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Essential Function:
Reduce pediatric patient fear, anxiety, and distress during medical experiences by delivering age-appropriate preparation, coping strategies, and emotional support.
Support the psychosocial and developmental well-being of pediatric patients and families to promote resilience, positive coping, and improved care experiences.
Enhance patient cooperation and clinical efficiency during procedures through therapeutic interventions and effective communication.
Assess and address developmental, emotional, and behavioral needs to ensure individualized, appropriate care.
Provide crisis, grief, and bereavement support to help patients and families navigate complex and emotionally challenging situations.
Strengthen family understanding and engagement by facilitating clear, developmentally appropriate education and communication.
Partner with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other interdisciplinary team members to integrate psychosocial care into treatment plans and improve overall patient outcomes.
Serve as a key liaison between patients, families, and care teams to enhance communication, reduce misunderstandings, and support coordinated, patient-centered care.
Contribute to interdisciplinary care planning and team discussions by providing expert insight into child development, emotional responses, and coping strategies.
Promote a supportive, child-friendly environment and ensure therapeutic programming and resources meet patient needs and align with clinical goals.
Education:
Required: A bachelor’s degree in child life, psychology, child development, or a related field.
Experience:
Required: Completion of 600-hour Child Life Internship, supervised by a Certified Child Life Specialist
1 year of pediatric healthcare experience as a Child Life Specialist.
Licensure/Certification/Listing:
Required: A certification as a Child Life Specialist (CLS)
BLS
Work Shift :
Days/No Weekends (United States of America)On Call Required
NoFTE:
1Job Type:
Full Time (40 Hours/Week)Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.
Open job postingAbout the company
Exceptional People Providing Exceptional Care! Cone Health is a state of the art network of facilities providing patients access to the latest developments in medical care from their first moments of life through later years. Our network offers the most breakthrough treatments and technology available in healthcare today. As a teaching hospital, we offer employees the opportunity to become leaders in the industry and continued growth from their first day on. Extraordinary patient care is about being “high-touch” as well as “high-tech”. Community service and superior patient care are the cornerstones of our organization, a philosophy that is demonstrated by each and every one of our valued team members. We are proud to be the largest private, not-for-profit employer of choice in the Piedmont, NC area community!