Coordinator for Creative Engagement

Overview:

Typical schedule: M-F (8:30am-5:00pm)

Occasionally will need to work 10:30am-7:00pm shift for special events or on the weekends

Job Description Summary:

Schedules, plans, and facilitates activities, programs, and events. Maintains related resources and activity rooms to provide developmental, educational, recreational, and socialization opportunities for children and families.

Job Description:

Essential Functions:

• Engages children and families in hands-on activities to foster creativity, socialization, normalization, and play
• Adapts activities in a group setting during room-to-room visits and in bedside play to meet the identified needs with consideration of developmental, educational, physical, and social needs.
• Communicates and collaborates with team members regarding patient and family experiences, documents all patient interactions, maintains data related to activity participation, and provides timely communication.
• Schedules, plans, and organizes groups and visitors to support them in their interactions with children, families, and staff to enhance positive patient experiences.
• Actively maintains playroom resources to sustain safe, clean, and accessible learning and play environment and management of departmental resources.
• Provides training and supervision for volunteers to ensure appropriate interaction and maintaining a safe environment.

Education Requirement:

Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development, Education, psychology, or related field, required.

Licensure Requirement:

(not specified)

Certifications:

(not specified)

Skills:

• Ability to interact with both children and adults.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills including, ability to teach both individuals and groups.
• Strong planning, organizational and decision-making skills. Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to give and receive feedback.
• Experience and comfort using a variety of technology, ability to learn new skills quickly.

Experience:

Experience working with children in a healthcare setting, preferred.

Physical Requirements:

OCCASIONALLY: Climb stairs/ladder, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs, Sitting

FREQUENTLY: Bend/twist, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Chemicals/Medications, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Computer skills, Flexing/extending of neck, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Interpreting Data, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Patient Equipment, Reaching above shoulder, Repetitive hand/arm use, Squat/kneel, Walking

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Decision Making, Depth perception, Hearing acuity, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Seeing – Far/near, Standing

Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above:

(not specified)

"The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet"