Child Life Therapist

Job Requisition ID: 5020

Legal Entity: Monash Health

Location:
Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168

Employment Type: Part Time

Posting Date: 1 Sept 2025

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About the Role:

Join our team as a Grade 2 Child Life Therapist in a part-time (22.8 hrs a week), fixed term position working at Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton until 31 December 2025.

This position will provide clinical services to paediatric patients predominantly based in paediatric oncology, and may include service provision to acute paediatrics.

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:

• Using 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.
• Providing 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.
• Working 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.

This role may be suitable for allied health professionals exploring career opportunities in Child Life Therapy.

About Us:

Child Life Therapists 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 and family-centred care, to support the psychosocial, developmental 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 imaging, pathology, acute inpatients and Murrumbek Casey Early Parenting Centre.

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
• An equivalent undergraduate or postgraduate qualification that includes at least two years of formal study in child development
  
  (This may include allied health professionals with qualifications that meet the child development study requirement.)
• Eligibility for professional membership with the Association of Child Life Therapists Australia (ACLTA) is desirable

In Return:

• 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 Karen Jolly on

Position Description can be found here.

Role Statement 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: 1 October 2025