Overview
Red Pine Camp | Renfrew County, Ontario
Full-Time 40 hrs/wk | Wage: Commensurate with experience | Closes 2025-05-09
Job Description
Red Pine Camp is an intergenerational family overnight camp with campers ranging in age from babies to over 90-year-olds. Families come for one-week sessions, Saturday to Saturday or the Canada or Labour Day weekend. The camp runs from Canada Day weekend until the end of Labour Day weekend with a one-week break at the end of August. There is a summer staff of approximately 75 people, 58 of whom are 16 and 17 years old.
Red Pine Camp is looking for a kind, empathetic, hard-working and enthusiastic nurse or adult with solid first aid and mental health support experience who is committed to the safety and well-being of others. The First Aid Professional will provide all-round care for our staff during the summer months (Mid-June to end-August and the September Labour Day weekend) and basic and any urgent care/ first aid for our campers.
To be the Camp Nurse/ First Aid Professional, applicants should feel comfortable providing first aid care for all ages of campers, participate in staff and camp life, oversee the administration of medications to staff and organize paperwork and maintain file organization. All applicants must have a proven track record as a team player, be energetic, professional and be interested in being a role model/mentor. The Summer Camp Nurse / First Aid Professional will support our summer Camp Director team.
Applicants should have some background in working with teenagers (specifically 16-23), as a large part of this role is to be responsible for the physical and mental health and wellness of our staff. The applicant must be comfortable educating and working with teens on issues including, but not limited to, mental, sexual and general health.
Please contact the Executive Camp Director, Janet Cottreau at janetcottreau@redpinecamp.org, with any specific questions.
Further Position Requirements:
If a nurse:
Be in good standing with the College of Nurses
Be able to practice in Ontario (RN/RPN)
Provide own insurance coverage if a Nurse Red Pine Camp Nurse Job Call updated 2025
Be trained in Standard First Aid (at minimum) with experience in caring for others as well as providing mental health, emotional health and general support to teens and young adults.
Provide a current Vulnerable Sector Police Check with a clean record
Ability to organize health forms and paperwork per regulations
Conduct inventory of First Aid station and make supply recommendations
Check and refill first-aid kits around camp weekly Able to walk some distances as our camp spans many acres
Communicate clearly and interact positively with all ages of people
Be comfortable providing guidance to staff and campers
Ability to make decisions and take initiative
Camp experience a plus but not required
Be part of an amazing team! Have the most memorable summer of your life!
Call the camp office at 613-828-0700 or submit your cover letter and resume on our website – redpinecamp.org.
Compensation varies depending on experience (approximately $800 weekly). The position includes great meals (including salad bar), a private ‘rustic’ three-room living area with a private washroom, kitchenette, laundry, use of facilities and there is accommodation for family members (with a small per diem to cover food). The work day is not full – there is time to enjoy the camp facility with your family/children as well as do the job, especially once oriented to the position.
JOB TERMS: Seasonal, Full Time
APPLY BY: 2025-05-09
How to Apply
Call the camp office at 613-828-0700 or submit your cover letter and resume on our website – redpinecamp.org
