Child Life Specialist
Company: Intermountain Health
Location: Provo
Posted on: May 8, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Description:
Full-time (40 hrs/wk)
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"
- Pay Rate:Based on experience
- Shift Details: Variable hours throughout the week (Days,
Afternoons, Evenings etc).
One Weekend Shift required each week.
Primarily at Utah Valley Hospital but may float to other Intermountain Hospitals (American Fork, Riverton or Primary Children's Lehi) to help provide coverage as needed.
Department:Child Life at Utah Valley Hospital - Additional Details: Must be a certified Child Life Specialist with active certification.
- Previous Emergency Department, bereavement support and trauma
experience in the Child Life field would be helpful.
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.
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
Skil ls- Pediatrics
- Training and mentoring
- Writing documentation
- Communication
- Relationship building
- Taking initiative
- Critical thinking
- Teamwork
- Growth Mindset
- Accountability
Preferred Qualifications- Masters Degree Preferred
- Registered Behavior Technician or Behavioral Health Experience preferred
- Experience working with Autism and related disabilities or behavioral challenges preferred.
- 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
If you would like to learn more about our Child Life opportunities with Intermountain Health, click here to schedule a call with me.
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 Utah Valley Hospital
Work City:
Provo
Work State:
Utah
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$23.25 - $35.89
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.
Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here .
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.
- May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an
extended period of time
- 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 .
- 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.
- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information,
documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able
to assess customer needs.
- 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
- Spanish speaking
- Supervising volunteers while working with children and
adolescents
- Experience as a child life pre-internship /practicum student
- Work experience as a child life assistant
- Accountability
- Growth Mindset
- Teamwork
- Critical thinking
- Taking initiative
- Relationship building
- Communication
- Writing documentation
- Training and mentoring
- Pediatrics
- Meets requirements outlined in child life department
expectations
- Adheres to Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) Child
Life Code of Ethics
- Assists with community outreach and Foundation partnerships
- Provides education for staff (e.g., in-services, newsletter
articles, etc.)
- Participates in selection , supervision, and training of new
hires, students and volunteers
- Provides developmentally appropriate education , psychological
procedural preparation, coping support, comfort management, and
play opportunities, to pediatric patients and families
- Develops, implements, and evaluates effective pediatric patient
and family centered health care plans
- Accurately assesses, prioritizes, and documents pediatric
patient and family care
- Computer experience in word processing, spreadsheets, and
databases or similar applications.
- 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
- Experience with pediatric patients in a medical, hospital or
behavioral health setting
- 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).
- Documentation of a successfully completed 600-hour internship
supervised by a Child Life Specialist
- Bachelor's degree. Education must be obtained from an
accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
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