Child Life Specialist

We are now Hiring for a Child Life Specialist. We are offering a sign on bonus along with a relocation bonus if applicable!

Type of Opportunity: Full Time
FTE: 1.000000
Exempt: No
Work Schedule: Days

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• Strongline Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Shift differentials for nights and weekends
• Differentials for higher education, certifications and various lead roles
• Malpractice liability insurance

The Child Life Department at Presbyterian Healthcare Services is seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic, and self-motivated child life specialist to join our team. The Child Life Specialist will provide Child Life services to pediatric patients and families throughout PHS.

Provides Child Life Services to infants, children, youth, and families based on an understanding of child development and the impact that illness, injury, diagnosis, and hospitalization can cause to patients and families.

Preferred Qualifications:

Masters degree in Child Life, Child Development, Psychology, or related field. Professional involvement with the Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP)

• Bachelors degree in Child Life, Child Development, Psychology, or related field allowing for credentialing as a Certified Child Life Specialist required.
• Masters degree in Child Life, Child Development, Psychology, or related field preferred.
• Completion of a Child Life Internship (minimum of 480-hour under internship under the direction of a Certified Child Life Specialist) required.
• Current BLS certification for Healthcare Provider from the American Heart Association.
• Certification from the Association of Child Life Professionals as a Certified Child Life Specialist or eligible for certification as a Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS) by the Child Life Certifying Commission. CCLS must be obtained within 12 months of hire and maintained thereafter.
• Professional involvement with the Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) is highly encouraged.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to problem solve and make clinical decisions with minimal supervision and independently when needed.
• Basic proficiency with Microsoft Office and electronic medical record.
• Demonstrate proficiency in all child life clinical competencies and standards of clinical practice as defined by the Child Life Certification Commission, a subsidiary of the ACLP.
• Provides child life assessment and appropriate interventions to promote optimal development and minimize the adverse effects of children and families experiences in the healthcare setting.
• Plan and implement therapeutic interventions and a variety of individual and group play experiences promoting development, self-expression, and mastery.
• Provides preparation and facilitates adaptive coping strategies for patients and families for medical procedures and other health care experiences.
• Document within the electronic medical record as required by department guidelines and professional standards.
• Provide a physically and emotionally safe, therapeutic, and healing environment for patients, families, and staff.
• Educates patient, family, and staff to other techniques to aid a child in coping and ensures technique is age appropriate for the development, and emotional state of the child.
• Functions as an active and contributing member of multidisciplinary teams to further improve the medical experience of patients and families. Communicates any relevant observations on patients to other members of the health care team in formal written (charting) and verbal formats.
• Co-treat and refer patients and families to multidisciplinary services and resources as needed.
• Supervises and trains students and volunteers.
• Remain well-informed of current developments in the child life profession and participate in professional development to enhance clinical knowledge and skills.
• Perform other miscellaneous related duties as assigned.
  
  
• Strong interpersonal communication, teamwork, and listening skills.
• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries to preserve the therapeutic relationship with patients and families.
• Match and pace interactions according to developmental level, emotional state, family preferences, and individual needs.
• Demonstrate respect for sociocultural diversity.
• This position requires frequent standing/walking, as well as lifting, positioning, pushing, and/or transferring of patients
  
  

All benefits-eligible Presbyterian employees receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, group term life insurance and other optional voluntary benefits.

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Why work at Presbyterian?
As an organization, we are committed to improving the health of our communities. From hosting growers' markets to partnering with local communities, Presbyterian is taking active steps to improve the health of New Mexicans.

About Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

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AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.