What are the responsibilities and job description for the Child Life Specialist position at By the Bay Health?
By The Bay Health, a non-profit established in 1975, set the standard for hospice in the U.S. by emphasizing the role of the patient in making important medical decisions. Our spectrum of home-based services now includes Skilled Home Health Care, Palliative Care, Adult Hospice Care and Pediatric Care. Our team approach strives to address practical, social, emotional and spiritual aspects of care, with the goal to maximize quality of life for our patients, caregivers and families.
This position offers competitive pay, generous benefits and a supportive work environment.
We are seeking a Child Life Specialist will use play and psychological preparation as primary tools to facilitate coping and adjustment at times and under circumstances that might prove overwhelming in dealing with life threatening illness.
Schedule
This hybrid position is 1 day a week covering Marin, Sonoma and S.F. Counties
By the Bay Health follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Plan, implement and document the Child Life treatment for each patient
- Utilizes a variety of Child Life modalities based on a careful assessment of the patient and family needs.
- Address individual treatments that meet the needs of chronically ill and terminally ill patients using Child Life therapy techniques best suited for the
- Provides Child Life therapy to reduce anxiety or depression, as a coping method and allows for active involvement in the healing process for the patient/family.
Education/Experience:
- One year's experience in a health care setting
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
- Certification through the Child Life Council
- Current California Driver's License and automobile insurance that meets State of California requirements, if driving a car
Pay Range:
$37.00 - $43.00 hourly
By the Bay Health is proud to serve our community as an equal employment opportunity employer. Everyone is valued and welcome at BTBH. Our organization is committed to diversity, equity and continues to build a culture of inclusion by recruiting, screening, hiring and retaining any qualified individual without regard to age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, registered domestic partner status, citizenship, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military care status, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by Federal, state, or local laws.
Salary : $37 - $43
