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Child Life Specialist
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- As a Child Life Specialist, you will be working with patients and families to communicate with our interdisciplinary team, child life team and other patients/families.
- The child life role allows caregivers to provide empathy, support and help patients build coping skills to take with them for future experiences.
- Assesses developmental, psychosocial, emotional and cultural needs using a strengths-based approach, the child life specialist provides developmentally appropriate education for medical procedures and diagnoses, non-pharmacological pain management, therapeutic play and emotional and bereavement support for the patient and family.
- Functioning as a member of the health care team, the child life specialist is responsible for supporting pediatric and adult patients and their family members in adjusting to healthcare experiences, illness/injury and loss across critical care, acute and ambulatory health care settings, and relaxation techniques to decrease stress and increase coping skills.
- Adhere to and embrace Enterprise Child Life team norms.
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