Child Life Specialist - Pediatric Palliative Care
Where
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
St. Petersburg, FL, United States
Salary Range (Annual Salary)
$47,000 - $76,000
Description
Position Summary
The Child Life Specialist supports pediatric patients and families by reducing stress, promoting coping, and enhancing the healthcare experience through developmentally appropriate interventions. This role collaborates closely with the interdisciplinary care team to assess psychosocial needs, provide therapeutic support, and create a safe, child-friendly environment that supports positive outcomes.
This position will support the Palliative Care team throughout inpatient units. This position will support the team as a psychosocial professional, collaborating with the team in their approach to patients and families navigating complex health care journeys. Interventions are multidisciplinary conversations with patients and families at bedside, education for palliative care fellows and palliative care champions, and communication within the health care team.
The ideal candidate is creative, compassionate, and an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal, organizational, and group facilitation skills.
Key Responsibilities
Assess the developmental, emotional, social, and psychosocial needs of patients and families
Provide child life interventions to support coping with illness, hospitalization, pain, bereavement, and loss
Create a therapeutic environment that promotes comfort, safety, and positive coping
Facilitate individual and group activities to encourage socialization and emotional support
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and document interventions in the medical record
Educate patients, families, staff, and the community on the psychosocial needs of pediatric patients
Train and mentor interns, students, and volunteers
Prioritize care for patients and families with the greatest psychosocial needs
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Child Life, Child Development, or a related field; Master’s preferred
Child Life Certification required within one year of hire
Strong knowledge of child development and pediatric psychosocial care
AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) required
Salary Range: Minimum 23.02/hour - Maximum 36.83/hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility.
The Hospital reserves the right to modify employee schedules as needed.
We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, where we embrace and celebrate our differences, where all employees feel valued, contribute to our mission of serving the community, and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.
Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are drug-free workplace employers.
Apply
Attn: Angela Hammonds
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (727) 767-8480