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Vermont Health Professional

- Wilderness - Faith Based - Vermont -

What will you gain?
Life skills (communication, group management, flexibility, conflict resolution, etc)
Good references for future jobs
Peer connections
A supportive faith based community
A summer of fun!
Description:
The healthcare professional is responsible for camp and staff health including injuries, illness, forms and documentation.
The person filling this role may or may not have licensure in VT. If they do not, the camp will help collaborate between the Health Care Professional and a licensed professional in keeping with the Bethany Birches Health Care Policies.
Minimum Qualifications:
Connects deeply with the mission and core values of BBC
Experienced with children and young adults
Follows parental instructions, monitors health care of all persons on site, maintains records. Reports to camp staff and parents any significant injury or illness.
Holds or willing to be trained in VT approved First Aid, CPR, and AED certification.
Desires to work and live in a camp community.
The Health Professional should be in full agreement with the BBC purpose and policies. The Nurse should also be familiar with most of the camp schedules and regulations, including all safety rules.
Ideal fits are licensed as a registered nurse in Vermont*. Other certifications will be considered such as EMT, LNA, PA, MD, etc. If you are interested in this role but not licensed, we do have a role for a health assistant.
*if a current license is not held, a licensed consultant
Specific Responsibilities:
Be available on the radio, or at the health office. If going off site, notify the director on duty.
Designate qualified person(s) to cover the health office when away from camp for any reason.
By visiting, observe for unsanitary conditions, camper cabins, food service areas, refuse storage areas, rest rooms, etc. Take steps to assure their cleanliness and safety. Report to the Director any unhealthy situation not corrected within 18 hours.
Decide when a camper is too sick to remain with his cabin-mates in his cabin. If a camper is kept in the health office, the cabin head counselor must be notified immediately. Secure appropriate food from the kitchen at mealtime for any sick campers under your care.
Arrange through the Program Director any needed visits to any other medical facility, including Ludlow Walk-in Clinic, Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital, etc.
Review, and have updated as needed, the BBC Standing Orders, Healthcare Policies and other forms and documents.
Keep medical records for insurance purposes and at the end of counselor training and at the end of each session, give information (health, incident), to the Office Coordinator for long term filing.
Keep a bound Treatment Record in the health office with the following minimal information: date, name of camper, reason for visiting, treatment and medication if any, the time the medication was given. The Record will be stored at the health office.
Be responsible for putting together and checking all first aid kits. Restock kits at the end of each session.
Distribute, when appropriate, confidential health status reports to the counselors at the beginning of a camper session.
Be responsible for keeping the health office clean and sanitary. This includes the laundering of sheets and blankets as necessary from the sick beds.
Check after/before each session first aid kits at various locations around the camp grounds, including those at the waterfront, kitchen, staff cabin, camp vehicle, etc.
Be at the nurse table each check-in to greet campers and their parents, collect and check all health forms. Receive camper medications at this time for safekeeping in the health office during the camper session.
Take all departing camper medications on the last day of camp to the pavilion for pickup by campers and their families.
Be responsible for notifying families of campers who either see a Doctor off site, are treated by the paramedics, or who are transported to the hospital for treatment. The notification must be prompt, normally before departing the property, or, if an emergency, as soon as we have enough information to make the phone call. The Health Professional should initiate the call to the parents and permit the camper to talk to his/her parents if able or available. Follow-up calls to a family for a particular illness or injury to a camper must be made on a timely basis.
Be responsible for the safe disposal of medical waste or body fluids either into the septic system, through burning, or to a provided garbage collection system. Dispose of needles and other like items in the biohazard bin.
Help with other camp responsibilities as requested by the Camp Director.
Benefits include:
Room and Board
Camp session for dependents while working
Competitive weekly salary if RN in VT with experience. Many other health professionals will be considered as well (including LNA, EMT, PA, etc.).

Time:  Full-Time Seasonal
Salary:  Paid
Category:  Healthcare

Updated: 11/18/2024 12:45:19 PM