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Child Life Specialist

2 months ago


Sacramento, United States Shriners Children's Full time
Company Overview

Shriners Children's Hospital is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopaedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center.

SCNC offers a competitive salary and benefit package, including continuing education and professional development opportunities. Other considerations include, free parking, team approached interdisciplinary care, friendly environment and the satisfaction that our patients are receiving the best care available.

Job Overview

Child Life Specialist minimize anxiety and aid children and adolescents in coping with the hospital experience. Promotes normal growth and development through provision of age appropriate opportunities for play, learning, self-expression, family involvement, and peer interaction. Acts as a resource to staff, patients, families, and the general public regarding assigned areas of responsibility.

This position is per diem (as needed basis) and health insurance eligible. The pay range for this position is $38.47 - $54.31/hour. Compensation is determined based on years of experience and departmental equity.

Responsibilities

  • Performs a comprehensive assessment of child's development, temperament, coping style, medical plan
    and available social supports to develop an individualized treatment plan; utilizes therapeutic play techniques
    as a diagnostic and treatment tool.
  • Utilizes developmentally appropriate methods to prepare children and/or families for diagnostic and
    treatment procedures. Utilizes stress reduction techniques to facilitate adaptive coping and provides
    emotional support during identified stress points.
  • Facilitates a therapeutic play program in cooperation with the Activities Coordinators promoting self-healing,
    self-expression, understanding and mastery; involves family and patient in selection of treatment goals, plans
    and implementation of daily child life activities.
  • Maintains a working relationship with parent and families and provides supportive services to the entire
    family unit. Supports family bonds and utilizes family strengths in the care of the child. Provides parent
    education in the area of child development and collaborate with families regarding patients goals, progress
    and discharge plan.
  • Plans, coordinates, implements, and/or supervises activities for patients including , special events, outside
    group entertainment, patient birthday parties, as well as, in-house group programs such as , arts and crafts,
    expressive arts, medical play, baking group, preschool play and other recreation and diversionary/non-structured activities in the Therapeutic Recreation/Child Life Department.
  • Supports the School re-entry program by working cooperatively with the team in preparing patients for re-entry to their home schools. When appropriate, travels to the patient's home school to directly implement the
    re-entry.
  • Plans and coordinates therapeutic outings with the TR Specialist as appropriate for patient care.
Qualifications

Required:
  • Bachelors Degree
  • Child Life Certificate, or proof of eligibility
  • CPR
  • COVID-19 vaccination and booster
Preferred:
  • Masters Degree
  • Previous experience working with hospitalized and health children
  • Background in Child Development, Child Life, Psychology, or similar field