Child Life Specialist

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 per diem position offers competitive pay 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

Per diem; approximately 8 hours per week

Location:

San Francisco County with additional coverage to San Mateo & Alameda Counties as needed

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 client


• 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.