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Job description
Child Life Specialist
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. Provides supervision to volunteers, child life pre-internship students and child life assistants.
$1500 Sign-On Bonus for new hires.
Pay Rate: Based on experience.
Shift Details: Part-time, 24 hours/week
4 days for 6 hrs each day on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday (8:30am – 3:00pm)
OR 3 days for 8 hrs each day on Monday, Wednesday & Thursday (8:00am - 4:30pm)
No weekends. Occasional holiday is required.
Located at Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT campus in the Eccles Outpatient Building / Clinics
This position will cover all clinics in our Eccles Outpatient Building, including Audiology, Echocardiology, EKG, Wound Care, Liver, Kidney, Heart, Safe & Healthy Families, Dermatology, PM&R, Neurology, and more as needed.
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.
Experience with pediatric patients in a medical, hospital or behavioral health setting
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
Computer experience in word processing, spreadsheets, and databases or similar applications.
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
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
Provides education for staff (e.g., in-services, newsletter articles, etc.)
Assists with community outreach and Foundation partnerships
Adheres to Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) Child Life Code of Ethics
Meets requirements outlined in child life department expectations
Pediatrics
Training and mentoring
Writing documentation
Communication
Relationship building
Taking initiative
Critical thinking
Teamwork
Growth Mindset
Accountability
Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and assess issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations to maintain safety
Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.
Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time
Intermountain Health Primary Childrens Hospital, Primary Childrens Outpatient Clinic
Work City: Salt Lake City
Work State: Utah
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 24
$24.30 - $37.52
We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers 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.
Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Worksite address
salt lake city, UT, 84193, US
Who can apply
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