• Pay Rate:Based on experience.

• Shift Details: Full-time (40 hrs/wk)
  Monday - Friday 6:30am-3:00pm.
  This position is direct patient care within the hospital.

• Department: St George Regional Hospital Child Life
  St. George Regional Hospital has three full-time Certified Child Life Specialists positions within the Pediatric Unit, Emergency Department, and Same Day Surgery and one full-time Child Life Assistant. This position is for the Same Day Surgery unit.

• Additional Information:
  Previous Emergency Department, bereavement support and trauma experience in the Child Life field is preferred.

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  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). Documentation required. OR eligible for Child Life Certification (to be obtained within 15 months of hire date).

  • 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

  • Masters Degree Preferred
    

  • Registered Behavior Technician or Behavioral Health Experience preferred
    

  • Experience working with Autism and related disabilities or behavioral challenges preferred.
    

  • 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