Child Life Specialist - Adult ICU - PT Weekends

Provides information, education, support and guidance to parents, siblings and other family members. Promotes effective coping and play, preparation, education and self-expression activities. Provides emotional support for families and encourages optimum development of children facing a broad range of challenging experiences, particularly those related to healthcare and hospitalization.

Responsibilities

Provides information, education, support and guidance to parents, siblings and other family members; Promotes effective coping and play, preparation, education and self-expression activities; Provides emotional support for families and encourages optimum development of children facing challenging experiences related to healthcare and hospitalization; Plans, implements, and evaluates short and long term goals to support the psychosocial and developmental needs of pediatric and neonatal patients; Works with the multidisciplinary team to provide education to patients and families and to formulate and implement a plan of care; Collaborates with appropriate departments when planning and implementing special activities and events; Serves as a patient and family advocate through the philosophy of family centered care; Assists with planning, presenting and evaluating in-service education; Works with the Child Life Assistants and Volunteer Services to on-board and evaluate volunteers; Provides education and supervision of student interns; Assists with on-boarding and mentoring of new teammates and Child Life interns

Requirements

Must have successfully completed a Child Life Internship; Either have Child Life Specialist Certification in place or be eligible/pending completion; Bachelor's Degree in Human Growth and Development, Education, Psychology or a related field; Experience with completion of student placement/internship in a Child Life Program in a healthcare setting; Current Child Life Certification; Excellent written and verbal communication skills; Good organization and time management skills; Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, stooping, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling; Must be able to lift and support 51 pounds of weight in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies

Nice to have

Preferred 1 year clinical experience working as a Certified Child Life Specialist

Benefits

Paid Time Off programs; Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability; Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses; Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave; Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs; Educational Assistance Program; Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job; Incentive pay for select positions; Opportunity for annual increases based on performance