Child Life Specialist PT
Employment Type:
Part timeShift:
Description:
Shift Hours:
Days- Understands and utilizes evidence based practice concepts, including play, preparation and assessment.
- Observes and assesses the needs and concerns of children and families receiving services at Mercy.
Prepares the children and families for medical procedures.
- Provides activities and interventions to help children and families cope with the medical situations and meet their developmental, emotional and educational needs, on an individual and group basis.
- Participates in interdisciplinary and/or departmental team meetings and communicates developmental and psychosocial needs of children.
- Accurately documents and charts interactions with patients.
- Works as an advocate for patients and families within the medical setting.
- Manages supplies and space in playrooms, activity rooms and supply rooms.
- Oversees cleaning of playrooms according to departmental and institutional policies.
- Oversees volunteers in the department/unit, who work with children.
- Provides in-services for department/unit staff and fellow child life staff on an as needed basis.
- Assist with special events hosted by the department/unit, or the child life specialist group.
- Serves as a resource in area of child development and psychosocial needs and collaborates with other disciplines.
Qualifications:
Bachelor degree in Child Life, Child Development, or related field required.
Completion of child life internship (480 hours) or clinical child life experience.
Certification by Committee of Child Life Council required within two years of hire date.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certified within six (6) weeks of hire.
Acceptable credentialing bodies and certifications include American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer and American Heart Association Basic Life Support.
Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter abuse training specific to population served within three (3) months of hire Our Commitment to Diversity and InclusionTrinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states.
Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes.
We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
Recommended Skills Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (Acls) Basic Life Support Cpr Child Development Clinical Works Credentialing Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Part timeShift:
Description:
Shift Hours:
Days- Understands and utilizes evidence based practice concepts, including play, preparation and assessment.
- Observes and assesses the needs and concerns of children and families receiving services at Mercy.
Prepares the children and families for medical procedures.
- Provides activities and interventions to help children and families cope with the medical situations and meet their developmental, emotional and educational needs, on an individual and group basis.
- Participates in interdisciplinary and/or departmental team meetings and communicates developmental and psychosocial needs of children.
- Accurately documents and charts interactions with patients.
- Works as an advocate for patients and families within the medical setting.
- Manages supplies and space in playrooms, activity rooms and supply rooms.
- Oversees cleaning of playrooms according to departmental and institutional policies.
- Oversees volunteers in the department/unit, who work with children.
- Provides in-services for department/unit staff and fellow child life staff on an as needed basis.
- Assist with special events hosted by the department/unit, or the child life specialist group.
- Serves as a resource in area of child development and psychosocial needs and collaborates with other disciplines.
Qualifications:
Bachelor degree in Child Life, Child Development, or related field required.
Completion of child life internship (480 hours) or clinical child life experience.
Certification by Committee of Child Life Council required within two years of hire date.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certified within six (6) weeks of hire.
Acceptable credentialing bodies and certifications include American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer and American Heart Association Basic Life Support.
Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter abuse training specific to population served within three (3) months of hire Our Commitment to Diversity and InclusionTrinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states.
Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes.
We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
Recommended Skills Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (Acls) Basic Life Support Cpr Child Development Clinical Works Credentialing Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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