Certified Child Life Specialist Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Orlando, Florida
All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:
• Benefits from Day One
• PTO from Day One
• Debt-free Education* (Certifications and Degrees without out-of-pocket tuition expense)
• Clinical Ladder career advancement opportunities
Our promise to you:
Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It's about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.
Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm, includes every 6th weekend (one day either Sat or Sun)
Shift : Days Full Time
Location: 601 E Rollins St. Orlando FL 32803
Unit Highlights:
As a valued member of our child life team at AdventHealth, you'll join a well-established, cohesive group that fosters mutual support and embraces play. Currently, we have two full-time openings at our Orlando campus-one in Imaging/Radiology and another in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Our clinical ladder provides exciting career advancement potential, complemented by ongoing educational support to help you maintain your child life certification.
Why Choose Us?
• Supportive Environment: We have a robust child life team that values support, fosters growth opportunities, and encourages teamwork.
• Impact: Your work directly impacts the lives of children and helps empower them for future healthcare experiences.
• Professional Development: We invest in your ongoing learning and encourage professional growth through our child life clinical advancement program.
• Competitive Compensation: Benefit from a competitive salary with ongoing market analysis and comprehensive benefits.
The community you'll be caring for:
The role you'll contribute:
The child life specialist is a professional in healthcare who works with children and families to help minimize stress/anxiety and maximize positive coping throughout the healthcare experience. The child life specialist focuses on the psychosocial development of children, provides emotional support and developmentally appropriate information to increase understanding and coping with medical procedures, diagnosis, pain management and bereavement. The child life specialist also addresses the needs of siblings or other children affected by a patients' illness/diagnosis. The child life specialist utilizes play and self-expressive activities as primary resources to minimize the stress and anxiety patients and families may face during a healthcare experience. The child life specialist collaborates with the multidisciplinary team and peers to identify optimal care plans for patients and families. The child life specialist actively participates in outstanding customer service and accepts responsibility in maintaining relationships that are equally respectful to all.
The value you'll bring to the team:
Qualifications
Must meet the following requirements:
• Benefits from Day One
• PTO from Day One
• Debt-free Education* (Certifications and Degrees without out-of-pocket tuition expense)
• Clinical Ladder career advancement opportunities
Our promise to you:
Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It's about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.
Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm, includes every 6th weekend (one day either Sat or Sun)
Shift : Days Full Time
Location: 601 E Rollins St. Orlando FL 32803
Unit Highlights:
As a valued member of our child life team at AdventHealth, you'll join a well-established, cohesive group that fosters mutual support and embraces play. Currently, we have two full-time openings at our Orlando campus-one in Imaging/Radiology and another in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Our clinical ladder provides exciting career advancement potential, complemented by ongoing educational support to help you maintain your child life certification.
Why Choose Us?
• Supportive Environment: We have a robust child life team that values support, fosters growth opportunities, and encourages teamwork.
• Impact: Your work directly impacts the lives of children and helps empower them for future healthcare experiences.
• Professional Development: We invest in your ongoing learning and encourage professional growth through our child life clinical advancement program.
• Competitive Compensation: Benefit from a competitive salary with ongoing market analysis and comprehensive benefits.
The community you'll be caring for:
- Located on a lush tropical campus, our flagship hospital, 1,368-bed AdventHealth Orlando
- Serves as the major tertiary facility for much of the Southeast, the Caribbean and South America
- AdventHealth Orlando houses one of the largest Emergency Departments and largest cardiac catheterization labs in the country
- We are already one of the busiest hospitals in the nation, providing service excellence to more than 32,000 inpatients and 125,000 outpatients each year
The role you'll contribute:
The child life specialist is a professional in healthcare who works with children and families to help minimize stress/anxiety and maximize positive coping throughout the healthcare experience. The child life specialist focuses on the psychosocial development of children, provides emotional support and developmentally appropriate information to increase understanding and coping with medical procedures, diagnosis, pain management and bereavement. The child life specialist also addresses the needs of siblings or other children affected by a patients' illness/diagnosis. The child life specialist utilizes play and self-expressive activities as primary resources to minimize the stress and anxiety patients and families may face during a healthcare experience. The child life specialist collaborates with the multidisciplinary team and peers to identify optimal care plans for patients and families. The child life specialist actively participates in outstanding customer service and accepts responsibility in maintaining relationships that are equally respectful to all.
The value you'll bring to the team:
- Demonstrates, through behavior, AdventHealth Orlando service standards.
- Meets all requirements for CLS job description.
- Maintain child life certification by attending professional development webinars, in services, and conferences.
- May assist in application review and interview process for child life students and serve as a child life mentor.
Qualifications
Must meet the following requirements:
- Meets all requirements for CLS job description
- Ability to work independently
- Demonstrates core competence with all child life skills
- Minimum of Bachelor's degree in Child Life, Education, Recreation Therapy, Child Development or related field
- Professional child life certification through the Child Life Professional Certification Examination (CCLS)
- A minimum of 4000 hours as a CCLS is required to mentor child life interns
- CCLS required to observe a minimum of one perinatal/NICU/pediatric bereavement and one adult bereavement within first six months of CCLS 1 level
Created: 2024-09-05
Reference: 23044720
Country: United States
State: Florida
City: Orlando
ZIP: 32829
About AdventHealth
Founded in: 1973
Number of Employees: 80000
Website: https://www.adventhealth.com/
Career site: https://jobs.adventhealth.com/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdventHealth
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adventhealth/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdventHealth/
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