Child Life Assistant

Job Description

Assists child life staff in providing psycho-social support, developmentally appropriate play and activities, and playroom supervision for patients and families to help foster a positive hospital experience.

Job Responsibility

• Coordinates playroom activities and playroom orientation for patients and family.


• Creates and maintains a welcoming and emotionally and physically safe environment.


• Sets-up, organizes and maintains activity areas.


• Provides opportunities to play, learn, and interact with others.


• Offers support to family members to assist with their adaptation to health-care experiences.


• Enables patient/family to make choices and decisions to maximize feelings of control when in the playroom.


• Guides volunteers in providing a playroom experience that is developmentally appropriate and safe.


• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.


• 0-1 years of relevant experience, required.


• Experience working in pediatrics 

*Additional Salary Detail 

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).