Child Life Specialist Jobs in the United States
Norton Healthcare
Louisville, Kentucky
The Child Life Therapist provides psychosocial support to meet the needs of the patients and families; plans and coordinates activities designed to further the social, emotional, intellectual and physical growth of the child within the inpatient and outpatient setting, utilizing age appropriate principles of growth and development; acts an advocate for the patients and families. Responsibilities: The role of the Lead Child Life Therapist is to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate psychosocial patient/family needs for patients aged neonatal to 17 years (Neonates, Pediatric, Adolescent).
Agape Care Group
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Essential Functions: The Child Life Specialist essential functions: Assesses patients to identify the psychosocial, financial and environmental needs of patients as evidenced by documentation, clinical records, case conferences, team report, call-in logs, and on-sit e evaluation. A leading hospice, palliative, and pediatric comfort care provider in the Southeast, Agape Care Group is dedicated to serving patients and families with love and delivering the highest quality care.
Georgia Hospice Care
Albany, Georgia
Essential Functions: The Child Life Specialist essential functions: Assesses patients to identify the psychosocial, financial and environmental needs of patients as evidenced by documentation, clinical records, case conferences, team report, call-in logs, and on-sit e evaluation. Hands of Hope is Georgia Hospice Care’s pediatric program that offers two home-based lines of service – palliative care and concurrent hospice care – for any child managing a life-limiting illness.
The Paley Institute
West Palm Beach, FL
Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance. Acts as an advocate for children and their families and uses knowledge of child development to enhance the environment for pediatric patients.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center : Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. Fostering Innovation: - Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.-
MUSC
Charleston, South Carolina
The Specialist will work closely with the multidisciplinary hematology team, including physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and case managers, to provide patient- and family-centered care throughout the continuum of treatment. The role focuses on addressing the unique psychosocial, emotional, and developmental needs of this population, including support during painful episodes, frequent hospitalizations, and complex care journeys.
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare
Tallahassee, Florida
Must be certified as a Child Life Specialist by the Child Life Council or be eligible and obtain certification within 18 months of start date and maintain professional affiliations and license through the Child Life Council. Supervises all student Interns to include multiple disciplines such as Art, Family & Child Life Sciences, Child Life Practicum, and Creating Opportunities for Parent Empowerment Program (COPE).
Fairview Health Services
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Establish safe and engaging play spaces that promote cross cultural connections, facility group play, and encourage children to choose and explore at their own pace. In addition to daily patient care needs, this individual is responsible for providing facility dog with daily care breaks and appropriate assessment and communication of needs.
MUSC
North Charleston, South Carolina
You will work closely with our radiology team (technicians, nurses, physicians and others) to create an emotionally safe and supportive experience for children and adolescents. The ideal applicant will have a Master's Degree in Child Life or a Bachelor's Degree with 1 plus years of experience working as a Child Life Specialist.
MUSC
Charleston, South Carolina
The Certified Child Life Specialists is to create, introduce and launch comprehensive child life programming that addresses the unique developmental and psychosocial needs of premature infants, their caregivers and siblings in our 80-bed, level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Education: The appropriate candidate will have a master's degree in child life or a bachelor's degree in child life and one + years of experience working in a child life program.
MUSC
Charleston, South Carolina
The CCLS collaborates with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to advocate for/ensure that developmentally appropriate, emotionally safe, family-centered care is being provided to patients and families. The CCLS will utilize developmentally appropriate information, therapeutic play interventions, procedure support, emotional processing and coping strategies to improve the patients and families experience.
ECU Health
$21.53 - $31.38
Greenville, NC
Child Life internship, course work related to development of children and effects of hospitalization, preparation and coping techniques for hospitalized children and bereavement education, continuing education is required. ECU Health Medical Center, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the 974-bed flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the primary teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.
Hackensack Meridian Health
Hackensack, New Jersey
The Child Life Specialist implements child life care providing a safe and nurturing environment where children and adolescents can enrich coping skills, address psychosocial needs, and increase understanding of issues related to medical experiences. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package.
HCA Healthcare
Savannah, GA
Child life specialists use their expertise knowledge of child development and developmentally appropriate interventions to educate, prepare and support children through difficult tests, procedures, and assist in these life altering experiences their families experience due to chronic or acute illness, treatment, and recovery. Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
USA Health
Mobile, Alabama
Our team of doctors, advanced care providers, nurses, therapists and researchers provide the region's most advanced medicine at multiple facilities, campuses, clinics and classrooms. Qualifications: Bachelors degree in child life, childhood development, therapeutic recreation or a related field from an accredited institution as approved and accepted by the University of South Alabama.
