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Child Life Specialist

1 month ago

Lancaster, United States Lancaster General Full time

Summary

Full time, Day shift, Tuesday-Friday (10-8pm)-Mainly supporting our Emergency Department.

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY: The Child Life Specialist (CLS) demonstrates competence in supporting pediatric patients and family members of patients with medical and psychosocial needs. The CLS contributes to the advancement of safe quality child life practices. Child life professionals help children and their families navigate the emotionally and physically demanding process of coping with illness, injury, disability, trauma and hospitalization. Responsible for the design and implementation of pediatric programs, therapies, and activities among young patients. Works with families to assist in caring for childhood hospitalizations or disabilities. Monitors child development to ensure normal progression. Provides in-depth care as needed to more urgent cases. Child Life Specialists (CLS) are trained healthcare professionals who work with children and their families helping them cope with the challenges of hospitalization, surgery, illness and disability. They focus on the psychosocial development of children under stress while encouraging valuable coping strategies for them and their families as well. Mainly supporting our Emergency Department.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties:

  • Provides competent child life services to patients, family members, including developmentally-appropriate therapeutic activities, education, procedural preparation, coping facilitation, and support as it is required related to their illness and medical treatment.

  • Assesses, individualizes and evaluates plan of care based on family/patient physical, developmental, emotional and recreational needs.

  • Communicates plan to interdisciplinary team members and family.

  • Collaborates with patients, families, and interdisciplinary team members to provide optimal care and services.

  • Demonstrates compliance with patient care documentation standards, providing support to newer staff regarding documentation practices as needed.

  • Provides training, supervision, and feedback for volunteers.

  • Manages department resources specific to assigned clinical unit.

SECONDARY FUNCTIONS: The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above.

  • Participates on unit and/or department committees.

  • Participates in tasks and/or initiatives that enhance own further professional development.

  • Participates in evidence-based practice system improvements projects, as identified.

  • Participates in and supports initiatives that enhance further development of the profession and/or department.

  • Other duties as assigned.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Child Development, Child Life, Psychology, Therapeutic Recreation or closely related field.

  • Completion of Child Life internship or completion within 6 months of hire.

  • Minimum of two years of experience working with children; preferably in a healthcare setting.

  • Certification in Child Life and/or Therapeutic Recreation (CCLS/CTRS) within one year of hire date.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Masters degree.

  • Certification in Child Life and/or Therapeutic Recreation (CCLS/CTRS).

  • Experience as a paid Child Life Specialist and/or Recreation Therapist.

Disclaimer: This job description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be a reflection of those principal job elements essential for recruitment and selection, for making fair job evaluations, and for establishing performance standards. The percentages of time spent performing job duties are estimates, and should not be considered absolute. The incumbent shall perform all other functions and/or be cross-trained as shall be determined at the sole discretion of management, who has the right to amend, modify, or terminate this job in part or in whole. Incumbent must be able to perform all job functions safely.

Benefits At A Glance:

PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH offers the following benefits to employees:

  • 100% Tuition Assistance at The Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences

  • Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

  • Shift, Weekend and On-Call Differentials

  • Health, Dental and Vision Coverage

  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

  • Retirement Savings Account with Company Matching

  • Child Care Subsidies

  • Onsite Gym and Fitness Classes

Disclaimer

PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

Search Firm Representatives please read carefully: PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH via-email, the Internet or directly to hiring managers at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH as a result of the referral or through other means.

PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH, a member of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (Penn Medicine), is a not-for-profit health system with a comprehensive network of care encompassing Lancaster General Hospital (LGH), Women & Babies Hospital and the Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital (a partnership with Kindred Healthcare). We are an Accredited Trauma Center-Level I through the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation with 805 Licensed beds. Our membership in Penn Medicine brings together the strengths of a world-renowned, not-for-profit academic medical center and a nationally recognized, not-for-profit community healthcare system.

Outpatient services are provided at the Downtown Outpatient and Suburban Outpatient Pavilions, along with additional outpatient centers and Express and Urgent Care locations throughout the region. Lancaster General Health Physicians is a network of more than 300 primary-care and specialty physicians, at more than 40 offices throughout the region.