Child Life Specialist (Per Diem)

Description

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Summary:

UNC Health Care is recruiting per diem, Certified Child Life Specialists to join our UNC Children's Hospital team located on the beautiful campus of UNC Chapel Hill. As a top-tier academic medical center, UNC Children's hospital upholds a four-tiered mission to "CARE," aligning clinical care, advocacy, research, and education to deliver world-class, family-centered care - always regardless of a family's ability to pay. UNC Children's clinical home, N.C. Children's Hospital, is a major referral center for children with complex conditions and consistently recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of "America's Best Children's Hospitals" on its annual list.

We are seeking a dynamic, motivated, and team-oriented Per Diem Child Life Specialist with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to cross-cover on inpatient units in the children's hospital, working with multidisciplinary providers and teammates in effective, collaborative practice.

This position offers variable hours, based on patient care needs, Monday through Friday between the hours of 7:00 am and 7:00 pm, including holiday options.

Responsibilities:
1. Evaluates patient progress towards treatment goals and responses to treatment interventions, adapts as necessary in compliance with departmental performance expectations
2. Initial assessment and evaluation--Receives physicians' orders and individually assesses/evaluates patients formulates clinical impressions and recommendations for treatment, referral for other services or provision for no service based upon the analysis of assessment data, and reports assessment findings to appropriate individuals in compliance with departmental performance expectations
3. Planning--Interprets assessment data accurately, determines appropriate treatment goals in conjunction with the overall treatment plan, designs recreational therapy treatment plans and individualized treatment interventions for assigned patient population to meet their treatment needs in compliance with departmental performance expectations
4. Plans for all needed resources, coordinates program scheduling and plans and facilitates group and individual treatment interventions with co-workers and other disciplines in compliance with departmental performance expectations
5. Plans for patient discharge and recommends continued service or aftercare in accordance with departmental performance expectations

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in Therapeutic Recreation, Child Life or a related field that meets the Child Life Council's recommendation for coursework concentration in Child Life.
* Therapeutic Recreation or Child Life related Internship
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* If a Bachelor's degree in Child Life: Certification by the Child Life Certifying Commission.
* If a Bachelor's degree in Therapeutic Recreation: Licensed as a Recreational Therapist by the North Carolina Board of Recreational Therapy Licensure (NCBRTL).
* If a Bachelor's degree in Therapeutic Recreation: Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) by the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC).
Professional Experience Requirements:
* One (1) year of directly related professional experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Rec Therapy & Child Life-Peds

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 8.00

Salary Range: $20.88 - $30.02 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Variable

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.