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Child Life Specialist

$23.24 - $33.41 per hour

UNC Health

Certified Child Life Specialist IUNC Health is seeking a Certified Child Life Specialist I to join our inpatient team. The ideal candidate brings demonstrated resilience and the ability to thrive in a complex, fast-paced environment. In this high-acuity setting, you will support pediatric patients and their families while advancing compassionate care, clinical excellence, and resilience across the care continuum.Schedule: 11:00am - 7:30pm with rotating weekends and holidays.Note: This position requires satisfaction of the Child Life Certifying Commission's coursework and internship requirements prior to the start of employment. This includes 600 child life internship hours under the supervision of a certified child life specialist.Responsibilities: 1. Completes child life documentation per team guidelines. Manages daily caseload with efficiency and efficacy. Meets productivity standards per team guidelines. 2. Evaluates patient progress towards treatment plan and responses to treatment interventions, adapts as necessary in compliance with team performance expectations. Designs treatment plans and individualized and/or group treatment interventions for assigned patient population to meet their treatment needs with teammates and other disciplines in compliance with team performance expectations. 3. Provides clinical guidance and teaching for students and/or staff under the guidance of the clinical specialist or other subject matter experts. 4. Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members, communicating about individual patient needs to inform child life interventions. 5. Assists in the planning and coordinating of clinical programs in collaboration with the clinical specialist or manager. 6. Plans for patient discharge and recommends continued service or aftercare in accordance with team performance expectations.Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree Child Life or a related field that meets the Child Life Council's recommendation for coursework concentration in Child Life, which includes an internship. Licensure/Certification Requirements: Certification by the Child Life Certifying Commission within one (1) year of hire date. BLS within 3 months of hire date. Professional Experience Requirements: No prior experience required. Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: Exhibits effective communication and interprofessional skills; requires physical stamina and repetitive movements, including, but not limited to, sitting, standing, kneeling, walking, and squatting during patient interventions while supporting one's weight; can engage in high-level problem-solving to ensure patient safety during mobilization.Salary Range: $23.24 - $33.41 per hour (Hiring Range)Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equityWork Assignment Type: OnsiteWork Schedule: Day JobLocation of Job: US:NC:Chapel HillExempt From Overtime: Exempt: NoThis is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email View email address on click.appcast.io if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

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