Job Description

Child life specialists are uniquely trained pediatric healthcare professionals that provide developmentally appropriate care to meet the individualized needs of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Child life specialists collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to achieve the needs of each patient through developing and implementing interventions to help patients and their families cope with their hospital experience. The use of developmentally appropriate play and therapeutic activities allows for psychosocial development and normalization of the hospital environment. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include demonstrating developmentally appropriate knowledge and skills necessary to assess and interact with a diverse population of pediatric patients and their families; designing and implementing individual interventions based on assessment of a patient's development, coping style, diagnosis/treatment, and psychosocial supports; using medical play and developmentally appropriate language and teaching tools to ensure adequate preparation for medical interventions and encourage understanding and mastery of diagnosis, medical care and experiences; using therapeutic/diversional techniques to support patients during treatments and procedures; providing developmentally appropriate play and activities to support normal growth and development; communicating pertinent information concerning patient care at appropriate rounds, with the multidisciplinary team and documentation in patient's medical record; providing bereavement resources and memory making throughout hospital including but not limited to pediatric units, labor and delivery, neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric and adult emergency departments, and adult intensive care units; providing support and activities to developmentally delayed patients on adult units; supporting in-hospital/home tutoring services that reduce loss of educational ground; coordinating and managing on-going practicum students and volunteer program including pediatric orientation, schedule management, delegated tasks, and managing playroom; planning and facilitating community and holiday events; assessing and coordinating all donations for pediatrics from the community and assisting public relations and the Albany Med Foundation with hospital tours, check presentations and fundraisers; maintaining playroom utilized by a diverse pediatric population; completing consultations for the children of adult patients at AMC upon request; participating in unit-based and hospital-wide committees, projects, educational activities, and special events. Qualifications include Bachelor's Degree in Child Life, Child Development or related field (required), Master's Degree preferred, 600-hour Child Life internship under direct supervision of a certified Child Life Specialist (required), one year experience in hospital setting preferred, Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS) within 1 year required, and other skills and abilities related to pediatric care and teamwork. Physical demands and working conditions are also described.

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