The specialist provides Child Life services, including one-on-one support and interventions for pediatric patients and their families to help them cope with hospitalization stress. This role involves developing individual activity programs and making clinical decisions in collaboration with the healthcare team.
Requirements summary
Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree and be eligible to sit for the Child Life Council Certification exam. This position requires baseline clinical experience to inform decision-making processes.
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Job description
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is looking for a dedicated Child Life Specialist 1 to join the Adolescent Psych Unit team.
This role will be working Full Time Monday – Friday, 11am-7pm.
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience.
We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits: Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
Retirement
Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
Tuition and
Student
Loan
Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
Mental
Health
Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
Work/Life
Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules.
Child
Life
Specialist 1
Job
Responsibilities: Provides Child Life services for all pediatric patients, sibling/family support and interventions. Provides one on one support and helps patients cope with stresses of hospitalization. Develops individual program of activities. Makes clinical decisions in collaboration with healthcare team based on theoretical knowledge and baseline clinical experience measured by patient satisfaction scores, length of stay data and the Child Life database. Assists in establishing policies/procedure, goals and a statement of purpose. Assists in facilitating the utilization of community groups, entertainment, celebrity visitors and public relations program within the community. Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum
Requirements:
Education:
Bachelor's degree
Certification: Eligible to sit for Child Life Council Certification exam.
Preferred Qualifications: Strong technical savvy
We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider.
Benefits
Paid time off
Medical coverage
Paid parental leave
Flexible work schedules
Mental health support
Tuition assistance
Vision coverage
Dental coverage
Retirement matching
Student loan assistance
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At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.
Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.