HCA Healthcare
Brandon, FL
Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more. Provides education, prepare and support children through difficult tests, procedures and sometimes drastic changes that happen within their families due to chronic illness, treatment and recovery.
Rush University Medical Center
$23.12 - $36.41
Chicago, IL
The Child Life programs are goal oriented and include providing age-appropriate education about child’s illness and hospitalization, procedural preparation and support, non-pharmacological pain management interventions, infant stimulation, promoting socialization, providing sensory stimulation, developing coping skills, enhancing body image and awareness, increasing self-esteem, facilitating positive adjustment, fostering self-expression, and maintaining autonomy, non-pharmacological pain management activities, and providing age-appropriate education about the child’s illness and hospitalization. The Child Life Specialist 2 is responsible for the coordination, planning, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive therapeutic and educational programs for infants, children, adolescents and their families as well coordinates and overseescoordinating and overseeing internal training, processing, and programs.
Weisman Children's Rehabilitation Hospital
$33 - $35
Marlton, NJ
The Certified Therapeutic Recreational Specialist is an integral member of the Interdisciplinary Team, responsible for the assessment of play, recreation, leisure skills, and psychosocial adjustment to hospitalization, to facilitate therapy, leisure education, and recreation participation for the pediatric (re)habilitation of children ages birth to 20 years of age. Weisman Children's is a highly-acclaimed, community-based pediatric organization consisting of an acute care rehabilitation hospital, outpatient rehabilitation centers, and medical day care centers.
HCA Healthcare
Miami, FL
The Child Life Specialist, in collaboration with medical and/or nursing staff, conducts medical play and psychological preparation with patients to facilitate patient and family understanding of medical procedures, to provide opportunities to express feelings, to minimize fear of such procedures, to promote a sense of mastery and to provide coping strategies. Essential Duties: The Child Life Specialist is responsible for the assessment, documentation, intervention and evaluation of patient/family psychosocial and developmental strengths and risks in collaboration with other members of the interdisciplinary patient care team.
St. Mary's Medical Center
West Palm Beach, FL
Child Life Specialist is a member of the pediatric health care team who focuses on the emotional and developmental needs of children using therapeutic and developmental play experiences which help children and families maintain normal life patterns; prevent significant developmental disruption; and mitigate psychological distress throughout their health care experience. There are so many stories of compassionate care; so many "firsts" in terms of medical innovation; so many examples of enhancing healthcare delivery and shaping a business that is truly centered around patients and community need.
UnityPoint Health
Des Moines, Iowa
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
The Child Life Specialist ensures that comprehensive services are provided to minimize the negative impact of trauma, illness, and hospitalization by addressing the emotional, cognitive, and developmental needs of patients and families throughout the healthcare experience. The hospital is also the primary teaching affiliate of the nationally ranked Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and a founding partner of Boston HealthNet - an integrated health care delivery system that includes many community health centers.
Ironside Human Resources
Florence, SC
They advocate for the child's well-being, ensuring their needs are met and their voice is heard within the healthcare setting and provide support and guidance to parents and family members, helping them cope with their own emotional challenges and the impact of the child's illness. Enjoy the unparalleled beauty of living not far from the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where pristine sandy shores meet the sparkling Atlantic Ocean.
Midland Health
Midland, Texas
Position responsible for assessing the emotional, psychosocial, educational, recreational, and therapeutic needs of patients and families; also responsible for providing patient and family education, procedural support, psychosocially supportive interventions, and play activities based on assessments; serves as a liaison between parents and professionals for the Child Life Department; collaborates with the medical providers and healthcare team in the delivery of patient care, utilizing the child life process to facilitate the delivery of patient care. Ensures the delivery of child life services through the assessment of and interaction with patients and families using developmentally appropriate play as a tool in assessing and meeting the child’s psychosocial needs, providing a therapeutic and safe environment according to the age and needs of the patient/population served.
Novant Health
Charlotte, North Carolina
The Child Life Specialist Fellow provides and advocates for high quality family centered care administered in a developmentally appropriate and emotionally safe environment, participates in the education of the multidisciplinary team on child life strategies for providing optimal care for pediatric patients and their families. The Child Life fellow plans and implement programs and services to meet the needs identified for the child life department, which may include supporting children affected by the healthcare experience of an adult.
