Camp Nurse

About the role

Camp Nurses keep campers healthy, safe, and ready for fun. You’ll provide daily triage and first aid, administer and document medications per provider orders and care plans, manage the Health Center, and partner with camp leadership to uphold clear safety and communication practices for families and staff.

• Provide daily triage/first aid for illness and injury; assess, treat within scope, and determine return-to-activity vs. parent pick-up.
• Administer, document, and secure medications (prescription and OTC) per written orders/care plans; maintain logs, temperature-sensitive storage, and controlled-substance counts.
• Review health forms; maintain organized, confidential records; prepare individualized care plans (allergy/anaphylaxis, asthma, diabetes, seizure, etc.).
• Monitor and manage communicable disease protocols (screening, isolation space, return criteria) and coordinate with leadership if notifications are required.
• Stock and maintain Health Center supplies; prepare and audit first-aid kits for units, field trips, and off-site programs.
• Support aquatics, field trips, and high-activity areas with risk awareness, hydration/heat guidance, and rapid response readiness.
• Communicate professionally with families, staff, and (when applicable) outside providers; maintain privacy and confidentiality per school policy and applicable laws.
• Complete incident/accident reports accurately and promptly; analyze trends and flag concerns to leadership.
• Meet or exceed ACA practices and Virginia child day program licensing standards and follow school health policies/standing orders.
• Maintain professionalism and confidentiality; be punctual, prepared, and flexible; perform other duties as assigned by the Camp Director or designee.

• Required:
  
  Current RN or LPN license in Virginia (or multistate compact with Virginia); current CPR/AED (BLS) and First Aid; ability to pass background/screening checks.
• Experience in pediatrics, school/camp nursing, urgent care, or ED.
• Familiarity with emergency medications and chronic condition management (Epi Pen, glucagon, inhalers, insulin per plan).
• Strong clinical judgment, documentation skills, and calm communication under pressure; organized systems thinker.
• Comfortable working indoors/outdoors in varied weather and moving supplies.