Certified Child Life Specialist

Child Life SpecialistCompensation for this role is based on a number of factors including but not limited to experience education and other business and organizational considerations.Position Summary: Provide information therapeutic and crisis intervention project management health education and conducts needs assessment and developmental screening for Pediatric patients and their families. Assist with the supervision of playrooms. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include: Neonate Pediatric Adolescent Adult and Geriatric age groups.Detailed responsibilities:Development - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs reading current literature attending in-services meetings and workshopsMeetings - Attend meetings as required and participate on committees as directedEthics - Adhere to the Child Life Code of EthicsEducation - Provide education to professionals as appropriate to introduce information regarding the philosophy of Child Life and developmental and psychosocial issuesDocumentation - Document patient care services and program activities in medical charts and related documentation formats in compliance with quality assurance and JCAHO standardsInformation - Coordinate and refer patients families and healthcare providers to appropriate Child Life Program area and/or Family Resource Library for information about illness pain disease advocacy hospitalization human development and schoolingNeeds - Attend collaborate and participate in regular meetings with Child Psychiatry Pediatric Oncology and others as appropriate addressing psychosocial and developmental needs of pediatric patients/parents determine appropriate referralsAssessment - Interview and assess the psychosocial and emotional status of patients and their families consequent to illness and hospitalizationPlay Sessions - Assist inpatient and outpatient coordinators with the supervision of playroom sessions and/or clinic sessionsTherapy - Plan evaluate and provide an overall program of therapeutic interventions designed to address the psychosocial and emotional needs of hospitalized and/or outpatient children and familiesPain Management - Assess develop and provide behavioral pain management techniques appropriate for individual needsAdvocacy - Advocate individual pediatric patients/parents concerns special needs and rights in accordance with Family-Centered Care practicesEducation - Provide support and education to pediatric patients/parents regarding the grief process and promote effective and developmentally appropriate coping skillsConsults - Respond to consults received from hospital staff within 24 hoursDocumentation - Report and/or document observations assessments and interventions to other health care professionalsProjects - Assist in developing and maintaining projects as designed by the Team LeaderPatient Safety 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies procedures and protocolsPatient Safety 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processesPatient Safety 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue riskPatient Safety 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns medical errors and/or near misses in a timely mannerPatient Safety 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"Qualifications:Education: Essential: Internship Bachelor's Degree. Nonessential: Master's Degree. Education specialization: Essential: Child Life Internship Related Discipline. Nonessential: Related Discipline.Experience: Essential: None. Nonessential: Bilingual English Spanish Keres Tewa Tiwa Towa Zuni or Navajo Supervisory experience 2 years directly related experience.Credentials: Essential: CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days Child Life Certification within 1 year of position. Physical Conditions: Medium Work.Working conditions: Essential: Sig Hazard: Chemicals Bio Hazardous Materials req PPE. Sign-On Bonus Available