Coordinator - Certified Child Life Specialist - Child Life - Full Time

Location: Manchester, NH, United States; onsite role

Company

hirify.global provides hospital-based healthcare through Elliot Hospital's Women's and Children's Services and Pediatric/Adolescent Center.

What you will do

• Coordinate, implement, and evaluate Child Life services across the health system.
• Provide direct Child Life care, including assessing pediatric patients' emotional, educational, and recreational needs and preparing children for hospitalization, surgeries, and procedures.
• Lead, orient, mentor, train, and supervise Child Life staff, students, volunteers, and interns.
• Collaborate with medical and nursing staff, Music Therapy, leadership, community organizations, vendors, and the foundation to advance pediatric programming.
• Manage program projects, data collection, resources, donations, budgets, grant applications, and marketing content.
• Educate staff, patients, families, and the public about children's psychosocial needs and provide bereavement follow-up.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in human growth and development, education, psychology, or a related field.
• Certified Child Life Specialist credential required.
• Completion of a 600-hour Child Life internship supervised by a Certified Child Life Specialist.
• Three to five years of experience working with hospitalized or healthy infants, children, and adolescents in a hospital, private practice, or community-based setting.
• Work is based onsite in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits begin on the first day of the month following the start date.
• Accrued earned time.
• 403(b) plan with matching, full vesting, and discretionary annual core contributions.
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $4,000 per year for eligible full-time employees working more than 30 hours per week.
• Pet insurance, legal services, and vendor discounts.
• Regular work shift: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.