Child Life Specialist

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital; Saint Petersburg (FL); Presencial; USD 31 000 - 50 000; Tempo parcial

Resumo da oferta

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in Saint Petersburg, FL is seeking a Part-time Child Life Specialist to support patients and families in the psychosocial and developmental aspects of care. The role involves evening and weekend hours and a 20-hour work week, with schedule options across two or more shifts.

The successful candidate will use diverse therapeutic modalities, excellent customer service, and strong communication to collaborate with the care team.

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s degree in Child Life, Child Development or closely related field; Master’s degree preferred
• Child Life Certification: Employee who has completed internship will have one year from date of hire to sit for and successfully pass the Child Life Certification Exam
• Thorough knowledge of child development and the ability to assess with visual and auditory acuity and respond effectively to the individual, age specific needs with high quality child life interventions
• AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) required

Responsabilidades

• The Child Life Specialist assists the patient, family, and health care team in identifying the psychosocial and developmental factors which impact the health care experience for the patient and family.
• The role requires a range of therapeutic modalities and strong customer service skills with patients, families, students, volunteers and staff.
• Must show effective group facilitation, interpersonal communication, creativity, time/resource management, flexibility, and strong written and oral communication.

Conhecimentos

Customer service

Group facilitation

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Flexibility

Written communication

Formação académica

Bachelor’s degree in Child Life/Child Development

Master’s degree preferred

Child Life Certification

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Requisition #:654402 Location:Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Category:Social Work/Mental Health Schedule:Evening Shift Employment Type:Limited

Part-time - 20 hour week, Evenings/Weekends

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital is a premiere clinical and academic health system, providing expert pediatric care for infants, children and teens with some of the most challenging medical problems. Ranked in multiple specialties by U.S. News & World Report, we provide access to innovative treatments and therapies. With more than half of the 259 beds in our teaching hospital devoted to intensive care level services, we are the regional pediatric referral center for Florida's west coast. Physicians and community hospitals count on us to care for critically ill patients and perform complex surgical procedures.

Schedule: 20 hour week, Evenings, Weekends

Options

• 2 - 10 hour days (Sunday & Wednesday) or
• 2 - 7 hour + 1 - 6 hour day (Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday)

Position Summary

The Child Life Specialist assists the patient, family, and health care team in identifying the psychosocial and developmental factors which impact the health care experience for the patient and family. This position requires competency in a wide range of therapeutic modalities allowing for a combination of diverse interventions. The Child Life Specialist must exhibit and deliver strong customer service skills with patients, families, students, volunteer staff and the health care team. Also required are effective group facilitation skills, strong interpersonal communication skills, a high degree of creativity, effective time and resource management, flexibility, strong oral and written communication skills and the ability to learn and utilize computer applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Child Life, Child Development or closely related field; Master’s degree preferred
• Child Life Certification: Employee who has completed internship will have one year from date of hire to sit for and successfully pass the Child Life Certification Exam
• Thorough knowledge of child development and the ability to assess with visual and auditory acuity and respond effectively to the individual, age specific needs with high quality child life interventions
• AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) required

Salary Range: Minimum $22.68/hour - Maximum $ 36.29/hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility.

In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount, salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls, before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.

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