Child Life Specialist II-Pediatric Palliative Care

Job Summary:


In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this individual contributor role is also responsible for normalizing the environment; preparing children psychologically for tests, surgeries, and other medical procedures; providing support for grief and bereavement, including legacy building and memory making; supporting children and families during medical procedures and identified stress points; fostering sibling understanding, coping, and support; and developing care plans based on assessment of the childs development, temperament, coping style, culture, potential stressors, family strengths, needs, and social supports.
This includes proactively engaging children in therapeutic medical play and recreational play that promote self-healing, self-expression, understanding, and mastery; leading patient- and family-centered care practice; delivering and promoting non-pharmacological pain management; ensuring and coordinating trauma support and education; an...