Job Summary: 

• Provide psychosocial and emotional support to the patients and families within the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Cardiac Care Center
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to achieve patient care goals
• Provide therapeutic play opportunities to assess developmental needs, and offer opportunities for expression and normalization of the environment
• Prepare and support patients through invasive procedures to minimize the potential for psychological trauma
• Provides developmentally appropriate preparation and education to patients and families regarding their healthcare experience
• Collaborate with the other members of the child life department to further the work of child life within the institution and in the community
• Supervise volunteers and support the education of child life practicum and internship students
• Provide bereavement support to families and siblings
• Assists with improving care for childhood hospitalizations or disabilities.
• Assists with activities that promote the social, emotional, intellectual and physical growth of children.

Skills on Resume: 

• Psychosocial and Emotional Support (Soft Skills)
• Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Therapeutic Play Skills (Hard Skills)
• Preparation for Procedures (Hard Skills)
• Patient and Family Education (Hard Skills)
• Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Supervision and Education (Soft Skills)
• Bereavement Support (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Understands and promotes the integration of pediatric palliative care with pediatric acute care and community-based care.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates plan of care for child life services 
• Empower and address the needs of medically fragile children, their siblings, and families
• Support comfort, and goals of care, and facilitate adaptive coping through developmentally appropriate interventions
• Provides opportunities for family members to participate in expressive/therapeutic play activities including grief, loss, and legacy work as appropriate.
• Advocates on behalf of the child and family to assure their wishes/goals are being respected and communicated with the team throughout the illness and at end-of-life.
• Facilitates developmentally appropriate grief and bereavement interventions, both preceding and following the child’s death
• Prepare for funeral/memorial services, facilitation of memory making, and therapeutic intervention to assess and respond to children’s understanding and coping needs.
• Provides community outreach/education regarding pediatric palliative care and child life
• Actively involved in training and orienting new staff.

Skills on Resume: 

• Pediatric Palliative Care Integration (Hard Skills)
• Plan of Care Development (Hard Skills)
• Family Empowerment (Soft Skills)
• Coping Facilitation (Soft Skills)
• Expressive Play Therapy (Hard Skills)
• Advocacy and Communication (Soft Skills)
• Grief and Bereavement Support (Soft Skills)
• Community Outreach and Education (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Provide Child Life services to pediatric patients based on an understanding of child development and the impact that illness, injury, disability, and hospitalization have on this process
• Develop and execute group activity programs
• Plan interventions specific to the impact of the care provided
• Guide the family in understanding and dealing with hospital regulations and procedures
• Facilitating opportunities for parents to actively continue their parenting role
• Maintain records, statistics, activity calendars, schedules, and other appropriate documentation
• Assists with pediatric programs, therapies and activities among young patients.
• Assists with interventions and interactions with patients and staff.
• Assists with support groups.
• Evaluate the patient's response to the teaching provided and documents on appropriate forms

Skills on Resume: 

• Child Development Knowledge (Hard Skills)
• Group Activity Program Development (Hard Skills)
• Intervention Planning (Hard Skills)
• Family Guidance (Hard Skills)
• Parenting Support (Soft Skills)
• Documentation Skills (Hard Skills)
• Assistance with Pediatric Programs (Hard Skills)
• Patient Evaluation and Documentation (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Create a welcoming environment. Greets and introduces self and role upon initial contact with patient/family
• Provide services to pediatric patients based on an understanding of child development and the impact that illness, injury, disability and hospitalization have on this process
• Identify teaching, materials and techniques for different age groups and learning needs
• Provide emotional support and stress reduction techniques during identified stress points
• Develop and execute group activity programs
• Plan interventions specific to the impact of healthcare
• Guide the family in understanding and dealing with NYPC regulations and procedures
• Records patient care information in the medical record and or the daily census sheets
• Perform ongoing evaluation of patient's condition and response to the therapeutic interventions, modifying plan and taking action as indicated
• Comply with all New York Proton Center policies related to Privacy Rules established under the Health Information Privacy and Portability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

Skills on Resume: 

• Interpersonal Communication (Soft Skills)
• Child Development Understanding (Hard Skills)
• Patient Education (Hard Skills)
• Emotional Support (Soft Skills)
• Activity Planning (Hard Skills)
• Healthcare Interventions (Hard Skills)
• Regulatory Knowledge (Hard Skills)
• Documentation and Evaluation (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Assess and share the physiological, psychosocial, spiritual, cultural and safety dimensions of the patient/family
• Perform an initial assessment of the patient, including physiological, psychosocial, spiritual, cultural and safety dimensions as related to the patient's potential to participate in the Child Life program
• Perform ongoing assessment for the patient's ability to participate in the Child Life program activities.
• Assess the family's need for emotional support
• Collect subjective and objective data from patients, families and other staff members to formulate the patients’/families' needs regarding the Child Life program
• Identify needs and make referrals to available resource people (including community resources, epidemiologists, Chaplaincy, Social Services, etc.)
• Report pertinent information to the primary care nurse or the appropriate staff members are assessed
• Create and maintain a safe environment for the patient through appropriate intervention as determined by the patient's status
• Utilize principles of infection control and follow isolation procedures
• Provide care according to established competencies, ethical dimensions of practice and procedures

