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Do you have the career opportunities as a Child Life Assistant you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.
Job Summary and Qualifications
- Under the direction of a Child Life Specialists, as a Child Life Assistant, you will help with planning, implementing and evaluating patient recreational activities. These interventions occur at the bedside, during special events, and in common patient activity areas (playrooms, teen room, media room, etc.), The goal of the Child Life Assistant is to provide opportunities for play and to support the child life department through recreational opportunities
- You will assist with special events and departmental programming, help with advertising events to patients and families, assist patients with getting to events, or bedside visits, and help with set up and clean-up of events
- You will support the supply process thorough ordering, receiving, organizing, and distributing child life supplies (toys, activities, books, etc.) within budget guidelines
- You will assist with the donation process by collecting donations, moving them to the child life storage area, and appropriately sorting
- You will monitor use and condition of supplies, equipment and materials, including donated and purchased items, to ensure safety
- You will provide services at bedside to support development and meet recreational needs by providing activities for patients and families
What qualifications you will need:
- An Associate or Bachelor’s degree (preferred) in a related field
- Minimum one-year experience working with children in a health care setting
- American Heart Association BLS provider obtained within 6 months of hire
Benefits
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center provides Las Vegas and the Southwest region with high-quality, advanced healthcare services. We have been serving our community for nearly 60 years. Sunrise Hospital has been a Consumer Choice Award recipient for 15 consecutive years. We are the largest acute care facility in Nevada and the state's only fresh post-op Pediatric CICU. Our facility offers an advanced comprehensive stroke center which received the Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award from the GWTG.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Child Life Assistant opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
