Child Life Specialist
Company: Intermountain Health
Location: Salt Lake City
Posted on: April 30, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Description:
WEEKEND POSITION + 2 Week Days (Saturdays & Sundays, 8:30am -
5:00pm AND 2 week days with an occasional holiday)
Interacts directly with pediatric patients, families and other
health team members, facilitates age-appropriate interactions and
activities to help make the health care experience easier for
patients/families, reduces patient/family distress, increases
effective patient/family coping, and fosters patient independence
and promotes optimum development. Also provides supervision to
interns, mentors staff, and coordinates community outreach and
Foundation partnerships.
Posting Specifics
Entry Rate: $22.80 + Depending on Experience
Shift Details: 32 hours a week, This position is Saturdays &
Sundays (8:30am - 5:00pm) AND 2 Week Days with an occasional
holiday
Department: Primary Children's Hospital, Forever Young Zone
Playroom and Teen room
Additional Details:
Child life experience in a medical or hospital setting.
a 600-hour Child Life Internship must be completed to be eligible
for certification.
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.
Job Essentials
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 practicum
students and volunteers.
Assists with orienting, training and mentoring new employees.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree. Education must be obtained from an accredited
institution. Degree will be verified.
Child Life Certification from Association of Child Life
Professionals (ACLP) or eligible for Child Life Certification (to
be obtained within 9 months of hire date). A 600-hour Internship
must be completed to be eligible for certification.
Child life experience in a medical or hospital setting.
Computer experience in word processing, spreadsheets, and databases
or similar applications.
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.
Successfully completed child life internship with completion
documentation.
Preferred Qualifications
Master's degree.
1 year of Child Life work experience in a medical or hospital
setting.
Spanish Speaking.
Physical Requirements:
Carrying, Hearing/Listening, Lifting, Manual Dexterity,
Pushing/Pulling, Seeing, Speaking, Squatting/Kneeling, Standing,
Walking.
Anticipated job posting close date:
04/26/2024
Location:
Primary Childrens Hospital
Work City:
Salt Lake City
Work State:
Utah
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
32
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly
rate dependent upon experience.
$22.80 - $35.19
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 packages for our Idaho,
Nevada, and Utah based caregivers
(https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/working-for-intermountain/employee-benefits/)
, and for our Colorado, Montana, and Kansas based caregivers
(http://www.sclhealthbenefits.org) ; and our commitment to
diversity, equity, and inclusion
(https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/working-for-intermountain/diversity/)
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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.
Intermountain Health is a Utah-based, not-for-profit system of 33
hospitals (includes "virtual" hospital), a Medical Group with more
than 3,800 physicians and advanced practice clinicians at about 385
clinics, a health plans division called Select Health, and other
health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible,
Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality
improvement and efficient healthcare delivery.
Join our world-class team and embark on a career filled with
opportunities, strength, innovation, and fulfillment.
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We intentionally work toward an Intermountain Health that reflects
our diverse communities and provides culturally competent care,
health equity, and a sense of belonging amongst all our caregivers
(employees). This is an important part of fulfilling our mission to
help people live the healthiest lives possible. The three pillars
of our work are talent experience with Intermountain (application,
internship, development, etc.), community benefit, and care
delivery.
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Introduce yourself to our Talent Acquisition team and we will get
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Intermountain Health's PEAK program supports caregivers in the
pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by
providing up-front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic
institution. The program offers 100+ learning options to choose
from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and
professional skills and certificates. Caregivers are eligible to
participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment. Learn more.
(https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/working-for-intermountain/employee-benefits/peak-program/)
The primary intent of this job description is to set a fair and
equitable rate of pay for this classification. Only those key
duties necessary for proper job evaluation and/or labor market
analysis have been included. Other duties may be assigned by the
supervisor.
All positions subject to close without notice.
Thanks for your interest in continuing your career with our
team!
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