Skills on Resume: 

• Patient Assessment Skills (Hard Skills)
• Initial Patient Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Ongoing Patient Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Family Support Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Data Collection and Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Referral Management (Hard Skills)
• Communication Skills (Soft Skills)
• Safety and Infection Control (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Carry out patient/family requests or explain if the request is contrary to PSHMC policy or the medical/nursing plan of care
• Coordinate and implement patient education program appropriate for the patient and based on the patient and/or family's ability, willingness and readiness to learn
• Maintain a basic knowledge of treatments and procedures children may experience while hospitalized
• Procure and maintain necessary program supplies according to established budgetary objectives
• Coordinate with the Chaplaincy Department and provide patient/family emotional and spiritual support during phases of critical illness, and/or death, dying, bereavement
• Coordinate and maintain a bereavement follow-up program including follow-up letters or calls, provision of written materials and initiation of referral to community support services
• Schedule and conduct pediatric pre-surgical and community tours
• Integrates understanding of coping styles, patient/family learning styles and needs based on developmental level, emotional state, and cultural and religious practices.
• Identifies basic principles of family-centered care and demonstrates the application of these in the plan of care.

Skills on Resume: 

• Patient/Family Communication (Soft Skills)
• Patient Education (Hard Skills)
• Medical Knowledge (Hard Skills)
• Supply Management (Hard Skills)
• Emotional and Spiritual Support (Soft Skills)
• Bereavement Program Management (Hard Skills)
• Tour Coordination (Hard Skills)
• Cultural Sensitivity and Family-Centered Care (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Identify, obtain, and use relevant data regarding the child and family to develop a comprehensive assessment and initiate a plan of care.
• Identify developmental factors and their implications regarding the child’s healthcare experience to plan appropriate interventions.
• Identify psychosocial factors and family-identified needs and goals to provide family-centered care.
• Develop a plan of care based on an assessment of the child’s development, temperament, coping style, medical plan and available social support using therapeutic play as a diagnostic and treatment tool.
• Assesses response to illness, hospitalization and/or treatment.
• Displays competency in obtaining and interpreting patient behavior based on an understanding of cognitive, biophysical, and aging processes.
• Provides appropriate interventions based on assessment of patient’s developmental and psychosocial needs.
• Uses developmentally appropriate play experiences as a primary tool in assessing and meeting the child’s psychosocial needs in the health-care setting.
• Understands human/child growth and development theory practice.

Skills on Resume: 

• Comprehensive Assessment Skills (Hard Skills)
• Developmental Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Psychosocial Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Care Planning (Hard Skills)
• Assessment of Response (Hard Skills)
• Behavioral Interpretation (Hard Skills)
• Intervention Skills (Hard Skills)
• Therapeutic Play Expertise (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Facilitate developmentally appropriate interventions to minimize trauma and increase understanding of a medical diagnosis through treatment plans using play, education, preparation, and therapeutic activities that promote growth and development.
• Support children and their families by using a variety of individualized techniques to help them better understand a process, procedure, or other element of their medical experience.
• Provide opportunities for legacy building, memory making, education and emotional support to help children and families through the grieving process.
• Assist families in resolving conflicts that come up during illness and provide age-appropriate support to siblings when their brother or sister is sick.
• Use therapeutic play techniques such as art, music, exercise, and other types of play to allow children to express how they feel about their situation and learn healthy coping strategies.
• Offering families advice and education on helping their children through a medical situation.
• Explain treatment plans and answer questions using age-appropriate techniques.
• Assist families with planning events such as holiday or birthday parties 
• Support families in maintaining connections with one another and supporting their children through their illness.
• Advocates for the special needs of children and their families.
• Ensures the child stays on track developmentally during their hospital stay or illness.

Skills on Resume: 

• Child Life Specialist Techniques (Hard Skills)
• Family Support and Counseling (Soft Skills)
• Grief Support and Legacy Building (Soft Skills)
• Therapeutic Play Skills (Hard Skills)
• Educational Support (Hard Skills)
• Event Planning and Coordination (Soft Skills)
• Family Advocacy (Soft Skills)
• Developmental Support (Hard Skills)