Child Life Specialist—Children of Adult Patients

About the role

Baylor Scott & White Health is seeking a Palliative Care Child Life Specialist to join our team. This role offers a 5K sign-on bonus for new hires.

Shift/Schedule

Full-time days, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. Floating required to BSWH Irving as needed. Training program available.

Benefits

Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits
401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%
Tuition Reimbursement
PTO accrual beginning Day 1

Essential Functions

• Meet with families to assess children's psychosocial needs before starting therapy
• Understand and explain serious illness or injury to youth and families
• Be alert for signs of abuse in kids under your care and report any instances promptly
• Help kids with grief before and after a loved one's passing
• Provide information and resources for help services
• Share important info with medical staff about Palliative Care Child Life services
• Identify families who can benefit
• Help develop best practices, procedures, and processes to enhance our Palliative Care Child Life team

Key Success Factors

• Has considerable understanding of areas such as child development and life theory, evidence-based practice, childhood trauma, grief, and therapeutic practices
• Exhibits good communication through child-friendly language, facial expressions, listening, emotional control, and social awareness
• Manages relationships effectively
• Exhibits cultural awareness while interacting with patients, families, and medical team from varied spiritual, ethnic, linguistic, educational and socio-economic backgrounds
• Passionately educates medical personnel about palliative care for kids
• Helps children's mental health, promoting open communication and involving them in saying goodbye to loved ones
• Effectively manages high-stress situations with youth and families facing serious health challenges and grief
• Adept at documentation using professional language, punctuation, spelling, and tone

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree
• Three years of work experience in a related field
• Certification as a Child Life Specialist
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS), obtained within 30 days of being hired or transferred into the role