Child Life Assistant

HCA Healthcare; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 30,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) with company match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas, NV, is hiring a Child Life Assistant to help plan, implement, and evaluate patient recreational activities at bedside and during events. You will assist with department programming, promote events to patients and families, and manage setup and cleanup.

Qualifications include an Associate or Bachelor’s degree (preferred), a minimum of one year of pediatric healthcare experience, and BLS certification within 6 months of hire.

Qualifications

• An Associate or Bachelor’s degree (preferred) in a related field.
• Minimum one-year experience working with children in a health care setting.
• American Heart Association BLS provider obtained within 6 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement and evaluate patient recreational activities at bedside, during events, and in common areas.
• Aid with special events, advertising to patients and families, and logistics for events.
• Support supply processes: ordering, receiving, organizing, and distributing child life supplies within budget.
• Assist with donation handling and sorting for child life program.
• Monitor equipment and supply safety, and provide bedside services to support development and recreation.

Skills

Experience in pediatric healthcare

Patient interaction

Education

Associate or Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

Job description

Hourly Wage Estimate: $21.61 - $30.26 / hour

Learn more about the benefits offered ( https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards ) for this job.

The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.

Do you have the career opportunities as a Child Life Assistant you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary and Qualifications

• Under the direction of a Child Life Specialists, as a Child Life Assistant, you will help with planning, implementing and evaluating patient recreational activities. These interventions occur at the bedside, during special events, and in common patient activity areas (playrooms, teen room, media room, etc.), The goal of the Child Life Assistant is to provide opportunities for play and to support the child life department through recreational opportunities
• You will assist with special events and departmental programming, help with advertising events to patients and families, assist patients with getting to events, or bedside visits, and help with set up and clean-up of events
• You will support the supply process thorough ordering, receiving, organizing, and distributing child life supplies (toys, activities, books, etc.) within budget guidelines
• You will assist with the donation process by collecting donations, moving them to the child life storage area, and appropriately sorting
• You will monitor use and condition of supplies, equipment and materials, including donated and purchased items, to ensure safety
• You will provide services at bedside to support development and meet recreational needs by providing activities for patients and families

What qualifications you will need:

• An Associate or Bachelor’s degree (preferred) in a related field
• Minimum one-year experience working with children in a health care setting
• American Heart Association BLS provider obtained within 6 months of hire

Benefits

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center (https://sunrisehospital.com) provides Las Vegas and the Southwest region with high-quality, advanced healthcare services. We have been serving our community for nearly 60 years. Sunrise Hospital has been a Consumer Choice Award recipient for 15 consecutive years. We are the largest acute care facility in Nevada and the state's only fresh post-op Pediatric CICU. Our facility offers an advanced comprehensive stroke center which received the Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award from the GWTG.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

“Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do.”- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.