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Position Summary:
The Gaming & Technology Specialist is responsible for providing technology and gaming based therapeutic support to patients, their families, and the community. The Gaming & Technology specialist will support the Child Life team to minimize the psychological trauma for infants, children, and adolescents in the health care setting. Program goals are to provide positive, developmentally supportive technology and gaming experiences which assist patients in reducing fear and anxiety associated with hospitalization. Gaming and Technology specialists work strongly with the Child Life team to provide ongoing opportunities for play, diversional activities, self-expression and interactions with other hospital children. This position requires strong organization skills, prioritization, good judgment, independent thinking, and decision making within the scope of the position's responsibilities. Internal contacts include patient care staff and management throughout the organization. External contacts include patients, families, physicians, and outside organizations.
This position is fully funded by a grant from Child's Play, a non-profit charity that provides supportive activities for hospitalized children. This position is needed with the growth and expansion of patient technology available to support patient care in the hospital and the outpatient health center. The increased use and availability of AR/VR/Gaming technology has necessitated the need for expertise to help manage existing technology, identify areas for growth and expansion, and educate staff is using technology to effectively support patient care.

Minimum Requirements:
Previous work experience with children and adolescents in
IT and Gaming
Media, Broadcast, or Technology
A hospital setting

Education/Licenses/Certifications:
Bachelor's degree in Child Development, Education, IT, or related field; OR equivalent combination of education and experience.

Position Type: Full-Time Regular
Full Time Employee: Yes
Primary Shift: Day
Work Schedule: Day

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MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed system of health in the state of Washington, serving communities across Washington and Northern Idaho. MultiCare’s comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and specialty services — including Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network; MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care; Pulse Heart Institute; MultiCare Medical Associates, affiliated physicians; MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, the largest multispecialty clinic in the Inland Northwest region; and MultiCare Connected Care, our Accountable Care Organization. Eleven hospitals complete the organization: Allenmore Hospital, Auburn Medical Center, Capital Medical Center, Covington Medical Center, Deaconess Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital — the Puget Sound region’s only children’s hospital and state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center for Western Washingt...on — Navos Behavioral Health Hospital, Valley Hospital, Tacoma General Hospital — which is home to the South Puget Sound region’s only Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit — and Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital. Our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration and Kindness, serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other. MultiCare is also proud of our commitment to workforce diversity and culturally competent care. This commitment is led by our CEO and supported through employee education and community outreach.

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