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Job Posting Title:

Full-Time Child Life Specialist

Location:

Dallas - Hospital

Additional Posting Details:

Monday through Friday. 8 Hour shifts.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities

• Provides child life services to patients and family members, including developmentally appropriate therapeutic play and activities, education, procedural preparation, coping facilitation, and support as it relates to their illness and/or medical treatment.

• Provides comprehensive psychosocial care, addressing the emotional, social, and developmental needs of patients and families.

• Participates in establishing, maintaining, and improving patient’s health care goals through patient assessment, planning and implementation of child life interventions and evaluation of patient outcomes

• Documents clinical treatment notes in patients’ chart

• Conducts child life assessments, normalizes the hospital environment for patients and families, and promotes/provides developmentally appropriate therapeutic interventions.

• Develops and maintains effective working relationships with members of the healthcare team to meet care plan goals, ensuring family-centered care. Provides interdisciplinary team member education on utilization of services and developmentally appropriate care.

• Promote appropriate growth, development, and family relationships for patients by providing environmental stimuli, structured activities, diversional play, unstructured play situations, and schedules based on individual needs

• Participates in professional development units to maintain ACLP certification

• Maintain appropriate infection control protocols for all interactions with patients and families

• Monitor use and condition of supplies, equipment and materials, including donated and purchased items, to ensure safety

Required Skills/Abilities

• Certification as a Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS) through the Child Life Certifying Committee (CLCC); if the candidate meets all of the eligibility requirements for the CCLS credential, except for the Certification Exam, they must successfully complete the exam and attain certification within 6 months of hire.

• Completion of a Child Life Internship (minimum 480 hours) under the direct supervision of a Certified Child Life Specialist

• Bachelor's Degree in child life, child development, or closely related discipline required. Masters Preferred.

• BLS certification required

Working Environment

• Working Conditions: Inside

• Working Position: Sitting, Standing, and Walking

• Physical Demands: Medium

• Physical Requirements: Lifting/Carrying, Pushing/Pulling, and Stooping/Kneeling/Bending

• Lifting or carrying weight of between 11 - 24 lbs

• Sensory/Communicative activities essential to the performance of this position: Hearing, Seeing, and Speaking

• This position will be exposed to Inside Environments, Bloodborne pathogens, and Loud Noise