Child Life Specialist

Job Description :

Interacts directly with pediatric patients, families and other health team members and facilitates age-appropriate interactions and activities to help make the health care experience easier for patients and families. Reduces patient and family distress, increases effective patient and family coping, fosters patient independence, and promotes optimum development. Provides supervision to volunteers, child life pre-internship students and child life assistants.

Job Description

Click on the video link below to see "A Day in the Life of a Child Life Specialist"

Posting Specifics

• Pay Rate : Based on experience.
• Shift Details : Full-time (40 hrs / wk)
• Four 10 hour shifts, Tuesday - Friday (8 : 00am – 6 : 30 pm).
• No weekends or evenings
• No on-call requirements, 1 major holiday is required every 5 - 6 years
• Department : Primary Children's Hospital Salt Lake City
• Additional Details : In addition to the responsibilities listed below the Palliative Care Child Life Specialist works with the unit child life specialists and the palliative care multi-disciplinary team to support families navigating the challenges that arise when a child is diagnosed with a chronic or life-limiting illness. This includes providing grief and bereavement interventions and implementing legacy and memory-making activities for the entire family.

Required Qualifications

Essential Functions

Skills

Preferred Qualifications

Physical Requirements :

Location :

Intermountain Health Primary Childrens Hospital

Work City : Salt Lake City

Work State : Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours :

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$24.06 - $37.15

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.

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