Child Life Specialist

Job Overview:

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.

Posting Specifics

• Pay Rate: Based on experience.
• Shift Details: Full-time (40 hrs/wk)
• Monday - Friday 6:30am-3:00pm.
• This position is direct patient care within the hospital.
• Department: St George Regional Hospital Child Life
• This position is for the Same Day Surgery unit.
• Additional Information: Previous Emergency Department, bereavement support and trauma experience in the Child Life field is preferred.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree 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). Documentation required.
  OR eligible for Child Life Certification (to be obtained within 15 months of hire date).
• 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:
• Establishing supportive relationships
• Meeting needs of child and family members, focusing on social, emotional, and cognitive development
• Providing education to and communicating with children, families, and team members
• Providing coping support and comfort management
• Guiding children in therapeutic play techniques
• Ongoing assessment and written documentation of clinical care
• Computer experience in word processing, spreadsheets, and databases or similar applications.

Essential Functions

• 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.
• Meets requirements outlined in child life department expectations.

Skills

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

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree Preferred.
• Registered Behavior Technician or Behavioral Health Experience preferred.
• Experience working with Autism and related disabilities or behavioral challenges preferred.
• 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.

Physical Requirements:

• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require verbal communication and the ability to assess issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergencies.
• Ongoing need for visual acuity to see and read information, documents, and monitors.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients.
• May be expected to stand in a stationary position for extended periods.

Location: Intermountain Health St George Regional Hospital

Work City: St George

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.

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package.

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.