists, and school teachers. Collaborative teamwork ensures the best possible care for young patients.
- Community Impact: By joining the Sanford Children's team, you'll be making a significant impact on your community's health and the well-being of children and families. Your work will truly make a difference in the lives of young patients.
- ...
For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits .
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. Could break into paragraphs but it's one big block. We'll keep as
. About the role / Department Details: Could be a section "About the role" containing facility, location, address, shift, schedule, weekly hours, and department details. Or we could split into "About the role" and "Schedule" and "Pay". The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine facility/location/shift/schedule into "About the role". Then separate Pay, Schedule, Benefits, Responsibilities, Qualifications. But we have both Schedule and Pay info separate; we could keep them as separate sections if they have specific content. The instruction says never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state them, so we can include them. Thus sections: - About the role (facility, location, address, department details) - Responsibilities (Job Summary) - Qualifications (list) - Benefits (list + link) - Pay (salary range + sign-on bonus) - Schedule (shift, job schedule, weekly hours) We need to avoid filler. All have content. Now format. About the role: Could include facility, location, address, and department details (Child-Centered Environment, Multidisciplinary Team, Community Impact). Could be prose. We'll write:
About the role
Facility: Children's Hospital. Location: Sioux Falls, SD. Address: 1600 W 22nd St, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA.
Department Details:
. That's fine. Responsibilities:
Responsibilities
Job Summary: ...
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Qualifications
Benefits
Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include:
- ...
For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits .
Pay:Pay
Salary Range: $24.00 - $33.00. Pay Info: $5,000 Sign-On bonus with a commitment!
Schedule:Schedule
Shift: 8 Hours - Varied Shifts. Job Schedule: Full time.
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should turn those into a list.
Thus Benefits section: