Child Life Specialist: 40 hours/week, evening shift

Job description

Department/Unit: General Pediatrics - C7 Work Shift: Evening (United States of America) Salary Range: $59,066.00 - $88,599.00 Child life specialists are uniquely trained pediatric healthcare professionals that provide developmentally appropriate care to meet the individualized needs of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Child life specialists collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to achieve the needs of each patient through developing and implementing interventions to help patients and their families cope with their hospital experience. The use of developmentally appropriate play and therapeutic activities allows for psychosocial development and normalization of the hospital environment. Hourly Range: $23.96 - $38.34: Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Demonstrates developmentally appropriate knowledge and skills necessary to assess and interact with a diverse population of pediatric patients and their families. - Designs and implements individual interventions based on assessment of a patient's development, coping style, diagnosis/ treatment, and psychosocial supports. - Uses medical play and developmentally appropriate language and teaching tools to ensure...