Norton Healthcare
Louisville, Kentucky
The Child Life Specialist provides psychosocial support to meet the needs of the patients and families; plans and coordinates activities designed to further the social, emotional, intellectual and physical growth of the child within the inpatient and outpatient setting, utilizing age appropriate principles of growth and development; acts an advocate for the patients and families; performs other related duties. Responsibilities: The role of the Child Life Specialist is to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate psychosocial patient/family needs for patients aged neonatal to 17 years (Neonates, Pediatric, Adolescent).
Catholic Health
$31.96 - $38.85
West Islip, New York
BLS or CPR/AED training required and accepted from American Heart Association-BLS/ACLS for Healthcare Providers(CPR &AED Program American Red Cross-CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer. Our reputation for excellence is built on great choices and empowered leadership, and fosters a team that is focused on evidence based practice, continual learning and exceptional quality of care.
Novant Health
Charlotte, North Carolina
As a Child Life Specialist, you will provide emotional, developmental, and therapeutic support to pediatric patients and families, helping them navigate medical, surgical, and diagnostic experiences. By engaging the strengths and talents of each team member, we ensure a strong organization capable of providing remarkable healthcare to our patients, families and communities.
Novant Health
Charlotte, North Carolina
As a Child Life Specialist, you will provide emotional, developmental, and therapeutic support to pediatric patients and families, helping them navigate medical, surgical, and diagnostic experiences. By engaging the strengths and talents of each team member, we ensure a strong organization capable of providing remarkable healthcare to our patients, families and communities.
Novant Health
Charlotte, North Carolina
As a Child Life Specialist, you will provide emotional, developmental, and therapeutic support to pediatric patients and families, helping them navigate medical, surgical, and diagnostic experiences. By engaging the strengths and talents of each team member, we ensure a strong organization capable of providing remarkable healthcare to our patients, families and communities.
Novant Health
Charlotte, North Carolina
Additional Skills/Requirements (required): Assesses the emotional, developmental, educational, and diversionary needs of hospitalized children and coordinates therapeutic interventions to address the medical, procedural, surgical, and diagnostic experiences of patients and families. The Child Life Specialist I assesses the emotional, developmental, educational, and diversionary needs of hospitalized children and coordinates therapeutic interventions to address the medical, procedural, surgical, and diagnostic experiences of patients and families.
USA Health
Mobile, Alabama
Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Child Life, Childhood Development, or a related field from an accredited institution as approved and accepted by the University of South Alabama, completion of a 600-hour clinical internship under the supervision of a Certified Child Life Specialist, and certification as a Child Life Specialist (CCLS) within 12 months of hire. Responsibilities: A Child Life Specialist (CLS) helps children and families cope with potentially stressful medical experiences and hospitalization by providing education, coping skills, procedural support, and emotional support, through age-appropriate play and education.
Baylor Scott & White Health
Temple, TX
This includes appropriate language, facial expressions, listening, emotional regulation, empathy, social awareness, relationship management, self-awareness, affective matching, and presentation skills. + Displays cultural expertise and respects patients, families, and medical staff with diverse spiritual, ethnic, language, educational, and socio-economic differences.
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Key Responsibilities: The Child Life Specialist will be responsible for:Participating in therapeutic activities and programs to meet patients' psychosocial and developmental needs, and facilitating adjustment to health care experiences for patients. We are looking for an experienced CCLS to participate in therapeutic activities to support patients and their families when facing trauma/grief, complicated diagnosis and highly acute medical situations.
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
The Child Life Specialist will be responsible for:Participating in therapeutic activities and programs to meet patients' psychosocial and developmental needs, and facilitate adjustment to health care experiences . Experience: General skills to resolve problems requiring the use of child development theory, professional child life principles, and experienced‑based knowledge.
Sanford Health
$20.5 - $33
Sioux Falls, SD
Develop, coordinate and implement the delivery of developmentally appropriate play activities, expressive arts, and special events for pediatric patients and their families within the health care setting, both at the bedside and in playroom settings. Understands special needs of children with chronic or disabling conditions, with expertise in the use of play activities in a health care environment and in-depth knowledge of research regarding children in health care settings.
HCA Healthcare
San Antonio, TX
As a Child Life Specialist, you will plan and provide therapeutic activities and appropriate psychosocial/developmental care for pediatric and adolescent patients and families, to assist them in effectively coping with stress and anxiety of health care experiences, and in cooperation with other members of the health care team, integrate therapeutic intervention with overall care and treatment of patients. Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
The University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
The Child Life Specialist will provide psychosocial support to children and families during hospitalization and will be responsible for designing and maintaining the physical, therapeutic, developmental and educational environment of Child Life Services in a manner that promotes a child/family friendly atmosphere. The Child Life Specialist lends expertise and knowledge of child growth and development to the healthcare team, adjusts interaction and/or treatment to match each patients developmental, educational and other related needs.
