Child Life Specialist

University Hospitals; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals in Cleveland, OH is seeking a Child Life Specialist to provide age-specific, safe patient-centered care using child life interventions to help patients and families attain, maintain, regain, and sustain optimal health status.

Responsibilities include patient documentation, care assessment/intervention, collaboration with the healthcare team and volunteers, developing community partnerships, and participating in quality improvement and research.

Qualifications

• Patient documentation and care assessment/intervention
• Collaboration with healthcare team, volunteers and students
• Must abide by PHI requirements and UH policies

Responsibilities

• Performs patient documentation and care assessment/intervention.
• Collaborates with healthcare team, volunteers and students.
• Initiates and maintains community partnerships.
• Participates in quality improvement, development, education and research.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job description

A Brief Overview

Provides safe efficient age specific child life care to patients/families using child life interventions in order to assist them to attain, maintain, regain, and sustain optimal health status

What You Will Do

• Patient documentation;
• Patient/family care assessment/intervention
• Collaboration/education with healthcare team/volunteers/students
• Initiates and maintains community partnerships
• Actively participates in the quality improvement process;
• Development/education/research

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.