Child Life Specialist PRN

37700 Primary Childrens - Lehi; Lehi (UT); On-site; USD 51,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Intermountain Health at Primary Children's Hospital, Lehi, UT, seeks a Child Life Specialist to support pediatric patients and families. The role involves age-appropriate interactions, education, coping support, and therapeutic play within a hospital setting.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree, a 600-hour internship supervised by a child life specialist, and ACLP certification within 15 months of hire. PRN shifts include evenings and weekends with a $1500 sign-on bonus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and accredited education.
• 600-hour internship supervised by a child life specialist.
• ACLP certification within 15 months of hire.
• Experience with pediatric patients in medical, hospital or behavioral health settings.
• Spanish speaking is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Accurately assesses, prioritizes, and documents pediatric patient and family care.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates effective pediatric patient and family centered health care plans.
• Provides education, coping support, and comfort management including developmentally appropriate play.
• Participates in selection, supervision, and training of new hires, students and volunteers.
• Provides staff education and contributes to in-services and newsletters.
• Assists with community outreach and Foundation partnerships.
• Adheres to ACLP Code of Ethics and department expectations.

Skills

Pediatric patient experience

Family-centered care

Education delivery

Coping support

Therapeutic play

Documentation & assessment

Volunteer supervision

Spanish speaking

Education

Bachelor's degree

600-hour internship supervised by a child life specialist

ACLP certification within 15 months of hire

Tools

Computer software (word processing, spreadsheets, databases)

Job description

Interacts directly with pediatric patients, families and other health team members and facilitates age-appropriate interactions and activities to help make the health care experience easier for patients and families. Reduces patient and family distress, increases effective patient and family coping, foster patient independence, and promotes optimum development. Provides supervision to volunteers, child life pre-internship students and child life assistants.

$1500 Sign-On Bonus for new hires.

Shift Details

PRN (as needed by the department). This position would be PRN supporting any open shifts for a Child Life Specialist. PRN is required to work a minimum of four shifts per month, including one weekend or evening shift.

Location

Located at Primary Children's Hospital, Lehi campus. Primary Childrens at Lehi Work City: Lehi Work State: Utah.

Pay

Pay Rate: Based on experience. The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $24.30 - $37.52.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• Education must be obtained from an accredited institution.
• Degree will be verified.
• Documentation of a successfully completed 600-hour internship supervised by a child life specialist.
• Child Life Certification from Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) is required within 15 months of hire.
• Experience with pediatric patients in a medical, hospital or behavioral health setting.
• 1) Establishing supportive relationships
• 2) Meeting needs of child and family members, with a focus on social, emotional, and cognitive development.
• 3) Providing education to and communicating with children, families, and team members
• 4) Providing coping support and comfort management
• 5) Guiding children in therapeutic play techniques
• 6) Ongoing assessment and written documentation of clinical care
• Computer experience in word processing, spreadsheets, and databases or similar applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• One year experience with pediatric patients in a medical, hospital or behavioral health setting.
• Work experience as a child life assistant.
• Experience as a child life pre-internship/practicum student.
• Supervising volunteers while working with children and adolescents.
• Spanish speaking.

Essential Functions

Accurately assesses, prioritizes, and documents pediatric patient and family care. Develops, implements, and evaluates effective pediatric patient and family centered health care plans. Provides developmentally appropriate education, psychological procedural preparation, coping support, comfort management, and play opportunities, to pediatric patients and families. Participates in selection, supervision, and training of new hires, students and volunteers. Provides education for staff (e.g., in-services, newsletter articles, etc.). Assists with community outreach and Foundation partnerships. Adheres to Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) Child Life Code of Ethics. Meets requirements outlined in child life department expectations.

Physical Requirements

Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and assess issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations to maintain safety. Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs. Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc. Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items. May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Benefits

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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Policy and Expectations

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Other Important Notes

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