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Activity Coordinator
Children's National HospitalWashington, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 1 Jul 2025
💰 $58,468/yr($36,400/yr – $58,468/yr)
About the role
Activity Coordinator - (250001Q8)
Associate's Degree Child development or related field (Required)
Minimum Work Experience
1 year Job related experience working with children or two years of college education in child development or related field is required. (Required)
Required Skills/Knowledge
Knowledge of child and adolescent growth and development, high level of interpersonal communication skills, effective oral and written communication skills, ability to work independently and as a team member with proven knowledge of medical terminology. Candidate must have experience working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
Functional Accountabilities
Hospital Environment/Developmental Needs
Description
The Activity Coordinator provides opportunities for children to gain a sense of mastery, through play and learning experiences. The Activity Coordinator is responsible for providing therapeutic and diversionary play activities to an assigned group of pediatric patients and/or siblings to promote normalization of the hospital environment, positive adaptation to the hospital and a family centered care focus. Requires excellent communication, group management and organizational skills. The Activity Coordinator will demonstrate a strong commitment to a team approach.Qualifications
Minimum EducationAssociate's Degree Child development or related field (Required)
Minimum Work Experience
1 year Job related experience working with children or two years of college education in child development or related field is required. (Required)
Required Skills/Knowledge
Knowledge of child and adolescent growth and development, high level of interpersonal communication skills, effective oral and written communication skills, ability to work independently and as a team member with proven knowledge of medical terminology. Candidate must have experience working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
Functional Accountabilities
Hospital Environment/Developmental Needs
- Introduces patient programming and supportive services to patients, parents, and siblings
- Plans, facilitates and supervises group and spontaneous play opportunities for assigned patient care area(s)
- Encourages socialization and peer interaction between patients and families by organizing and providing a monthly calendar of scheduled activities for play spaces
- Supervise and/or monitor play activities for assigned patient care area(s)
- Maintains play space as a “safe”, welcoming and supportive environment by ensuring medical procedures/consults/meetings occur outside of area
- Encourages caregiver involvement in play area activities for normalization and informs patients, families and health care team of available resources
- Provides input to the Child Life Specialist about observed specific needs of individual children; determine when the needs of individual children should be attended to by child life specialists, nursing and/or medical professionals and outside the general scope of the activity coordinator role
- Responsible for ongoing supervision and support to volunteers in playroom, play spaces or bedside
- Delivers toys/activities to patient rooms that support adjustment to hospitalization, encourage play and promote normal growth and development as requested by Child Life Specialist, Nursing or self-referral
- Provides one on one interaction with patients as determined by Child Life Specialist or self-referral
- Provides opportunities for choice and encourages involvement in decision making
- Recognizes and builds on strength of families by acknowledging and utilizing parent’s knowledge of patient’s abilities, interests and needs
- Identifies patients for volunteer support and provides guidance to volunteers in the selection of age/developmentally appropriate activities
- Engages and collaborates with hospital programs and ancillary services to enhance patient support as appropriate
- Organizes play space to be a welcoming environment for patients and families
- Inventories, restocks and maintains play space materials in collaboration with Child Life Specialist
- Cleans toys/games/equipment daily in accordance with hospital toy washing policy
- Completes required documentation of Toy Cleaning Log
- Facilitates contact with E
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