The Coordinator for Creative Engagement schedules, plans, and facilitates activities, programs, and events and maintains related resources, activity rooms which provide developmental, educational, recreational, and socialization opportunities for children and families.

Schedule: Full-time, Monday-Friday (standard 1st shift business hours)

The moment you walk through our doors, you feel it. When you meet our patient families, you believe it. And when you talk with anyone who works here, you want to be part of it. Welcome to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Where Passion Meets Purpose.

Here, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are integrated into our core values and practices. We are passionate about building, sustaining and evolving an inclusive and equitable environment. We are seeking individuals who live these values and want to share their experiences and efforts in support of our collective mission.

We’re 14,000 strong. And it takes every one of us to improve the lives of the kids we care for, and the kids around the world we’ll never meet. Kids who live healthier, fuller lives because of the knowledge we share. We know it takes a Collaborative Culture to deliver on our promise to provide the very best, innovative care and to foster new discoveries, made possible by the most groundbreaking research. Anywhere.

Ask anyone with a Nationwide Children’s badge what they do for a living. They’ll tell you it’s More Than a Job. It’s a calling. It’s a chance to use and grow your talent to make an impact that truly matters. Because here, we exist simply to help children everywhere.

Nationwide Children’s Hospital. A Place to Be Proud.

• Engages children and families in hands-on activities to foster creativity, socialization, normalization, and play
• Adapts activities in a group setting during room-to-room visits and in bedside play to meet the identified needs of patients, families, and audience, with consideration of their developmental, educational, physical, and social needs.
• Communicates and collaborates with team members regarding patient and family experiences to increase support, documents all patient interactions, maintains data related to activity participation and provides timely communication by responding to and appropriately managing requests from donors, community performers and for special events.
• Schedules, plans, and organizes groups and visitors to support them in their interactions with children, families, and staff to enhance positive patient experiences.
• Recognizes, understands, and respects the diversity of patients and families and the impacts of healthcare experiences in providing services and developing supportive programs.
• Actively maintains playroom resources to sustain safe, clean, and accessible learning and play environment and management of departmental resources.
• Provides training and supervision for volunteers to ensure appropriate interaction and maintaining a safe environment.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree, required. Child development, education, psychology, or related field, preferred.

Skills:

• Ability to interact with both children and adults.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills including, ability to teach both individuals and groups.
• Strong planning, organizational and decision-making skills. Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to give and receive feedback.
• Experience and comfort using a variety of technology, ability to learn new skills quickly.

Experience:

• Experience in working with children in a healthcare setting, preferred.

The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individual so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his/her supervision.

EOE M/F/Disability/Vet