Child Life Specialist Same Day Surgery

Location: St George

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, fosters patient independence, and promotes optimum development. Provides supervision to volunteers, child life pre-internship students and child life assistants.

Click on the video link below to see "A Day in the Life of a Child Life Specialist" $3000 Sign-On Bonus for new hires.

Posting Specifics Pay Rate:
Based on experience.

Shift Details:
Full-time (40 hrs/wk)
Monday - Friday 6:30am-3:00pm.

This position is direct patient care within the hospital.

Department:
St George Regional Hospital Child Life St. George Regional Hospital has three full-time Certified Child Life Specialists positions within the Pediatric Unit, Emergency Department, and Same Day Surgery and one full-time Child Life Assistant. This position is for the Same Day Surgery unit.
Additional Information:
Previous Emergency Department, bereavement support and trauma experience in the Child Life field is preferred.

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). Documentation required.  OR eligible for Child Life Certification (to be obtained within 15 months of hire date).

Experience with pediatric patients in a medical, hospital or behavioral health setting Experience in Child Life Core Competencies which include but are not limited to
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. 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  Skills Pediatrics Training and mentoring Writing documentation  Communication Relationship building Taking initiative Critical thinking Teamwork Growth Mindset Accountability   

Preferred Qualifications  Masters Degree Preferred Registered Behavior Technician or Behavioral Health Experience preferred Experience working with Autism and related disabilities or behavioral challenges preferred. 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

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…