Full time, Full Time
UVA Health System
Charlottesville, VA
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We invite you to join the interdisciplinary care team at UVA Health Children’s as a Child Life Specialist- where you’ll find more than a job. You’ll be a part of a passionate, dedicated team caring for children and families, where Child Life is essential to care delivery. This shared commitment to excellence is why UVA Health Children’s is one of the nation’s premier academic health systems and the #1 children’s hospital in Virginia, for the fourth year in a row. A child life specialist supports the social, emotional, and developmental needs of pediatric patients and their families throughout the healthcare experience. Through therapeutic play, age-appropriate education, and emotional support, child life specialists help children and adolescents understand and cope with medical procedures, hospitalization, and illness. This role promotes positive coping, reduces anxiety, and fosters resilience for both patients and their families. The child life...