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About
Our Camp Nurse Opportunities
- We hire RNs, LPNs, and nursing students with all types
of nursing backgrounds
- Our camps run Mid-June to Mid-August (exact dates vary
slightly by camp)
- 4-week and 8-week positions available
- Work with a team of 3 to 4 other nurses at your camp
- Rotating doctor in residence at each camp
- Camper populations vary in size from 250 to just over
400 campers, ages 7 to 15
- Each camp employs between 100 and 150 staff members
- All our camps are within 20 miles from a hospital
Why
be a Camp Nurse?
Do you truly enjoy working with children? Do you love being
outdoors? Is a sense of community important to you? If so,
Camp Nursing is a rewarding opportunity to care for others
in a non-traditional setting. Working in a camp environment
provides a fun, challenging experience and opportunities
for growth and leadership in a camp community.
Read more about Camp Nursing: "Camp
Nursing: Rising to the Challenge"
Camp
Nurse Responsibilities
- Dispense meds
- First aid for minor injuries
- Ensure health and safety of campers and staff
- Daily sick call
- Weekly health checks
- Communicating specific camper health needs (allergies,
special diets) to staff
- Medical record keeping
- Liaising with local doctors, hospitals, and pharmacies
- Make sure transitioning doctors are informed of Health
Center procedures and current medical issues
- Communicate with parents
- Accompany sick/injured campers or staff to the hospital
or to medical appointments
- Be a "summer mom/dad" to our campers
- Participate in camp activities and events
Qualifications
and Requirements
- RN or LPN degree (or nursing student-to assist in Health
Center)
- Must be available for at least 4 weeks, 7- or 8-week
availability highly preferred
- Flexible-- able to adapt to different environments and
schedules
- Confidence in nursing skills
- Responsible, hard-working
- Good bedside manner, friendly and personable
- Strong assessment abilities
- Prior experience with children (does not have to be
in a medical capacity)
- Enjoy an active lifestyle
- Team player
- Willing to obtain appropriate state licensure (camp
will reimburse)
- ER and/or pediatric unit experience preferred, but not
required
- New nursing graduates and nurses with families are welcome
Compensation
- Competitive salaries, vary according to camp placement
(approximately $3,500 - $4,500+ for 8-week session)
- Room and board
- Travel costs to and from camp
- Full camp scholarships for your children
Living
Accommodations
- Accommodations attached to Health Center or in separate
staff housing
- Private or semi-private room
- Shared bathroom (share only with other nursing staff)
- Meals provided in camp dining hall
Work
Schedule
Our camps make an effort to create shifts to fit the needs
of the nursing staff, in addition to the overall needs of
the camp. All of our Health Centers are staffed 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week. Depending on which camp you work at,
your work schedule will be a variation of the following:
- 8- to 10-hour shift which may be broken up during the
day; one day off per week; on call every 4 or 5 nights
Our
Camps
Click on the links below to find out more about each of
our camps:
- MASSACHUSETTS
- MICHIGAN
- NEW HAMPSHIRE
- NEW YORK
The
Application Process
If you would like to apply for one of our Camp Nurse positions,
please click the "APPLY NOW" button below. Once
we receive your application, it will be shared with all
of our camps. Each camp will then review your application
and one of our Camp Directors will contact you by phone
or email if your qualifications seem to meet their camp's
needs. In some cases, you may be contacted by more than
one camp.
Does this sound like the opportunity you've been looking
for? Don't miss out on a wonderful experience. Apply now
to be a Camp Nurse!
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