Health & Wellness Manager

Health & Wellness Manager

The Opportunity:

BYM Camps is seeking a Health and Wellness Manager for one of its three residential summer camp programs: Catoctin, Opequon, and Shiloh. The ideal candidate will have a health background, preferably as a Registered Nurse or other professional medical certificate. They will be experienced with and enjoy working with children and young adults. They will be organized and proactive about collecting, updating and logging all medical information at camp.. They will have the ability to make decisions and take initiative under pressure. The Health and Wellness Manager will be living and working in a multi-generational, youth-centered community in a rustic setting, interacting with campers and staff closely every day.
 

Who We Are: 

BYM Camps is a family of four summer camp programs spread along the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia and Maryland, serving approximately 600 young people between the ages of 9 and 17. Operated and stewarded by the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), our four camps are united by a belief in the importance and value of every person in the world, and in their role in our community.  Through a combination of outdoor experiences, creative arts, group work and games, and times of quiet personal reflection, our campers develop the kind of self-knowledge and self-esteem that leads to personal, emotional, and spiritual growth. Our four camps provide a meaningful and unforgettable summer experience, but more than that, they produce in campers a lifetime of lessons, confidence, and connection.
 

What You’ll Do: 

The Health and Wellness Manager, who reports to the Camp Director, is responsible for the following:
 

• Collecting and organizing all camper medical information, consent forms, vaccine records, and personal medications from camper guardians and caretakers upon arrival at camp. 
• Ensuring that trip leaders have the correct medications and administration instructions for all campers on their trip. 
• Keeping a thorough log of all first aid and medications administered throughout the summer.
• Communicating with camper families, guardians, and caretakers about any serious injury or illness that occurs.
• Taking inventory of all first aid and wellness supplies on hand, and providing shopping lists to In-Camp Staff for any supplies that are running low.
   

Who You Are & Keys to Success (the must-haves):

To be successful in this job, you will excel in three areas:

• Health care: You have the knowledge and ability to provide quality care for the health of all campers, including first aid and illness and injury management. You are called upon to make decisions about when a camper may need to visit an urgent care clinic or emergency room for care that is beyond what we can provide in camp.

• Communication and relationship building: You communicate clearly, compassionately, and directly with a variety of people, including campers, camper families/ caretakers, counselors, staff, volunteers, and local hospitals or clinics. 
   
• Organization and record keeping: You keep the wellness center and supplies organized and clearly labeled. You receive, organize, and manage all camper health forms, keep a detailed first aid log, and receive, store, and administer all camper medications appropriately. You prepare first aid kits for overnight trips and ensure all necessary supplies, medications, and forms are included in each group’s kit.
   

If you were here right now, you might be: 
 

• On the phone with a Trip Leader, helping to assess the severity of a camper injury or illness as they describe it to you from the trail.
   
• Driving to urgent care with an injured camper and communicating with clinic staff and camper guardians to ensure they get the care they need, while keeping the camper calm and safe. 
   
• Stocking first aid kits for each trip of counselors and campers before their  trips and including a medication log and the appropriate doses of any prescription medications required for campers in the group for the amount of time they will be on the trail, and talking through any special directions with their counselors before they head out on the trail.

What Else You Should Know:
 

BYM Camps is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage and seek applications from people of color, including bilingual and bicultural individuals, as well as women, and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. 

The position is seasonal, with full-time and on-site responsibilities from mid-June to mid-August. Partial summer options are available, and specific dates will be decided on and shared by your Director. Salary for this position starts at $1000/week.

To apply, go to the BYM Camps Staff Portal, and submit an application there. 

Questions? Reach out to Zora Tucker, Interim Program Manager, BYM Camps, at zoratucker@Bym-rsf.org