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.

Posting Specifics

Click on the video link below to see "A Day in the Life of a Child Life Specialist"
https://youtu.be/nOeS46cG7uM?si=-B7OBFTTjDUjH03-

Pay Rate: Based on Experience

Shift Details: Full-time (40 hrs/wk). Monday – Friday  Hours vary between 7:00am - 6:00pm. No weekends or evenings.

Department: Primary Children's Hospital - Hematology/Oncology area may include both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Additional Details:
  - Child life experience in a medical or hospital setting.
  - A 600-hour Child Life Internship MUST be completed to be eligible for certification.

New grads will need to provide their internship completion certificate signed by their Intern supervisor to show incumbent has successfully completed their 600 hours prior to starting.

Essential Functions 

Accurately assesses, prioritizes, and documents pediatric patient and family care 

Develops, implements, and evaluates effective pediatric patient and family centered health care plans 

Provides developmentally appropriate education, psychological procedural preparation, coping support, comfort management, and play opportunities, to pediatric patients and families 

Participates in selection, supervision, and training of new hires, students and volunteers 

Provides education for staff (e.g., in-services, newsletter articles, etc.) 

Assists with community outreach and Foundation partnerships 

Adheres to Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) Child Life Code of Ethics 

Meets requirements outlined in child life department expectations 

 

Skills 

Pediatrics 

Training and mentoring 

Writing documentation  

Communication 

Relationship building 

Taking initiative 

Critical thinking 

Teamwork 

Growth Mindset 

Accountability 

 

Required Qualifications 

Bachelor's degree. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified. 

Documentation of a successfully completed 600-hour internship supervised by a Child Life Specialist 

Child Life Certification from Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP). Documentation required.  OR eligible for Child Life Certification (to be obtained within 15 months of hire date).

Experience with pediatric patients in a medical, hospital or behavioral health setting 

Experience in Child Life Core Competencies which include but are not limited to 1) Establishing supportive relationships 2) Meeting needs of child and family members, with a focus on social, emotional, and cognitive development. 3) Providing education to and communicating with children, families, and team members 4) Providing coping support and comfort management 5) Guiding children in therapeutic play techniques 6) Ongoing assessment and written documentation of clinical care  

Computer experience in word processing, spreadsheets, and databases or similar applications. 

 

Preferred Qualifications  

One year experience with pediatric patients in a medical, hospital or behavioral health setting. 

Work experience as a child life assistant 

Experience as a child life pre-internship/practicum student 

Supervising volunteers while working with children and adolescents 

Spanish speaking 

Physical Requirements:

Physical Requirements 

Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and assess issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations to maintain safety 

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs. 

Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc. 

Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items. 

May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time 

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. 

$25.58 - $39.49

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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Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

All positions subject to close without notice.