Child Life Specialist- Palliative Care- Full-Time, Days at Texas Health Resources – Fort Worth, Texas

Child Life Specialist - Palliative Care - Full-Time, Days

Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together

Work location: Texas Health Fort Worth - 1301 Pennsylvania Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76104

Work hours: Full-Time, Days

Department Highlights:

Fast-Paced, high-volume Palliative Care Department. Patients are admitted to this 16 bed unit for chronic medical and palliative care. The patient population on this unit consist of patients with multiple acute chronic diseases requiring aggressive treatment such as Copd, Heart Failure, Pneumonia, Infectious Diseases as well as those facing end of life care. This position will office on the palliative care unit but will also support child life cases across all departments and specialties within the hospital. Will support pediatric patients and pediatric family members under the age of 18 to prepare them for their own illness or a family members diagnosis.

Here's What You Need

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Child Life, Child Development or a closely related field required.

• Completion of a child life internship required.

Experience

• 1 Year of experience in Child Life position in Hospital setting preferred.

Licenses and Certifications

• BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly required.

• CCLS - Certified Child Life Specialist upon hire required.

What You Will Do

• Provide developmentally appropriate explanations to the patient, siblings, peers, and family members in regards to the healthcare environment and routine; the sequence, nature, and reasons for procedures; coping skills and pain management techniques; diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis; death and grief reactions.

• Facilitate child's mastery of and coping with health care experience by providing play opportunities and other experiences which foster continued growth and development.

• Serve as a resource on child and adolescent development to the hospital.

• Communicate observations, assessments, and recommendations for care related to psychosocial needs of patients and families in the form of verbal reports, multi-disciplinary rounds, and documentation in medical records.

• Family Support: Involve the family members in the child life plan of care.

• Provide emotional support to the patient's family members and peers.

• Promotes a positive image of Texas Health.

• Takes responsibility for the quality and accountability of one's professional role.

• Serves as a clinical role model to nursing staff and healthcare team members.

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Child Life Specialist

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment programs as well as several other benefits.

• Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.

• Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).

• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

Texas Health Fort Worth is an 851-bed, Magnet-designated, full-service hospital that has served the Fort Worth community since 1930.

We offer advanced care in cardiovascular services, high-risk obstetrics, gynecology, neurosciences, sports medicine, and emergency medicine. Our hospital also features certified programs in Advanced Hip and Knee Replacement, Brain Tumor Treatment, Advanced Spine Care, and Advanced Palliative Care. We are also home to a kidney transplant program that underscores our high-acuity capabilities, and we support Graduate Medical Education (GME) to help train the next generation of physicians.

Texas Health Fort Worth is Joint Commission-certified as a Comprehensive Cardiac Center, a Comprehensive Stroke Center, and a Level I Trauma Center. We are also a designated Magnet hospital and recognized as the Best Place to Have a Baby in Tarrant County. Texas Health Fort Worth continues to be a top choice in North Texas for emergency services, women's health, cardiac care, and more.

If you're ready to join us in our mission to improve the health of our community, then let's show the world how we're even better together!

Learn more about our culture, benefits, and recent awards.

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org

#;LI-SP1

Primary Location: Fort Worth
Job: Support Services
Organization: Texas Health Fort Worth 1301 Pennsylvania Ave TX 76104
Shift: Day Job
Employee Status: Regular
Job Type: Standard
Schedule: Full-time