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We strongly encourage all candidates of diverse backgrounds and lived experiences to apply.

About the Job
The Advanced Child Life Specialist functions as a member of the healthcare team, is clinically trained on the developmental impact of illness and injury, and practices at the competent to proficient level. Is responsible for supporting patients and their family members in the health care setting by providing developmentally appropriate and therapeutic interventions with the goals of optimizing growth and development, reducing pain, fear, and anxiety, and to cope with the stress and uncertainty of illness, injury, disability, and loss. Is also responsible for providing training and supervision of child life interns.

What you will do

• Provides child life services to patients and family members, including developmentally appropriate therapeutic activities, education, procedural preparation, coping facilitation, and support as it relates to their illness and medical treatment.
• Assesses, individualizes, and evaluates plan of care based on patient/family physical, developmental, emotional, and recreational needs.
• Collaborates with patients, families, and interdisciplinary team members to integrate goals and plans to promote optimal patient care that is family-centered, developmentally appropriate, psychosocially sound, and in alignment with CHOP's ICARE values.
• Orients, supervises, and provides feedback to volunteers and child life practicum students.
• Provides training, supervision, modeling, clinical support, coaching, and feedback to child life interns and/or fellows.
• Serves as a resource to other department colleagues.
• Participates in the weekday, weekend, and holiday-on-call rotation, as assigned.
• Demonstrates compliance with patient care documentation and Hospital policies.
• Participates in tasks, initiatives, and/or committees that support departmental operations and/or enhances one's professional development.
• Serves as a financial steward by implementing cost effective programming, adhering to budget constraints, and supporting efforts to raise funds through donor contributions.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• Master's Degree Child Life, Child Development, Family Studies, Counseling, or Psychology Preferred

Experience

• At least two (2) years paid experience as a Child Life Specialist Required
• Per the Association of Child Life Professional standards, intern supervisors must have at least 4000 hours paid child life clinical experience prior to starting this role. Required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of infant, child, and adolescent growth and development.
• Experience working with infants, children, and adolescents.
• Ability to prioritize and complete duties in a timely and organized manner.
• Work collaboratively and in a positive manner with others.
• Ability to work independent.
• Perform work according to CHOP policies and procedures, professional standards of care, and applicable laws.
• Ability to set goals, prioritize, and achieve results in accordance with the highest standards.
• Understands and promotes CHOP's mission.

To carry out its mission, CHOP is committed to supporting the health of our patients, families, workforce, and global community. As a condition of employment, CHOP employees who work in patient care buildings or who have patient facing responsibilities must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and receive an annual influenza vaccine. Learn more.

Employees may request exemptions for valid religious and medical reasons. Start dates may be delayed until candidates are immunized or exemption requests are reviewed.

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