Child Life Specialist

Overview

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Base pay range information is provided below.

$24.00/hr - $37.00/hr

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.

• 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

• 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 including establishing supportive relationships, meeting the needs of child and family, providing education and communication with children, families, and team members; 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

• Develops and documents pediatric patient and family care plans
• Delivers developmentally appropriate education, coping support, and play opportunities
• Participates in education and training of staff, students, and volunteers
• Supports community outreach and partnerships
• Maintains adherence to ACLP standards and department expectations

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

• 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

Intermountain Health Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah

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.

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