Summer Camp Nurse

Various Locations

• →Reviewing participant medical files noting all needs, allergies, and medications that will be administered during the program.
• →Create medical administration record of home medications on Campdoc

• →Chart home medications on the MAR in a timely matter
• →Communicate and coordinate with pharmacy if discrepancy on home medications that were sent to camp
• →Record assessments and over the counter medications that were administered in health log on Campdoc
• →Keep a daily log of medications that are dispersed to participants and
• →Distribute all over the counter medication
• →Apply critical thinking and decision making within your scope of practice
• →Quick with decision making
• →Triage teens and staff that present with medical issues
• →Coordinate urgent care/telehealth visits with the camp director/wellness admin
• →Follow written orders and BBYO policies
• →Administer tests on teens/staff that present with symptoms of (Covid, strep and flu)
• →Follow policy for quarantining individuals
• →Lice checks and treatment, when needed
• →Communicate with parents/guardians of teens physical health has declined requiring a physician

• →Review medication ordered in advance through CampMeds system.
• →Collect medication at the beginning of each session – report list of teens who arrive with medication to Site Director.
• →Overseeing all emergency medical situations.
• →Travel with teens or staff needing outside treatment.
• →Communicate consistently with the director regarding any significant medical issues with participants.
• →Communicate with parents on any medical teen issues.
• →Participate in trainings prior to camp start date
• →Communicate with families prior to camp start date if specific needs must be discussed
• →Physical requirements include:
• →Ability to stoop, kneel, bend, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, work with fingers, grasp, feel, talk, hear, and perform repetitive motions
• →Ability to perform light work exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constant to move objects
• →Heavy visual acuity required performing such activities as preparing and analyzing data and figures, using computers and reading

Candidates should be personable, nurturing, comfortable with teenagers, and comfortable communicating with parents regarding specific medical concerns and issues. Candidates should have experience working in a school or camp environment with children and/or teenagers.

Position is not an agent, partner, or employee of BBYO. Position is an independent contract role. 

For more information, please contact Sabrina at smoore@bbyo.org or call 202-857-6549.

To apply for this position, please go to – www.bbyo.org/careers.

Qualifications: RN or Physician Assistant. Experience working with children/adolescents is a plus. Must have active license in Pennsylvania.