• Collaborates with members of the multidiscipline team
• Utilizes therapeutic techniques to decrease anxiety and foster positive coping skills
• Promotes family-centered care and a child-friendly environment to support the unique needs of children and families
• Prepares children and families for surgical procedures
• Encourages developmental and therapeutic play opportunities to promote socialization, normalization and outlets for self-expression
• Present professional training on children’s grief.
• Assist with planning, organizing and facilitating children’s grief camp, Camp Spero.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to coordinate and manage care.
• Completes required documentation on time using “point-of-care” electronic charting.
• Facilitate Peer Support Groups and School-based groups for children ages 3 to 17.
• Provides education to the IDG on strategies and techniques to support children with illness in an effective, developmentally appropriate manner.

Skills: Collaboration and Teamwork, Therapeutic Techniques, Family-Centered Care, Procedure Preparation, Developmental and Therapeutic Play, Professional Training Delivery, Camp Organization Assistance, Documentation and Charting

• Performs psychosocial assessments of patients and families' functioning to identify strengths, concerns, and needs to set short and/or long-term goals. 
• Take responsibility for facilitating family involvement. 
• Supports patients and families in adjusting to injury, diagnosis, chronic illness or disability. 
• Identifies and advocates for the needs of patients and families within the healthcare system and/or community. 
• Evaluate the effectiveness of child life interventions, and alter interventions based on results. 
• Reports suspicions of abuse and neglect as mandated for investigation. 
• Implements appropriate intervention strategies and styles for individual patients/families to accomplish goals. 
• Take responsibility for reviews and revising goals
• Conducts post-procedural assessment and/or intervention. 
• Promotes and supports pain management. 
• Documents services and/or interventions provided. 

Skills: Psychosocial Assessment, Family Involvement Facilitation, Adjustment Support, Advocacy, Evaluation and Adaptation of Interventions, Reporting and Compliance, Intervention Strategies Implementation, Goal Setting and Revision

• Participates in patient care conferences and/or rounds. 
• Follows up on referrals on time.
• Supports and participates in process improvement activities. 
• Seeks opportunities for involvement in evidence-based care/professional inquiry and maintains designated knowledge level. 
• Actively contributes to the advancement of professional tenets within the division, hospital, and/or community. 
• Orients and supervises volunteers. 
• Contributes to the education and training of students and other professionals. 
• Proactively shares knowledge with peers. 
• Remains current in professional field. 
• Acquires continuing education to increase professional growth. 

Skills: Patient Care Coordination, Timely Referral Management, Process Improvement Support, Evidence-Based Practice Implementation, Professional Development Advocacy, Volunteer Orientation and Supervision, Education and Training Facilitation, Knowledge Sharing

• Integrates new knowledge and skills into practice.
• Submit requests for supplies according to departmental guidelines. 
• Ensures that work areas are organized, safe and professional in appearance for employees, patients and families. 
• Identifies potential problems, clears barriers, assumes ownership of problems, and solves problems at the lowest possible level demonstrating accountability of self and others. 
• Manages time and priorities effectively. 
• Effectively manages workload and resources to provide a fair, consistent and acceptable volume of work. 
• Completes special assignments and projects while maintaining regular workflow. 
• Strives to increase personal productivity by identifying and implementing new work procedures. 
• Proactively contributes to a positive work environment.
• Completes required daily/weekly exchange of information and documentation according to division guidelines to ensure quality patient care and staff productivity.

Skills: Problem-Solving and Accountability, Time Management and Prioritization, Workload Management, Integration of Knowledge and Skills, Special Projects Management, Process Improvement, Supply Chain Management, Work Environment Maintenance

• Meets child life competencies and other skills/activities following the job description. 
• Maintains The Association of Child Life Professionals membership. 
• Participates in child life departmental meetings and other related functions. 
• Oversees and educates practicum students. 
• Provides in-service education to child life interns. 
• Demonstrates increasing proficiency in clinical skills. 
• Take responsibility for overseeing interns. 
• Acts as a resource for child life students. 
• Displays strong interdisciplinary and family collaboration skills. 
• Creates and develops educational resources. 
• Participates in internal, external and local associations/committees.

Skills: Child Life Competencies, Clinical Skills Proficiency, Education and Training, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Resource Development, Leadership and Supervision, Association Membership and Engagement, Meeting Participation and Contribution

• Engages in multidisciplinary team process, actively participating in effective problem solving, collegial learning and pursuit of best practice. 
• Deals with conflicts directly, constructively and tactfully. 
• Promotes an atmosphere of cooperation, respect and trust within the team. 
• Responsive to the day-to-day needs of co-workers and division.
• Adjust interventions to meet the temperament, coping style, medical plan, and therapeutic needs of families who are encountering often life-altering experiences related to treatment
• Assist with medical play, pre-procedural education for the patient and/or family members, or therapeutic programming.
• Provide patients with opportunities to engage in normal play and recreational activities that promote growth, development, and feelings of success within the medical environment.
• Promote the role of parents and other family members as partners on the healthcare team and promote the philosophy of patient and family-centered care.
• Utilizes medical play, developmentally appropriate interventions and educational materials 
• Help children and their families adjust to the hospital environment and prepare them for events related to illness and hospitalization.

