Child Life Specialist — Pediatric Care & Family Support

Job Description

Child Life Specialist.

• Part-Time / 24 hours per week
• Day Shift

Job Description

Harborview Rehab Therapy has an outstanding opportunity for a Child Life Specialist.

WORK SCHEDULE

• Part-Time / 24 hours per week
• Day Shift

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

• Work with patients, families, and a multidisciplinary team to facilitate age-appropriate interactions, increase effective patient/family coping, promote optimal development of hospitalized children and the children of hospitalized adults.
• Collaborate with other disciplines as appropriate to coordinate continuity of patient care from admission to discharge.
• This position will also work across the hospital setting to consult with staff working with pediatric patients to enhance the pediatric experience of care at Harborview.
• Provide Child Life services to inpatients using specialized skills, including assessment, treatment program planning and implementation, as prescribed by a physician and related documentation.
• This position will assist with pediatric program development and outreach.
• This position will also provide consultative support to staff in the ED and outpatient clinics as able.

Primary

Job Responsibilities

• Demonstrate working knowledge of disease process, precautions, typical medical treatment and diagnostic procedures, functional abilities, complications, and implications of long-term deficits related to primary diagnoses.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the developmental stages and their effects on hospitalizations and proficiency in the evaluation and assessments of patients ages 0-18 years (and adults with developmental delays placing them at a developmental age between 0-18) with a variety of complex and multiple medical issues.
• Create care plans based on admit diagnosis and medical issues impacting stay, assessment of the child’s current developmental stage, temperament, coping style, culture, spirituality, potential stressors, patient and family needs, and social supports.
• Provide a diverse, well-rounded, goal directed treatment program to meet patient’s psychosocial and developmental needs.
• Demonstrate competence in providing developmental, educational, and therapeutic interventions for children, adolescents, and their families under stress of hospitalization, illness, death and/or loss.
• Serve as a resource to other disciplines in the developmental needs of pediatric and adolescent populations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and certification as a Child Life Specialist.

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.

About Harborview Medical Center

As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the most vulnerable residents of King County. It provides exemplary patient care in leading-edge centers of emphasis, including emergency medicine, trauma and burn care, neurosciences, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse care.

Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region.

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