Child Life Specialist

🔍 Calgary Zone, Calgary, Alberta Children's Hospital

📁: Psychology

📅   : ALB00473973 Requisition #

📅   : Jan 08, 2025 Post Date

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Classification: Child Life Specialist

Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH

Unit and Program: Child Life, Allied Health

Primary Location: Alberta Children's Hospital

Location Details: As Per Location

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE: 0.70

Posting End Date: 15-JAN-2025

Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits

Date Available: 24-FEB-2025

Temporary End Date: 31-AUG-2026

Hours per Shift: 10.83

Length of Shift in weeks: 2

Shifts per cycle: 5

Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings

Days Off: As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary: $37.35

Maximum Salary: $49.73

Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of bachelor's degree in Child Life, Education, Psychology or other related field.

Additional Required Qualifications:

ACLP (Association of Child Life Professionals) Child Life certification required. Minimum 1-3 years of experience working as a Child Life Specialist in a pediatric acute health care setting. Clinical experience of working in emergency department and PICU required. Demonstrated skills in non-pharmacological pain management techniques used to assist children and youth. Demonstrated experience with procedural preparation and supporting children/youth through painful procedures. Demonstrated experience prioritizing referrals from multiple program areas/units. Experience planning and facilitating therapeutic group programs for children and youth. Volunteer training and supervision experience. Demonstrated ability to teach and deliver education material to families in an engaging and meaningful way. Demonstrated ability to function independently and within a multidisciplinary team environment. Demonstrated understanding of a Family Centered Care service delivery model. Clinical experience and education working with trauma, grief and loss.

Preferred Qualifications:

Medical Hypnosis training, demonstrating ability to apply techniques of medical hypnosis with children/youth in a variety of clinical settings within the hospital. Motivational Interviewing training.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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