Child Life Specialist - CoxHealth South
- LocationSpringfield, MO
- Work typeNot stated
- EmploymentFull-time
- Posted5 November 2026
- SourceCoxHealth's careers page (Workday)
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At a glance
- EducationBachelor's degree
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Facility:
CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807
Department:
1084 SLC-CH Child Life Services
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Hours:
6:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)
CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:
- Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
- Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group .
- Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
- Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).
Benefits
- Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
- For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth
Job Description:
A caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for all pediatric patients, during contact with the hospital either as an inpatient or outpatient. Our Specialists provide care for these patients through therapeutic use of self, patient activities, hospital environment adaptation, and education of other health care team members regarding development and children’s reactions to hospital stressors.Education:
▪ Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Child and Family Development or a related field
▪ Required: Completion of 600 hour child life specialist internship prior to hire
▪ Preferred: Degree emphasis in Child Life with a professional hospital internship
Experience:
▪ Preferred: Previous pediatric volunteer experience
Skills:
▪ Performs assessments and goal-directed plans of care to facilitate patient outcomes.
▪ Evaluates the effectiveness of self and services
▪ Identifies educational goals for patients, family, staff members, the community, and other hospital departments
▪ Provides a safe, therapeutic, individualized physical and psychosocial environment for patients and their families
Licensure/Certification/Registration:
▪ Required: Eligible to set for the Child Life Certification exam, if not a Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS)
▪ Preferred: Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST)
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