Child Life Activity Coordinator, Cancer & Hematology

Texas Children's Hospital; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children's Hospital in Houston is seeking a Child Life Activity Coordinator for the Cancer & Hematology Center. You will develop and oversee a comprehensive play program that supports normal growth, socialization, and healing through play, offering developmentally appropriate experiences for patients and families.

Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to plan activities, educate families about school services, supervise volunteers, and ensure safe, infection-control compliant play

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• One year of experience working with children in a hospital or non-hospital environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prioritizes patient play and activity needs through daily reports, verbal consultations, and collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Develops and facilitates developmentally appropriate play-based programs, activities, and special events for patients of all ages.
• Creates welcoming, safe, and supportive activity areas that encourage self-expression, family involvement, and peer interaction.
• Plans weekly and monthly calendars of developmentally appropriate activities and special events.
• Provides bedside toys and activities based on patient needs and interdisciplinary team referrals.
• Responds to activity consults and self-referrals within established time frames.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to identify individualized patient care goals that can be supported through normalizing play.
• Assesses school-services eligibility, educates families, and initiates services for eligible patients.
• Maintains activity-room inventory, monitors purchases, manages supplies, and supports budget adherence.
• Ensures activity areas, toys, and games are clean, organized, safe, and compliant with infection-control and visitor policies.
• Safely assists patients to and from activity rooms and special events and communicates identified safety concerns to leadership.
• Trains, guides, and supervises volunteers to support safe, engaging, and effective patient activities.
• Collaborates with Volunteer Services to support volunteer satisfaction, retention, and participation.
• Participates in staff meetings, departmental initiatives, performance-improvement activities, and professional-development opportunities.
• Builds positive working relationships with patients, families, volunteers, and interdisciplinary team members.
• Promotes department and organization-wide activities and responds to correspondence in a timely, professional manner.
• Coordinates the volunteer dog program, when assigned, including volunteer support, safety and infection-control compliance, staff education, and program operations.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Texas Children's Hospital in Houston is seeking a Child Life Activity Coordinator for the Cancer & Hematology Center. You will develop and oversee a comprehensive play program that supports normal growth, socialization, and healing through play, offering developmentally appropriate experiences for patients and families.

Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to plan activities, educate families about school services, supervise volunteers, and ensure safe, infection-control compliant play