Camp Health Services & Safety Manager - Woodward PA
Quick Summary
Woodward PA, located in the rolling hills of central Pennsylvania, is a world-class action sports destination and camp. Our employee experience and culture are derived from our main product: FUN.
About the Role
~1 min read- Oversee daily Nurses Station and Athletic Training Room operations and readiness.
- Provide direct patient care within your professional license or certification.
- Assess and treat injuries and illnesses, document care, and coordinate referrals or emergency transport when needed.
- Communicate appropriately with parents, guardians, employees, EMS agencies, and outside healthcare providers.
- Maintain accurate and confidential patient-care records.
- Manage medications, medical supplies, first-aid equipment, and health-center inventory in accordance with applicable protocols.
- Support concussion response, heat-illness prevention, hydration programs, injury follow-up, and return-to-activity decisions.
- Monitor injury and illness trends and recommend prevention strategies.
- Recruit, interview, and hire qualified seasonal health-services staff.
- Build staffing plans and schedules that provide appropriate coverage throughout the camp season.
- Lead onboarding, orientation, and ongoing training for seasonal medical employees.
- Establish clear expectations for patient care, documentation, confidentiality, emergency response, and communication.
- Supervise, coach, and support seasonal nurses, EMTs, athletic trainers, OEC professionals, and other approved healthcare staff.
- Manage coverage gaps, schedule changes, staff performance, and day-to-day team operations.
- Maintain employee credentials, training records, schedules, and other required documentation.
- Conduct end-of-season evaluations and develop a pipeline of qualified returning staff.
- Train counselors, coaches, and operational employees on first aid, emergency response, and standard procedures.
- Maintain emergency action plans for injuries, illnesses, evacuations, severe weather, and other foreseeable events.
- Conduct practical risk assessments across camp activities, facilities, special events, and medical-response operations.
- Review significant injuries, incidents, and near misses to identify contributing factors and corrective actions.
- Coordinate emergency drills and after-action reviews.
- Support compliance with applicable youth-program, medical, safeguarding, and workplace-safety requirements.
- Provide leadership with injury trends, operational observations, and risk-reduction recommendations.
- Promote a culture in which employees identify hazards, report concerns, and prioritize camper and employee well-being.
- Current certification or licensure as an EMT, Outdoor Emergency Care professional, Certified Athletic Trainer, or Registered Nurse.
- Current CPR, AED, and First Aid certification.
- Three or more years of experience in healthcare, emergency medical services, athletic training, camp health, outdoor medicine, or a related field.
- Experience providing direct patient care.
- Experience supervising, scheduling, training, or coordinating employees.
- Strong judgment and the ability to remain calm during medical and operational emergencies.
- Strong communication, organization, documentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to maintain confidential health and employment information.
- Availability to work evenings, weekends, holidays, on-call rotations, and extended hours during peak camp summer operations.
- Ability to meet applicable background-check and child-safeguarding requirements.
Nice to Have
~1 min read- Experience in an overnight camp, residential youth program, boarding school, ski area, outdoor recreation organization, or action-sports environment.
- Experience managing a camp health center, clinic, athletic-training facility, EMS operation, or seasonal medical program.
- Experience recruiting and managing seasonal healthcare staff.
- Knowledge of concussion management, sports injuries, heat-related illness, communicable-disease response, and emergency action planning.
- Familiarity with American Camp Association standards or comparable youth-program standards.
You make us Woodward. We are a welcoming community that celebrates individual stories, backgrounds, experiences, and identities where we all have "different" in common. We believe in the strength of representing all voices and having space for everyone. We believe in pushing boundaries and bringing our authentic selves to work while embracing uniqueness, creativity, and different points of view. Even if you don't think you meet all the qualifications listed for a job, we'd love to hear from you.
If you need assistance with your application, please reach out to hr@woodwardcamp.com
Location & Eligibility
About this job
- Pay per year
- $55,000–$60,000 a year
- 43% below the $101,352 median for Health & Safety Specialist jobs on Jobera (614 salaries).
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Listing Details
- Posted
- November 15, 2026
- First seen
- November 15, 2026
- Last seen
- November 15, 2026
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