Child Life Specialist Behavioral Health

4 weeks ago

Lehi, Utah, United States Intermountain Health Full time

Child Life Specialist Behavioral Health at Intermountain Health summary:
As a Child Life Specialist in Behavioral Health, I engage directly with pediatric patients and their families, implementing age-appropriate activities that ease their healthcare experience. I lead behavioral health groups, provide coping support, and facilitate the development of therapeutic play techniques while supervising interns and volunteers. My role requires strong communication and documentation skills, a focus on patient independence, and adherence to ethical standards of child life practice.

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.

Posting Specifics

Click on the video link below to see

"A Day in the Life of a Child Life Specialist"

Pay Rate :

Based on Experience

Shift Details

: Full-time (40 hrs/wk) Sunday - Thursday (8:00am -4:30pm).
Direct patient care within the hospital.
Department :

Primary Children's Hospital -

Lehi
Additional Details

:

This position will be leading behavioral health groups and individual behavioral health interventions. Preferred experience with behavioral health population or leading support groups. In addition, preference for DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) training or QBS-Safety training.

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Child life experience in a medical or hospital setting.

New grads will need to provide their internship completion certificate signed by their Intern supervisor to show incumbent has successfully completed their 600 hours prior to starting.

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

Skil

ls
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:
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

Location:
Primary Childrens at Lehi

Work City:
Lehi

Work State:
Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$23.25 - $35.89

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 .

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

All positions subject to close without notice.

Keywords:
Child Life Specialist, pediatric care, behavioral health, developmental activities, patient support, therapeutic play, child development, healthcare experience, volunteer supervision, medical setting

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