Lead Pediatric Child Life Program Coordinator

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Bethlehem (Northampton County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network is seeking a Coordinator of Child Life Services to develop and lead a pediatric Child Life program across the service line. The role collaborates with OR/ED/Inpatient/PICU leaders to assess needs and implement a sustainable program.

Responsibilities include clinical supervision, training, quality metrics, and providing age-appropriate education and coping strategies for families and children in a caring hospital environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in child life, psychology, child development, education, or related field is required.
• Child life internship is required.
• Child life certification is required and must be maintained throughout employment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead in the identification of needs and development of a Child Life program within the Pediatric Service Line.
• Work with service line leadership to assess areas to support, identify needs for additional recruitment, and determine support services necessary to implement and sustain a Child Life program.
• Work in conjunction with service line leadership to develop quality/ performance metrics to track program success.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives.
• Work in conjunction with service line leadership to provide program leadership, consultation, program development, education, clinical supervision, and oversight of the daily activities for Child Life services.
• Conduct developmental assessments and individualize care plans based on the patient’s physical, developmental, and emotional needs.
• Participate as a clinical member of the patient care team by providing developmentally appropriate education, psychological procedural preparation, coping support, comfort management, and play opportunities to pediatric patients and families.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate effective pediatric patient and family centered health care plans, including as needed for behavioral support/modification, medication/treatment compliance, and bereavement support.
• Communicate care plans to interdisciplinary care teams and family members.
• Assess need for, develop, and deliver educational trainings for Network care teams on developmental care, coping mechanisms, distraction, parental engagement, therapeutic play techniques, etc. in an effort to improve the pediatric care experience.
• Represents and provides the child life perspective on hospital committees.
• Provide supervision of students and volunteers, including onboarding, training, assignments, and scheduling.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in child life, psychology, child development, education, or related field

Child life internship

Child life certification

Job description

St. Luke's University Health Network is seeking a Coordinator of Child Life Services to develop and lead a pediatric Child Life program across the service line. The role collaborates with OR/ED/Inpatient/PICU leaders to assess needs and implement a sustainable program.

Responsibilities include clinical supervision, training, quality metrics, and providing age-appropriate education and coping strategies for families and children in a caring hospital environment.