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Child Life Specialist

Child Life Specialist

Intermountain HealthMurray, UT, United States
11 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Description :

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.

Click on the video link below to see "A Day in the Life of a Child Life Specialist"

Posting Specifics

  • Pay Rate : $24.06 - $37.15 based on experience.
  • Shift Details : Full-time (40 hrs / wk)
  • This position will be starting a Child Life Specialist role at Intermountain Medical Center (IMC) in Salt Lake City, UT.
  • IMC supports primarily adults with support to pediatric patients in the Emergency Department.
  • In addition, this position would support children of adult patients on the intensive care units.
  • This Child Life Specialist will start with five 8-hour shifts to build a foundation for programming, staff education, and pediatric interventions and support.
  • Overtime, this position will ideally be four 10-hour shifts to cover high pediatric volume ED admissions in addition to supporting children of adult patients when a parental figure is diagnosed with a chronic or life-limiting illness.
  • Department : Child Life at Intermountain Medical Center
  • Additional Details : This is a unique opportunity to start a Child Life program at Intermountain Medical Center supporting pediatric patients in the Emergency Department and children of adult consults.

Required Qualifications

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Skills

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

  • 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 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
  • Location :

    Intermountain Health Intermountain Medical Center

    Work City : Murray

    Work State : Utah

    Scheduled Weekly Hours :

    40

    The hourly range for this position is listed below . Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

    $24.06 - $37.15

    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.

    Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here .

    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.

    At Intermountain Health, we use the artificial intelligence ("AI") platform, HiredScore to improve your job application experience. HiredScore helps match your skills and experiences to the best jobs for you. While HiredScore assists in reviewing applications, all final decisions are made by Intermountain personnel to ensure fairness. We protect your privacy and follow strict data protection rules. Your information is safe and used only for recruitment. Thank you for considering a career with us and experiencing our AI-enhanced recruitment process.

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