We are searching for a compassionate CERTIFIED Child Life Specialist to join our team. Are you skilled in helping children and their families navigate illness and end-of-life decisions? Your ability to create a supportive environment will make a profound difference.
Enjoy competitive pay, great PTO package, floating holidays, great benefits: medical, dental, vision, short term and long-term disability, life insurance, retirement plan with 6% company match and 3-year vesting, continuing education, tuition reimbursement, employee loan program with zero interest repayment plan, flexible work environment, and much more.
Job Summary:
Primary function is to provide a developmental plan for the facilitation of therapeutic interventions with children and their families. Responsible for helping children and families cope with the stress and grief of terminal illness. Ensures the coordination of children and families in community activities.
Job Classification: Clinical
Lines of Authority: Reports to Director, Family Care Services
Job Qualifications:
Environmental and Working Conditions:
Works in patient homes in various conditions. Occasional exposure to infectious diseases; ability to travel locally; some exposure to unpleasant weather.
Physical and Mental Effort:
Prolonged standing, walking and sitting required; requires working under some stressful conditions to meet deadlines and patient/family needs; and to make quick decisions and resource acquisition; meet patient/family psychosocial needs. Must provide hepatitis acceptance/declination, proof of Tb test.
Criminal History: Must pass background checks
Established in 1891, Visiting Nurse Association (VNA Home Health) is a nonprofit home health agency. We offer a wide range of in-home services for people in and around Kansas City. Our legacy of more than 125 years of excellence in home health comes from our belief that people not only need someone to care for them, they also need someone to care about them. That’s what we do at VNA, and our patients say it’s one of many things that set us apart.
As the oldest home health agency in Kansas City and the sixth oldest in the United States, we have history and experience patients can trust. We are governed by a volunteer board of directors that includes many of Kansas City’s most influential business and civic leaders. VNA nurses and therapists average more than ten years of patient care experience, with three to five years experience in home health care.
Through our dedication to the health and wellness of this community, we deliver positive clinical outcomes that exceed national averages. We use the latest technology available to meet the changing needs of our community.
What we do for our patients may be complex, but our mission is simple: to bring exceptional health care into the homes of everyone we serve.