Camp Nurse

Pay $300/week (Two Fully Discounted weeks of Overnight Camp)

Spring Orientation Meeting/Paperwork Day-April 21st, 2026

Single week between the dates of June 7 - Aug 7, 2026

Key

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Maintain communication with the Directors throughout the camp week
• Ensure doctors orders are followed
• Throughout the week; ensuring cleanliness and organization, facilitate medication pass, address and log health concerns and facilitate parent communication.
• Ensure compliance with all state, local, and American Camp Association (ACA) health and safety regulations.
• Keep an up-to-date inventory of medical supplies and communicate with the Operations Director to order replacements as needed.
• Work closely with camp directors and counselors to promote a culture of health and safety
• Conduct health screenings at the start of the week for campers in all programs and lice checks for Day campers on Mondays.

Infirmary staff members are responsible for dispensing all camper medications and managing camper sickness and injuries. Infirmary staff mostly deal with smaller issues like tick removal, stomach aches, headaches, rolled ankles, etc. Meals and housing for the week are provided by camp. In exchange for working at camp for the week infirmary staff are awarded two weeks of overnight to utilize for either their own child(ren) or their child and friend.

Infirmary staff work with a consulting doctor and head nurse to follow best practices and standing doctor's orders.
Infirmary staff stay onsite during the week of overnight camp from Sunday mid-day through camper pickup on Friday afternoon. There are three infirmary staff members working each session of overnight camp and 1-2 for Day Camp only weeks where their is no housing provided.

Schedule:

One week during the summer:
Sunday 12 pm
- Friday 5 pm.

License in the medical field of LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) equivalent or higher. All certifications and licenses should be current and in date for the state of North Carolina.
Minimum age 18 required
CPR, First Aid, and Emergency Oxygen Certifications required.
Ability to provide a high level of customer service to all parents and participants at all times
Ability to work with children and adults
Possess strong written and verbal communications and a sense of responsibility
Energetic, devoted, mission driven, confident, respectful, adaptable, team oriented individual
Ability to be a role model and demonstrate the YMCA character development traits