Functions as a member of a multidisciplinary team in meeting the development, psychosocial and intellectual needs of pediatric patients and their families. Implements a therapeutic medical preparation program, and supervises, organizes and directs age appropriate therapeutic play experiences in order to help alleviate anxiety and provide a sense of normalcy. Orients, trains and supervises students and volunteers assigned to unit.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Education
Bachelor’s Degree
Minimum Work Experience
1 year previous experience
Required Licenses/Certifications
CPR-BCLS
Child Life Professional Certification - required prior to hire
Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
Child Life, Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Psychology or related fields.
Hendrick Health was founded in 1924 as a not-for-profit healthcare institution in response to a community need for quality healthcare. Throughout the decades, Hendrick has grown with the community, offering a wide range of comprehensive healthcare services to the Texas Midwest. In 2020, Hendrick Medical Center became Hendrick Health and expanded to a three campus system—Hendrick Medical Center and Hendrick Medical Center South in Abilene; and Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood in Brownwood.
Hendrick has received the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award every year since the award's inception in 2007, the 2021 Modern Healthcare Best Places to Work for the third year, the 2020 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired, Level 8 Acute recognition, as well as its ongoing Pathway to Excellence designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
The mission created 100 years ago continues today, and it will remain so as Hendrick Health moves into the future, "to deliver high quality healthcare emphasizing excellence and compassion consistent with the healing ministry of Jesus Christ."
