Child Life Specialist Playroom - Full-Time Days

Be a part of a worldclass academic healthcare system UChicago Medicine as a Child Life Specialistin Comer Childrens Hospital.

Eligible for a Sign on Bonus up to $10000!

In this role the Child Life Specialist will work throughout the hospital offering support for children and families to help them cope with injuries and illnesses.Our Child life specialists focus on each childs psychological and developmental needs to help him or her feel more comfortable in the hospital. We use a wide range of medical dolls teaching tools and resources to prepare each child for procedures surgeries and treatments. Since children grow and learn through play we offer many opportunities for kids to do just that as well socialize with other young people in the hospital. Our child life staff provides a wide range of supportive services for babies children and adolescents.The Child Life Specialist willprovide psychosocial support to children and families during hospitalization and will be responsible for designing and maintaining the physical therapeutic developmental and educational environment of Child Life Services in a manner that promotes a child/family friendly atmosphere. The Child Life Specialist lends expertise and knowledge of child growth and development to the healthcare team adjusts interaction and/or treatment to match each patients developmental educational and other related needs.

Essential Job Functions

• Assess patients/families psychosocial and developmental needs within the context of their adjustment to the healthcare setting.
• Facilitates appropriate interventions through individual and group play/art activities therapeutic activities/medical play preparation for procedures surgeries and potentially stressful events.
• Formulates treatment goals.
• Documents weekly Child Life interventions and services on weekly reports and computer census. Documents in patients medical chart adhering to departmental policy.
• Orders stocks and maintains supplies; maintains play areas with developmentally appropriate toys/activities that are clean and safe.
• Initiates and implements new programs/projects as assigned by Director of Child Life.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree with a concentration in child life
• An internship in a child life program over 500 hrs
• Certification eligible as a Child Life Specialist and acquired with one year of employment
• One to two years work experience with infants children or adolescents
• Knowledge and skills necessary to utilize theoretical constructs of human development for assessment and intervention for infants through teenagers
• Interpersonal skills necessary to establish therapeutic relationships with children and their families as well as effective communication
• Analytical skills necessary to identify and solve problems within a constantly changing and stressful environment
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree with a concentration in child life
• Hospital setting work experience as a Child Life Specialist
• Child Life Specialist certification

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE:FullTime 1.0FTE
• Shift: Day
• Unit/Department: Child Life
• CBA Code:NonUnion

In this role we anticipate that you will generally work approximately 40 hours per week. We anticipate that your general schedule to work will rotate between the Day and Evening shift approximately between 8:00am11:00pm and will not be scheduled for oncall shifts. We anticipate you will be scheduled to work 100 at the Hyde Park campus. The days of the week that you are scheduled will be MondayFriday. You will be scheduled to work on weekends approximately once per month.

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Must comply with UChicago Medicines COVID19 Vaccination requirement as a condition of employment. If you have already received the vaccination you must provide proof as part of the preemployment process. This is in addition to your compliance with the Flu Vaccination requirement as well. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered consistent with applicable law. Lastly a preemployment physical drug screening and background check are also required for all employees prior to hire.

Compensation & Benefits Overview

UChicago Medicine is committed to transparency in compensation and benefits. The pay range provided reflects the anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position.

The pay range is based on a fulltime equivalent 1.0 FTE) and is reflective of current market data reviewed on an annual basis. Compensation offered at the time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience and organizational considerations such as internal equity. Pay ranges for employees subject to Collective Bargaining Agreements are negotiated by the medical center and their respective union.

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