Pediatric Child Life Specialist - Flexible Day Shift

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); In loco; USD 58.000 - 73.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is seeking a Child Life Specialist to join our care team. You will apply developmentally appropriate interventions to support patients and families, reduce fear, and promote coping during illness and treatment.

The role emphasizes collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, documentation, and education, with a weekday day shift and on-call rotation; Bachelor's degree required, with Master's preferred, and certification as a CCLS upon hire preferred.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Master's Degree in Child Life, Child Development, Family Studies, Counseling, or Psychology preferred.

Mansioni

• Provides child life services to patients and family members, including developmentally appropriate therapeutic play and activities, education, procedural preparation, coping facilitation, and support as it relates to their illness and medical treatment.
• Assesses, individualizes, and evaluates plan of care based on patient/family physical, developmental, emotional, and recreational needs.
• Collaborates with patients, families, and interdisciplinary team members to integrate goals and plans to promote optimal patient care that is family-centered, developmentally appropriate, psychosocially sound, and in alignment with CHOP's ICARE values.
• Participates in the weekday, weekend, and holiday-on-call rotation, as assigned.
• Demonstrates compliance with patient care documentation and Hospital policies.
• Provides training, supervision, and feedback to volunteers and practicum students.
• Participates in tasks, initiatives, and/or committees that support departmental operations and/or enhances one's professional development.
• Serves as a financial steward by implementing cost effective programming, adhering to budget constraints, and supporting efforts to raise funds through donor contributions.

Conoscenze

Developmental knowledge

Collaboration with team

Time management

Independent work

Policy compliance

Goal setting

Formazione

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree (Child Life or related field)

Descrizione del lavoro

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is seeking a Child Life Specialist to join our care team. You will apply developmentally appropriate interventions to support patients and families, reduce fear, and promote coping during illness and treatment.

The role emphasizes collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, documentation, and education, with a weekday day shift and on-call rotation; Bachelor's degree required, with Master's preferred, and certification as a CCLS upon hire preferred.