Job Description

Status

Full-Time

Standard Hours per Week

40

Job Posting Category

Clinical

Job Posting Description

Department Summary:
Please note that travel is required to both our Boston and Waltham hospitals.
Schedule: Hours 8:00am-4:30pm or 8:30am – 5:00pm
Tuesday - Boston
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday – Waltham

The clinicians in Boston Children’s Department of Urology — ranked among the best in the nation in pediatric urology by U.S. News & World Report — provide expert care for the entire spectrum of urologic conditions. Our team sees infants, children, and adolescents with common urological conditions such as hydronephrosis, urinary reflux, undescended testicles, kidney stones, hypospadias, and urinary incontinence We also offer deep expertise and a multispecialty approach to more complex urological conditions including bladder exstrophy and epispadias, spina bifida, cloacal deformities, and genitourinary cancers.

Key Responsibilities:
The Child Life Specialist will:

• Participate in therapeutic activities and programs to meet patients' psychosocial and developmental needs, and facilitate adjustment to health care experiences in the intensive care unit
• Serve as member of multidisciplinary team.
• Delegate work assignments to volunteers and participate in clinical training of student interns.
• Work 40 hours per week

Minimum Qualifications
Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Child Development, Child Life, or a closely related field with a concentration in child life.
• 600-hour Child Life internship under the supervision of a certified child life specialist.

Experience:

• General skills to resolve problems requiring the use of child development theory, professional child life principles, and experienced‑based knowledge.
• Well-developed writing skills, and excellent communication skills including conflict resolution to effectively work as a team member.

Licensure/ Certifications:
Certification in Child Life Specialist required within 1 year of hire for all new hires.

Office/Site Location

Boston

Regular, Temporary, Per Diem

Regular

Remote Eligibility

Onsite Only

Pay Range

$52228.80-$83564.00 Annual