Job Description:
Interacts directly with pediatric patients, families and other health team members, facilitates age-appropriate interactions and activities to help make the health care experience easier for patients/families, reduces patient/family distress, increases effective patient/family coping, and fosters patient independence and promotes optimum development. Also provides supervision to interns, mentors staff, and coordinates community outreach and Foundation partnerships.
Posting Specifics
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Pay Rate : Based on Experience
Shift Details: 40 hours a week, Monday -Friday, 8am -4:30pm. Occasional Holiday coverage.
Department: Primary Children's Hospital, 3NE/Infant Medical Unit and NICU (Newborn Intensive Care Unit)
Additional Details :
Child life experience in a medical or hospital setting.
a 600-hour Child Life Internship must be completed to be eligible for certification.
New grads will need to provide their internship completion certificate signed by their Intern supervisor to show incumbent has successfully completed their 600 hours prior to starting.
Job Essentials
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 practicum students and volunteers.
Assists with orienting, training and mentoring new employees.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
Child Life Certification from Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) or eligible for Child Life Certification (to be obtained within 9 months of hire date). A 600-hour Internship must be completed to be eligible for certification.
Child life experience in a medical or hospital setting.
Computer experience in word processing, spreadsheets, and databases or similar applications.
Experience in Child Life Core Competencies which include but are not limited to: 1) Establishing supportive relationships 2) Meeting needs of child and family members, with a focus on social, emotional, and cognitive development. 3) Providing education to and communicating with children, families and team members 4) Providing coping support and comfort management 5) Guiding children in therapeutic play techniques 6) Ongoing assessment and written documentation of clinical care.
Successfully completed child life internship with completion documentation.
Preferred Qualifications
Master's degree.
1 year of Child Life work experience in a medical or hospital setting.
Spanish Speaking.
Physical Requirements:
Carrying, Hearing/Listening, Lifting, Manual Dexterity, Pushing/Pulling, Seeing, Speaking, Squatting/Kneeling, Standing, Walking.
Location:
Primary Childrens Hospital
Work City:
Salt Lake City
Work State:
Utah
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$23.25 - $35.89
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