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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"

$1500 Sign-On Bonus for new hires.
Posting Specifics

• Pay Rate: Based on experience.

  Eligible for shift differentials when working evening / night / weekend hours.

• Shift Details: Part-time (31.5 hrs/wk) Shifts will be on Swing / Nights and Weekends.

• Located at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, UT

• Additional Information:
  This position will support the entire hospital including Peds, Emergency Department, ICU, Lab, Radiology and other units as needed

This position will work with a team of 3 to support the needs of McKay-Dee Hospital. It is also part of the greater Intermountain Health child life department that offers even more support and resources when needed

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.

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

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

Location:

Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital

Work City:

Ogden

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

31.5

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

$24.30 - $37.52

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.

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