CHKD is seeking compassionate and caring professionals for the full-time, day-shift role of Child Life Specialist. CHKD has openings in the Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of the Main Hospital in Norfolk, VA as well as additional departments.

This Child Life Specialist role is unique! You will be working within our Cancer and Blood Disorders center. While working hands-on with patients, you'll find incredible work-life balance in this position - No Weekends, no Holidays! This role will also expand on your child life skill set; you'll be working to coordinate events for this special patient population, work directly with hospital donors, and even assist in applying for grants! 

Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree in Child Life or a related field with completion of a 600-hour pediatric Child Life internship. Candidates must also be certified in Child Life (and maintain certification) or obtain certification in Child Life within one year of hire (and maintain certification).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Child Life or related field with completion of 600-hour pediatric Child Life internship.
• Must be certified or obtain certification in Child Life within one year of hire and certification must be maintained.
• CPR Training required or must be obtained within 45 days of hire.
• Minimum of one-year experience in a pediatric healthcare setting preferred.

Health, Healing, and Hope for All Children. Those simple words embody the mission of Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters Health System. CHKD values excellence in care, collaboration, integrity, and ingenuity in all we do. A comprehensive pediatric health system, we are dedicated to care for all children regardless of the families’ ability to pay.

Benefits:

CHKD offers market competitive compensation and benefits, including affordable health, vision, dental, and supplemental insurances, generous paid time off, a 401k retirement savings plan with organization match, paid parental leave, tuition assistance, relocation assistance, and more.

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For immediate consideration as a candidate for this position, please contact Amanda Kregiel at Amanda.Kregiel@CHKD.org or apply directly to CHKD at this link: CHKD Child Life Specialist Role

Find all our positions at www.CHKD.org/Careers. Our recruiting team personally reviews each resume and application immediately for all vacancies. We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer EOE/Disability/Vet.

About Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters

Whether a child needs hospitalization, ongoing care for a chronic illness, outpatient surgery or primary care, CHKD Health System provides the staff, facilities and technologies that address the unique demands of childhood. CHKD Health System offers a network of comprehensive pediatric services in more than 40 locations that stretch from Williamsburg to Elizabeth City, North Carolina. On the outpatient side, we offer primary care, diagnostic services, urgent care, emergency care, rehabilitative therapies, day surgery and care in more than 20 pediatric subspecialties. Inpatient care is offered at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Virginia's only comprehensive freestanding pediatric hospital. CHKD is a 206-bed teaching hospital with special units for neonatal and pediatric intensive care, cancer care, acute inpatient rehabilitation, medical and surgical care, and transitional care. As a freestanding, full-service children's hospital, every inch of our facility and all members of our medical team are devoted exclusively to the needs of young people, and our patients benefit from the full range of pediatric specialists and support services available only at freestanding children's hospitals.

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