Child Life Specialist Infant Medical Surgical Unit

About the role

Interacts directly with pediatric patients, families and other health team members and facilitates age-appropriate interactions and activities to help make the health care experience easier for patients and families. Reduces patient and family distress, increases effective patient and family coping, fosters patient independence, and promotes optimum development.

Responsibilities

• Provides supervision to volunteers, child life pre-internship students and child life assistants.
• Accurately assesses, prioritizes, and documents pediatric patient and family care.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates effective pediatric patient and family centered health care plans.
• Provides developmentally appropriate education, psychological procedural preparation, coping support, comfort management, and play opportunities, to pediatric patients and families.
• Participates in selection, supervision, and training of new hires, students and volunteers.
• Assists with community outreach and Foundation partnerships.
• Adheres to Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) Child Life Code of Ethics.
• Maintains ongoing documentation of clinical care.
• Meets requirements outlined in child life department expectations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Successfully completed 600-hour internship supervised by a child life specialist.
• Child Life Certification from Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) within 15 months of hire.
• Experience with pediatric patients in a medical, hospital or behavioral health setting.
• Experience in Child Life Core Competencies.
• Computer experience in word processing, spreadsheets, and databases or similar applications.

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications: Bachelor's degree. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified. Documentation of a successfully completed 600-hour internship supervised by a child life specialist Child Life Certification from Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) is required within 15 months of hire.
• Preferred Qualifications: One year experience with pediatric patients in a medical, hospital or behavioral health setting. Work experience as a child life assistant Experience as a child life pre-internship/practicum student Supervising volunteers while working with children and adolescents Spanish speaking.

Skills

• Pediatrics
• Training and mentoring
• Writing documentation
• Communication
• Relationship building
• Taking initiative
• Critical thinking
• Teamwork
• Growth Mindset
• Accountability

Benefits

Includes a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.