Job Overview
Job Description:
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.
Posting Specifics
- Entry Rate: $19.83 + Depending on experience, and there is a differential offered for weekend and evening hours.
- Benefits Eligible: Yes (Health, Vision, & Dental Insurance, 401(K), education assistance, + many more)
- Shift Details:
Emergency Department
Full-time, 40 hours/week – Four ten hour shifts 12pm to 10:30pm with rotating Weekends
Support Pediatric Inpatient Unit and Adult ICU units as needed - Department: Utah Valley Hospital Child Life
- Additional Information: A 600-hour Child Life Internship must be completed to be eligible for certification .
Perks of Working for Intermountain
- Meal discounts
- 24/7 on-site, state-of-the art fitness centers at many facilities (about $5 per month) including group fitness classes at select facilities
- Health and Wellness Programs including a Live Well Incentive Program
- 401(k) 2% for all caregivers with additional matching up to 4%
- Over 302,000 discount offers across 10,000 cities on everything from pizza, the zoo, movie tickets, car rentals, and hotels
- Education Assistance (must be benefits eligible)
- Tuition Loan Assistance for full-time caregivers (available for select positions), up to $3,000 per calendar year
- Education and Development Opportunities
- Employee Appreciation Events (including a yearly gift)
- Many facilities have full-service cafés, gift shops, and ATMs onsite
- CNA Scholarships and Tuition Assistance available for select certification (must be benefits eligible + employed by Intermountain Healthcare for 90 days) call 800-283-4550 (Option 2) or visit https://www.gwcu.org/CNAScholarship
- Cell Phone Discounts (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile)
- Discounted Lagoon Amusement Park Tickets
Perks of Living in the Salt Lake Valley
- Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons (incredible hiking, biking, skiing, snowboarding, climbing, camping)
- Corner Canyon, Ferguson Canyon, Emigration Canyon, City Creek Canyon
- Great shopping – City Creek Mall, The Gateway, Holladay shopping area, Fashion Place Mall, Southtowne, Jordan Landings
- Sporting Events – Utah Jazz, Salt Lake Bees, Utah Grizzlies, University of Utah
- Many great Universities – University of Utah, Westminster University, Ensign College, Salt Lake Community College
- Seven different ski resorts nearby
- Many family friendly activities: Hogle Zoo, This is the Place Monument and Park, Clark Planetarium, Tracy Aviary, Wheeler Historic Farm, Aquarium, Lagoon Amusement Park (North Salt Lake), Cowabunga Bay Water Park, Boondocks Family Fun Center
- Broadway at the Eccles, Hale Center Theatre, Capitol Theatre, Off Broadway Theatre, Kingsbury Hall, Pioneer Theater, Utah Children’s Theater, Ballet West, Salt Lake Acting Company, Repertory Dance Theatre, Abravanel Hall (Utah Symphony)
- Downtown Farmers Markets and Art Festival, Cultural celebrations
- Memory Grove Park, SLC Public Library, Temple Square, Cathedral of the Madeleine
- Great restaurants, bars, and entertainment in downtown Salt Lake
- Red Butte Gardens
- International Peace Gardens at Jordan Park, and Jordan River Parkway
- Millcreek Canyon (dogs allowed, children’s summer camps)
- Saltair (concerts) and Great Salt Lake, Bonneville Salt Flats
- Skydive Utah (Tooele area)
- Utah Motorsports Campus (Tooele area)
Job Essentials
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 practicum students and volunteers.
Assists with orienting, training and mentoring new employees.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
Child Life Certification from Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) or eligible for Child Life Certification (to be obtained within 6 months of hire date).
A 600-hour Child Life Internship must be completed to be eligible for certification.
Child life experience in a medical or hospital setting.
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Computer experience in word processing, spreadsheets, and databases or similar applications.
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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.
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Successfully completed a 600-hour child life internship with completion documentation.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree.
1 year of Child Life work experience in a medical or hospital setting.
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Spanish Speaking.
Physical Requirements:
Carrying, Hearing/Listening, Lifting, Manual Dexterity, Pushing/Pulling, Seeing, Speaking, Squatting/Kneeling, Standing, Walking.
Location:
Utah Valley Hospital
Work City:
Provo
Work State:
Utah
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
