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