At UVA Health Children’s, Child Life Specialists play a vital role in helping children and adolescents understand, cope with, and navigate the challenges of illness, hospitalization, and medical procedures. This is meaningful, highly skilled work, supporting patients and families at moments that matter most and ensuring emotional care is integrated into every clinical experience.

**A career-defining opportunity in pediatric care.**

This is more than a Child Life position. It is an opportunity to practice at the top of your training within one of the nation’s premier academic health systems. At UVA Health Children’s, Child Life Specialists are respected clinical partners whose expertise directly contributes to resilience, reduced anxiety, and positive coping outcomes for pediatric patients and their families. If you have completed your Child Life coursework and internship and are ready to grow your career in a collaborative, high acuity pediatric environment, UVA Healt...