Skills: Team Collaboration, Conflict Resolution, Team Atmosphere Promotion, Responsive to Team Needs, Adaptability in Patient Care, Patient and Family Education, Patient-Centered Care Promotion, Developmentally Appropriate Interventions Utilization

• Understanding of therapeutic play and activities for individuals and groups 0-21 years.
• Emotionally supportive play and preparation for pediatric patients undergoing surgery, medical tests and procedures.
• Familiar with information regarding their children’s understanding of illness.
• A professional standard of care that includes addressing psychosocial issues to patients, families and pediatric health care team
• Must have solid supervisory skills
• Keyboard skills and ability to navigate electronic systems applicable to job functions.
• Strong multicultural skills to interact effectively with patients, families, and staff.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• The ability to be observational assessment and interaction with patients and families using the theories of human growth and development, therapeutic play, and emotionally supportive interventions with families under stress.

Qualifications: BA in Child Development with 6 years of Experience

• Good organizational skills, effective communication skills with flexibility 
• A proven understanding of child development.
• Demonstrates the ability to work well with children of all ages.
• Demonstrates ability to be a team member across multiple professional disciplines.
• The ability to work independently and a willingness to learn hospital routines, policies and procedures.
• Understanding of and ability to show respect and appreciation for others and their uniqueness, remaining curious and appreciating cultural differences.
• Strong documentation and written communication skills, acquired through internship and nine to twelve months of on-the-job training.
• Effective verbal communication and public speaking skills.
• Must have a basic supervisory skills.

Qualifications: BA in Psychology with 3 years of Experience

• A strong background in child life, child development, child and family studies, or related fields.
• Clinical working experience as a Certified Child Life Specialist
• Certification by the Child Life Council within six months of hire date.
• Completion of a Child Life internship from an accredited Child Life program
• Have Certified ChildLife Specialist required within 1 year of hire
• Must have American Heart Association (AHA) CPR AED 
• Must maintain active and in good standing throughout employment.
• Completion of Child Life internship following Child Life Council's current standards
• Complete at least 10 hours of professional development hours (PDU) per year
• The ability to participate in the NCHS Clinical Advancement program and expected to accrue a minimum of 5 points per year

Qualifications: BA in Early Childhood Education with 4 years of Experience

• Previous work experience with healthy infants, children and adolescents
• Working knowledge of children and/or adolescents under stress
• Have Certified as a Child Life Specialist (CCLS). 
• Must attend the next available class as presented locally by the National Child Life Council
• Have CPR certification or must obtain CPR certification within three months of employment and maintain CPR certification annually
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• The ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measures, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• The ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Qualifications: BA in Child and Family Studies with 8 years of Experience

• Have Child Life Certification or obtainable within 1-2 years
• Experience as a Child Life Specialist in an acute, tertiary care setting
• Demonstrated clinical expertise in assessments, planning and interventions for children, adolescents and their families
• Demonstrated flexibility and the ability to provide interventions on an urgent basis
• Excellent organization, problem-solving and conflict-management skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate and collaborate with interdisciplinary team members
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced changing environment
• Understanding of the role of community support for the child/adolescent and family
• The ability to provide formal and informal education to the health care team regarding the Child's Life role, the psychosocial needs of children/adolescents in health care crises and the services provided to address these needs

Qualifications: BA in Social Work with 5 years of Experience

• A professional level of knowledge of the theoretical rationale of child development theories, educational theory, and caregiving practices.
• Knowledge and skill in growth and development, therapeutic play, psychological preparation, provision of coping strategies and support during medical events.
• Knowledge of medical terminology and its implications at a level generally acquired through nine to twelve months of on-the-job training.
• Understanding of the Child Life Council Code of Ethics.
• Familiarity with hospital/departmental policies and procedures through one to three months of on-the-job experience.
• Ability to assess patient/family psychosocial and developmental strengths and risks
• The ability to plan goals, implement interventions
• The ability to evaluate the effectiveness of assessments, plans and interventions.
• Ability to facilitate a variety of group and individual play and activities that promote development, self-expression, and mastery.
• Ability to provide constant attention to patients and families, determining their needs, monitoring their behavior and providing necessary support up to eighty percent of work day.

Qualifications: BA in Therapeutic Recreation with 7 years of Experience