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
The Child Life Specialist (Multidisciplinary) will:Participate in therapeutic activities and programs to meet patients' psychosocial and developmental needs, and facilitate adjustment to health care experiences in a variety of departments. Coverage of the full satellite departments/cross coverage required, supporting children & families in clinic areas including, but not limited to – Phlebotomy, Radiology, Orthopedics, ORL and other specialties.
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
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. 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.
University of Kentucky
$19 - $30.09
Lexington, KY
Required License/Registration/CertificationChild Life Certification from the Association of Child Life Professionals within 18 months of hire datePhysical RequirementsThis position requires intermittently standing or walking with objects weighing up to 25 pounds; and occasionally lifting, pushing, and/or pulling objects weighing up to or over 50 pounds; sitting at a computer workstation for extended periods of time and performing tasks with repetitive motions (such as typing); working at heights above four feet, and/or in confined spaces. Posting Details Posting Details Job TitleChild Life Specialist/UKHCRequisition NumberRE49583Working TitleChild Life SpecialistDepartment NameH3062:KCH-AdministrationWork LocationLexington, KYGrade Level08Salary Range$19.00-30.09/hourType of PositionStaffPosition Time Status Full-TimeRequired EducationBAClick here for more information about equivalencies:https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalenciesRequired
Children's Mercy KC
Kansas City, Missouri
Responsibilities: Clinical Services and Intervention: Generate positive behavioral, psychological, and physiological outcomes through individualized interventions with pediatric patients throughout diagnosis, treatment, transitions of care, loss, grief, and/or bereavement. Practice Management: Represent, communicate, and teach child life services appropriately to other professionals, volunteers, students, and the community; work collaboratively with all parties as needed to achieve optimal outcomes.
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Participating in therapeutic activities and programs to meet patients' psychosocial and developmental needs, and facilitating adjustment to health care experiences for patients . Minimum Qualifications Education: Bachelor's degree in Child Development, Child Life, or a closely related field with a concentration in child life.
Baylor Scott & White Health
Grapevine, TX
Exhibits cultural awareness while interacting with patients, families, and medical team from varied spiritual, ethnic, linguistic, educational and socio-economic backgrounds. + Has considerable understanding of areas such as child development and life theory, evidence-based practice, childhood trauma, grief, and therapeutic practices.
Norton Healthcare
Louisville, Kentucky
The Child Life Therapist provides psychosocial support to meet the needs of the patients and families; plans and coordinates activities designed to further the social, emotional, intellectual and physical growth of the child within the inpatient and outpatient setting, utilizing age appropriate principles of growth and development; acts an advocate for the patients and families; performs other related duties. Opened in November of 2024, this state-of-the-art facility is at 850 South 28th Street and offers comprehensive services, including a 24-hour emergency department, inpatient care, operating rooms and imaging technology.
Norton Healthcare
Louisville, Kentucky
The Child Life Therapist provides psychosocial support to meet the needs of the patients and families; plans and coordinates activities designed to further the social, emotional, intellectual and physical growth of the child within the inpatient and outpatient setting, utilizing age appropriate principles of growth and development; acts an advocate for the patients and families; performs other related duties. Responsibilities: The role of the Child Life Therapist is to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate psychosocial patient/family needs for patients aged neonatal to 17 years (Neonates, Pediatric, Adolescent).
Doral Medical and Multi Specialty Facility LLC
Queens, NY
If you're excited about making a difference in the lives of children and families during their healthcare journey, we would love to hear from you! Foster a safe, nurturing environment that encourages children to express their feelings and develop coping strategies.
Doral Medical and Multi Specialty Facility LLC
Brooklyn, NY
If you're excited about making a difference in the lives of children and families during their healthcare journey, we would love to hear from you! Foster a safe, nurturing environment that encourages children to express their feelings and develop coping strategies.
Doral Medical and Multi Specialty Facility LLC
Manhattan, NY
If you're excited about making a difference in the lives of children and families during their healthcare journey, we would love to hear from you! Foster a safe, nurturing environment that encourages children to express their feelings and develop coping strategies.
Doral Medical and Multi Specialty Facility LLC
Bronx, NY
If you're excited about making a difference in the lives of children and families during their healthcare journey, we would love to hear from you! Foster a safe, nurturing environment that encourages children to express their feelings and develop coping strategies.