Child Life Specialist for Pediatric Palliative Care

3 weeks ago


Grapevine, Texas, United States Baylor Scott & White Healthcare Full time
Palliative Care Child Life Specialist Job Summary

As a Palliative Care Child Life Specialist at Baylor Scott & White Healthcare, you will provide exceptional psychosocial support to children (ages 0-18 years) loved by seriously and/or terminally ill or injured adult patients. You will partner with adult patients and families to provide support for the children they love, assess the psychosocial needs of children, and facilitate developmentally-appropriate therapeutic interventions to support their unique coping and understanding.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide education and guidance to adults as they navigate their own difficult medical journey, with their children.
  • Engage children in age-appropriate discussions and therapeutic interventions to address their concerns, and to help them cope, and understand, their loved one's condition.
  • Support children experiencing loss and help families understand how children grieve.
  • Assess the psychosocial needs of children and facilitate developmentally-appropriate therapeutic interventions to support their unique coping and understanding.
  • Explain serious illness or injury, as well as dying and death to children, and assess their grief and coping throughout the medical journey, death, and into early bereavement.
  • Provide families with educational resources and recommend community organizations for long-term support including professional counseling, if needed.
  • Help educate the medical staff about Palliative Care Child Life Services and work alongside them to ensure excellent family-centered care.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field.
  • 3 years of experience in child life or a related field.
  • Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS) certification.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 30 days of hire or transfer.

We believe everyone should feel welcomed, valued, and supported. Our workforce should reflect our communities. We offer a competitive benefits package, including immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits, 401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%, tuition reimbursement, and PTO accrual beginning Day 1.



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