Child Life Specialist
Child Life Specialist
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About Us
At Cooper University Health Care our commitment to providing extraordinary health care begins with our team. Our extraordinary professionals are continuously discovering clinical innovations and enhanced access to the most uptodate facilities equipment technologies and research protocols. We have a commitment to our employees to provide competitive rates and compensation programs. Cooper offers full and parttime employees a comprehensive benefits program including health dental vision life disability and retirement. We also provide attractive working conditions and opportunities for career growth through professional development.
Discover why Cooper University Health Care is the employer of choice in South Jersey.
Short Description
The Child Life Specialist will assess the psychosocial needs of patients and their families to offer and implement supportive therapeutic interventions such as preparation for health care encounters procedural support and coping strategies and opportunities for various types of play.
The Child Life Specialist will be an advocate for pediatric patients and visitors and serve as a resource for other hospital staff in areas of child development familycentered care traumainformed care age appropriate and developmentally appropriate interactions and bereavement support.
Responsibilities:
1.Provides Child Life services in pediatric units as assigned and in other units as consulted
2.Assesses psychosocial and developmental needs of patients/families and implements or adapts services and goals as needed
3.Utilizes therapeutic interventions such as psychological preparation procedural support therapeutic play medical play bereavement support etc. to facilitate coping with hospitalization
4.Provides developmentally appropriate traumainformed education and emotional support for children about health care encounters the hospital environment new diagnoses or injuries grief etc.
5.Documents interventions and services in a timely manner within the patients electronic health record
6.Works as part of the multidisciplinary team to communicate collaborate educate and advocate for patient and familycentered care
7.Delegates appropriate duties to Activities Assistants and volunteers supervises practicum students as assigned
8.Complies with professional ethical and educational standards in accordance with the Association of Child Life Professionals
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Experience Required
02 years experience required 35 years preferred
Education Requirements
Bachelors degree required in Child Life or related field or a Bachelors with a completed Child Life Certification
License/Certification Requirements
Certified Child Life Specialist certification required Must obtain certification within 12 months of hire
Skills/Qualifications
Communication Ability to communicate with patients visitors and coworkers
Must have completed 600 hour Child Life Internship
CPRBLS preferred
Special Requirements
full time 40 hours a week
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Unclear
