Child Life Therapist Grade 2

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Child Life Therapist Grade 2 - Allied Health Department, Monash Children’s Hospital

Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives.

About the Role:

Monash Children’s Hospital in Clayton is seeking a dedicated Grade 2 Child Life Therapist to join our team! This full-time, fixed-term parental leave cover position is available until November 2025.

Child Life Therapy aims to reduce the stress and anxiety for children, young people and their families that can be associated with hospitalisation. Child Life Therapists specialise in child development to support and empower children, young people and their families by helping them understand their hospital treatment through:

• Use specialist knowledge and skills in child development to provide support and distraction during procedures.
• Opportunities for play to support wellbeing within the hospital and facilitate medical play to teach children new coping strategies.
• Provides regular training and support to other health professionals around procedural support and distraction preparing children for medical procedures and strategies to support children’s wellbeing in the healthcare environment.
• As part of an integrated Allied Health team, this role may also be required to flexibly provide services to other units and teams within Monash Children’s Hospital.

About Us:

Child Life Therapist form part of a dynamic Allied Health team providing high quality, equitable service to all children and adolescents across the Children’s Program. You will be joining a friendly and welcoming team of Child Life Therapists with a focus on strength based practice with family-centred care, to support the psychosocial, development and emotional wellbeing needs of patients and their families.

Monash Children’s Hospital provides a Child Life Therapy service across all areas of paediatrics, including paediatric emergency, diagnostic imagining, pathology and acute inpatients.

About You:

To ensure your success in this role you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:

• Your dedication to safe best practice and quality
• Enthusiasm and a positive attitude to your work as a Child Life Therapist
• Compassion and the ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a team
• Motivation and accountability for the management of specific portfolios in our relentless pursuit of excellence
• Excellent interpersonal skills, a strong team focus and an innovative approach

What you need:

• Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood or Primary Teaching (4 years full time) or equivalent postgraduate qualification if either undergraduate or postgraduate qualification includes at least 2 years study of child development
• Eligible for full professional membership of the Association of Child Life Therapists Australia

In Return we will provide:

• A supportive and cohesive team of clinicians within a larger multidisciplinary setting
• Genuine career progression and professional development
• Continual opportunities to use your drive for innovation to develop services to meet the changing landscape within the broader healthcare system 

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Sarah Martin on 0417 987 343

Position Description can be found here

Position Role statment can be found here.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date. 

Applications close: 13 November 2024