Job Details:

Job Summary:

The Child Life Specialist is a key member of the healthcare team, collaborating with other healthcare professionals to provide family-centered care and developmentally appropriate psychosocial support to hospitalized infants, children, adolescents, siblings and their families. Responsiblities: · Promotes optimal development and helps prevent psychosocial trauma by providing comprehensive therapeutic interventions and individualized psychosocial and developmental support to infants, children, adolescents, siblings, and their families. · Works to reduce stress, anxiety, and uncertainty associated with illness, injury, hospitalization, and medical procedures by developing individualized coping plans and implementing evidence-based interventions. · Provides psychosocial support, developmentally appropriate education, therapeutic play opportunities, and procedural preparation to help patients and families understand and cope with healthcare experiences. · Fosters positive coping, emotional well-being, and family-centered care throughout the continuum of treatment and hospitalization. Qualifications/Requirements:

Experience:

Completion of a 600 Child Life internship under the supervision of a Certified Child Life Specialist.

Education:

A Bachelor’s degree, required; Master’s degree in Child Life, recreation, psychology, early childhood education or a closely related field, preferred.

Licenses / Certifications:

At the time of hire, the candidate will need to either be certified or eligible for certification as documented by the ACLP and registered for the exam within a certain time period.

About Us:

WMC Advanced Physician Services PC

Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes:

• Health Insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Flexible Savings Account
• Paid Time Off
• Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement