BEST JOB EVER! Seeking Medical Assistants for Summer 2025

Medical Assistant Summary: Our team of medical assistants (MA) are usually comprised of nursing students, EMTs, PCA and CNAs wanting to gain extensive experience in a non-clinical setting. MAs provide our camp nurses with support services that ensure the camp’s health center operations can run effectively and efficiently. MAs are responsible for administrative as well as clinical tasks, such as maintaining camper records, preparing Medical Administration Reports, preparing campers for examination, and assisting nurses with a variety of tasks such as medication administration and recording vital signs. Our clinic is staffed 24 hours a day, with a minimum of 1-2 nurses (RNs) and four medical assistants. We also have several RNs and LPN that work day--shifts to support the ebb and flow ouf our programs.

Medical Assistant Time Off: Friday pm to Sunday am

Medical Assistant Salary: $4500/season + $250 completion bonus (based on a nine-week residential contract)

Medical Assistant Responsibilities:

• Assist with medical care of campers, including nutrition, medical treatments and first aid

• Work with Nurse Manager and RNs to ensure campers’ health and wellbeing at all times - including following campers seizure protocols for example

• Assist nurses with medication administration and other tasks as needed

• Administer First Aid to campers of various ages and abilities (cuts, tummy aches, rashes etc)

• Support the set up of medical equipment (ie-nebulizers and CPAP machines) and maintaining sterile technique as required

• Suport the dining experience by preparing doctor prescribed and modified diets (ie-pureéd, ground moist and chopped)

• Under supervision of the nurse, the MA will collect, and prepare specimens (ie-blood glucose levels for diabetic campers)

• Act as liaison between camper, nurses, resident director and caregivers

• Participate in camp activities as dictated by schedule or supervisor

• De-escalate, and resolve conflict situations as needed 

• Follow all camp policies and procedures and hold staff accountable to the same

• Gathering and stocking various medical supplies and OTC meds

• Following patient privacy rules and applying professional ethics

Medical Assistant Qualifications:

• Effective Communication and organizational skills

• Self-starter, ability to work independently, as well as part of a team

• Able to perform their duties with, patience, compassion and empathy 

• Ensuring that safety protocols and procedures are carried out properly