Job Description

The Child Life Program Coordinator (Technical Specialist) will collaborate with child life specialists, music therapists, child life assistants, and therapeutic arts in the management, implementation, and innovation of gaming, technology, and media arts.

Responsibilities

• Installs, maintains, troubleshoots, updates, and repairs child life gaming and technology systems and related peripheral equipment, collaborate with Information Services and Desktop Support team members for effective implementation of patient centered technology.
• Builds relationships and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to develop resources for and conduct program pilots with patients and families
• Provides education to staff on the utilization of new technology; collaborate with child life and music therapy staff on technology opportunities for patients and families
• Provide digital media experiences for patients and families including but not limited to VR, AR, 3-D printing, gaming, filming, recording, and robotics.
• Provide input to child life or music therapy team members about observed specific needs of individual children; determine when the needs of individual children should be attended to by medical professionals and/or outside the general scope of the role.

Work Experience

• Required: At least 1 year experience with Virtual reality and AR technologies, robots, game consoles, laptops, tablets. Knowledge of IOS, Android, and Window-based devices; at least 6 months. Experience in setting up and configuring technology devices.
• Required: At least 1 year of experience in customer service and skilled in effective solutions approach
• Required: At least one year experience working with children and families

Education

• Required: Four-year Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Preferred: Graduate or professional work or advanced degree; or equivalent experience

License and Certifications

• Required: Four year Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Preferred: Bachelors degree in IT, Education, Child Development, or related field

About Us

We are expanding care for kids in North Texas! Come and join all that the Children’s Health System of Texas offers and make our next success story your own. We have new career opportunities in our Northern market as exciting as our hospital expansion. Located just 36 minutes north of Dallas, TX, Children’s Medical Center Plano is a world-class pediatric hospital. To ensure we continue offering the same outstanding, convenient care, we are increasing from a Level IV to Level III trauma designation and adding a new eight-story tower home to 212 patient beds.

At Children’s Health, we value the role each team member plays in helping us deliver on our mission of making life better for children. We take pride in providing a rich and rewarding career opportunities that enable team members to reach their highest potential.

For nine consecutive years, Children’s Health has been recognized as one of the 150 top places to work in health care by Becker’s Hospital Review. This esteemed list features healthcare systems which offer professional development, growth, excellent benefits, and promotion of diversity above and beyond other organizations.

Benefits

Children’s Health offers opportunities for learning and career development; competitive pay; and a comprehensive benefits program. We promote a diverse and inclusive workplace.

We invite you to learn more about Children’s Health.