Specialist - Medical Staff - Chapin, SC, United States - Agape Care Group

Description

At Agape Care Group, Hands of Hope is our pediatric care program, which offers palliative and concurrent care for any child managing a life-limiting illness.

Our care is provided by the only nationally board-certified interdisciplinary pediatric team in South Carolina.

Through our compassionate care model, Hands of Hope provides support for the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of children and their families so they can focus on what matters most.

Become a Child Life Specialist with Agape Care Group & Hands of Hope

We are looking for nationally certified Child Life Specialist to join our team who are committed to creating meaningful patient experiences.

As a Child Life Specialist at Agape Care, you'll provide skilled social services to patients on an intermittent basis in the home.

These Child Life Specialist services are performed in accordance with the physician's orders, plan of care, and are coordinated with other team members.

And just like all of our team members, our Child Life Specialists have access to Agape Care's supportive leadership team and professional development opportunities with plenty of room for advancement.

We're Offering a $5,000 Sign On Bonus and Even More Great Benefits When You Join Our Family

~ Tuition Reimbursement
~ Immediate Access to Paid Time Off
~ Financial and Legal Assistance Program
~ Dental and Orthodontic Coverage
~ 500 Matching Health Savings Account
~ Short-term and Long-term Disability
~ A leading hospice, palliative, and pediatric comfort care provider in the Southeast, Agape Care Group is dedicated to serving patients and families with love and delivering the highest quality care. Our network consists of Agape Care South Carolina and Georgia Hospice Care, and at any location within our company, you'll find a career that means something. Agape Care's mission is to serve with love, providing comfort and support through compassionate care and meaningful experiences.


Essential Functions:
The Child Life Specialist essential functions:

Assesses patients to identify the psychosocial, financial and environmental needs of patients as evidenced by documentation, clinical records, case conferences, team report, call-in logs, and on-sit e evaluation.

Makes the initial Child Life Specialist evaluation visit and re-evaluates the patient's Child Life Specialist needs during each following visit.

Implements the plan for patient safety, using the patient, family, and community resources.

Participates in implementation and development of the Plan of Care to ensure quality and continuity of care and proper discharge planning.

Verifies the Plan of Care prior to each visit and provides care according to physician's orders, assessment data, and established standards and guidelines.

Writes physician orders to cover additional visits and changes to the plan of care, per agency policy.

Counsels and instructs and includes the patient and family in following the Plan of Care and meeting Child Life Specialist and related needs.

Assures the continuity of quality patient care delivered.

Maintains communication with clinical staff providing updates and changes in schedules, patient data or needs, physician orders or special instructions.

Assures clinical notes indicate continuing communication and coordination of services with physician, other staff and disciplines.
Bachelors degree in relevant field and CCLS certification from the Child Life Council.


EXPERIENCE :
2 year Child Life Specialist experience in a healthcare setting.
Child Life Specialist skills as defined as generally accepted Child Life Specialist standards. Meets all applicable agency policies and procedures related to health screening and required testing.