Child Life Specialist

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Florida; Presencial; USD 60.000 - 75.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Tuition assistance

Employee discounts

Descripción de la vacante

HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital is seeking a Child Life Specialist to provide a therapeutic environment for hospitalized children and their families. The CLS evaluates adjustment to the hospital and provides emotional support to patients and families, serving as a resource for the healthcare team.

In this role, you will assess developmental abilities and adjustment, interpret data, prepare patients for procedures to reduce stress, and collaborate with families.

Formación

• CCLS certification by the Child Life Council.
• BLS from the American Heart Association.
• Minimum of one year of experience preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Assesses the child’s developmental abilities and adjustment to hospital setting for the therapeutic plan of care.
• Interprets data and evaluates responses.
• Uses therapeutic techniques to prepare patients for treatments / procedures to reduce stress and trauma.
• Provides a therapeutic environment, working with families/support groups.
• Researches the latest trends concerning children in the hospital environment.
• Acts as a resource intra- and inter-departmentally.
• Utilizes medical terminology appropriately.
• Supports the facility’s Standards of Performance and ICARE values.

Conocimientos

CCLS Certification

BLS Certification

Descripción del empleo

Do you have the career opportunities as a(an) Child Life Specialist you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Child Life Specialist provides a therapeutic environment for the hospitalized child and family. The CLS evaluates the adjustment to the hospital environment and provides emotional support to patients and their families. The CLS acts as a resource for members of the healthcare team.

What you will do in this role:

• Assesses the child’s developmental abilities and adjustment to hospital setting, for the therapeutic plan of care.
• Interprets data and evaluates responses
• Uses therapeutic techniques to prepare patients for treatments / procedures to reduce stress and trauma
• Provides a therapeutic environment, working with families/support groups
• Researches the latest trends concerning children in the hospital environment
• Uses expertise act as a resource both intra- and inter-departmentally
• Utilizes medical terminology appropriately
• Supports the facility’s Standards of Performance and ICARE values

Qualifications:

• CCLS certification by the Child Life Council
• BLS from the American Heart Association
• Minimum of one year of experience preferred

Benefits

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

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms 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 supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor 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

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital is a 497-bed acute-care Trauma hospital. Offering a full range of services. We are home to the most experienced Heart Institute on the Treasure Coast. Lawnwood Hospital provides interventional and therapeutic care, including open-heart surgery. Other hospital services include labor/delivery, pediatrics, orthopedics, oncology, nuclear medicine, adult and pediatric emergency services, and diagnostic services. We also offer inpatient, and outpatient surgical services.

Lawnwood Hospital is a designated Certified Primary Stroke Center. The Physical Rehabilitation Center is CARF accredited. We are a Level II Trauma Center. We are verified by the American College of Surgeons. We offer a freestanding ER in Vero Beach. We provide emergency treatment for adults and children. We also offer the area’s only Level III Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units. At HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital patients come first – no matter what! We invite you to work in a fast-paced environment while enjoying a vibrant, laid-back quality of life.

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.