The Nursing Assistant is responsible for assisting in providing health and safety services to campers, camp staff, and visitors.

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Dates of Employment: June 11 – July 10, 2026 OR July 9 – August 8, 2026 (There may be an opportunity for a nursing assistant to begin on June 4)

Essential Job Functions:

• Under the direction of the Health Center Administrator, assist in providing health care and first aid services for camp staff, campers, and visitors.
  • ­Assist with daily medication management, administering campers’ daily medication under a nurse’s supervision and administering over the counter medication as instructed by the supervising nurse or doctor
  • ­Help supervise and provide medical care for people admitted to the Health Center
    • Regularly check sick rooms and on people admitted to the Health Center and conduct temperature checks
    • Provide snacks and meals, and clean-up as needed
    • Make and strip beds, do laundry as needed
  • Provide CPR and First Aid coverage as needed at designated times and locations
  • Provide direct care to campers and staff within the scope of their skills, Beber Camp’s health care standing orders, and generally recognized treatment procedures
  • Accompany campers and camp staff to off-site urgent or other medical visits
• Monitor and maintain healthy and safe practices while working in the Health Center and throughout Beber Camp.
  • Ensure athletic areas across camp and waterfront have adequate water, sunscreen, first-aid supplies, and other injury-prevention and safety materials
  • Check and re-stock emergency backpacks in all areas of Beber Camp
  • ­Assist in ensuring camp staff, campers, and visitors wash their hands before entering the dining area
  • Work with other staff to minimize/eliminate health and safety risks
• On a rotating basis, you may be first contact to be awakened at night from 10:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Qualifications:

• Team player, ability to work independently as well as part of a team; friendly, upbeat, and encouraging attitude; welcoming and inclusive; build strong, positive relationships with co-workers
• Detail oriented. Keeps accurate and detailed records of care, supplies, and equipment
• Remedy observed risks or hazards and notifies supervisors of observed risks or hazards that cannot be remedied immediately
• Uses good judgment
• Responds positively to change, embracing and using new practices or values to accomplish goals and solve problems; recovers quickly from setbacks
• Ability to self-manage; accepts constructive feedback
• A desire to make an impact on the lives of campers and staff
• Some experience working with children
• Desire to work with children ages 1-17 and staff ages 17 plus

Position Requirements:

• ­Entering third year of college in an RN/LPN Nursing Program or other science/health-related field
• ­Current CPR and first aid certification
• ­­Valid Driver’s license, proof of medical insurance

Physical Aspects of the Job:

• ­Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to be outside or indoors for extended periods of time
• ­Ability to read, understand, and follow directions on medication labels, health forms, physician orders, and parent letters
• ­Ability to use a telephone, computer, and other electronic devices
• ­Ability to maintain a written record system
• Ability to walk up and downstairs
• ­Ability to quickly walk to remote locations on camp property over uneven terrain
• ­Ability to observe and assess sanitation and safety conditions of Beber Camp at all times
• ­Ability to react quickly and have the endurance to meet emergency medical needs

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The employee also will be expected to perform other duties as assigned by the Health Center Administrator or Camp Director, who reserve the right to revise or change the aforementioned job duties and responsibilities as necessary.

This position is a full-time, seasonal position for 4-6 weeks.

Beber Camp is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, military status, or national origin, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law.