About This Job
Summary:
Children and families often experience increased anxiety about illness and medical procedures. Primary role is to help infants, children, youth and families cope with the stress and uncertainty of hospitalization. Provides direct patient care utilizing developmentally appropriate therapeutic play, education, preparation and support. Collaborates with the healthcare team to provide social, emotional, and developmental support during a pediatric patient’s illness and hospitalization.
Detailed responsibilities:
• Performs developmental and psychosocial assessments of patients. Collaborates with the healthcare team to plan appropriate interventions, provides appropriate education to patients and their caregivers, helps reduce patient stress and anxiety, and builds and maintains positive relationships with patients, families, and organizations/groups that support pediatric patients and programs.
• Supports patients through difficult tests, procedures and sometimes drastic changes due to chronic or acute illness, treatment and recovery.
• Promotes the role of parents and other family members as full partners on the healthcare team and promotes the philosophy of patient- and family-centered care.
• Develops and/or participates in outreach and educational activities to educate families, staff and the community about issues and services related to ill and hospitalized children.
• Implements therapeutic play to facilitate healing, coping, mastery, self-expression, creativity, achievement and learning.
• Orients, trains, and supervises child life students and volunteers.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview and additional duties may be assigned.
Experience & Requirements
Working Conditions
About Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hospital
Disclaimer
Memorial Healthcare System is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity.
Memorial Healthcare System recruits, hires and promotes qualified candidates for employment opportunities without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any factor prohibited by law.
We are proud to offer Veteran’s Preference to former military, reservists and military spouses (including widows and widowers). You must indicate your status on your application to take advantage of this program.
Employment is subject to post offer, pre-placement assessment, including drug testing.
If you need reasonable accommodation during the application process, please call 954-276-8340 (M-F, 8am-5pm) or email TalentAcquisitionCenter@mhs.net
Job Details
Job Category:
Nursing Support
Facility:
Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hospital
Department:
Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hospital
Job ID:
33182
Location:
Hollywood, FL
Work Shift:
FT DAYS
Shift Hours:
8:00-5:00
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