Summer Staff Nurse

JOB POSTING

General Care Nurse
Muskoka & Rainbow Lake

ABOUT US
Campfire Circle (formerly Camp Ooch & Camp Trillium) has offered healing through happiness for thousands of kids and families affected by childhood cancer since 1983. It’s where kids can be kids, and families can be families—engaging in camp-inspired community, in-hospital, and overnight camp programs, at no cost to them. As a privately funded organization, Campfire Circle donors make thousands of life-changing experiences possible for Campers throughout the year, all across Ontario. 
At Campfire Circle we are committed to ensuring employment is accessible within our organization. To help reduce financial barriers for summer staff members, we have funding available to assist with costs related to the job such as: camping equipment/gear, outdoor clothing, training/certifications, and transportation, mileage, or parking. If you require financial assistance related to the program, you are invited to make this known during the recruitment process

THE OPPORTUNITY

Do our values of care, community, inclusion, sustainability, and integrity resonate with you? Whether it’s at Rainbow Lake, a quiet 143 acres site in Waterford, at Muskoka, which features 400 wooded acres in the town of Rosseau, or at one of our urban locations in the GTA, London, Ottawa or Hamilton, you are connecting kids and families with fun indoor and outdoor activities that help improve their overall wellbeing.

Campfire Circle will be running in-person overnight camp programs at both of our overnight camp locations, and community and day camp programs in the GTA, London, Ottawa and Hamilton. 

Do you have experience as a staff or volunteer working with children in a recreational setting? We are searching for General Care Nurse to join our Summer Staff Team in 2023.

Reporting to the Director of Nursing, we are looking for a dynamic nurse to work at the summer camp alongside and supporting the volunteer Medical Team. Successful candidates will enhance the function and weekly transition of the medical teams by being a consistent presence and medical support to the oncologist and nurses. As a member of the summer staff team, the successful candidate will be enthusiastic, passionate, personable, diplomatic, adaptable, and able to work in a fast paced team environment. 

Muskoka 
Start Date: June 18th 2023
End Date: September 3rd, 2023

Rainbow Lake 
Start Date: June 18th 2023
End Date: September 1st, 2023
Rate: $7,500 (for the full contract)
*Training/virtual training dates may occur prior to this date and are included in your full contract rate*

Please visit our website at https://campfirecircle.org/about-campfire-circle/careers/ to view the full details of all our available positions.

ABOUT YOU
In accordance with our mandate of creating a caring and safe environment for ill children and their families, we require attestation of childhood vaccinations, updated Police Record with Vulnerable Sector Screening, and proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 for all of our staff. We also require TB testing for all our program facing staff. Additionally, all of our staff are required to be currently eligible to work in Canada.

QUALIFICATIONS
Required Criteria
a)    Current Registration with College of Nurses of Ontario (Registered Practical Nurses considered) 
b)    Current BLS (HCP) level C & First Aid
c)    Paediatric experience preferred 
d)    Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and foster positive relationships within a team. 
e)    Clear police reference check and vulnerable sector screening

Advantageous Criteria
a)    Registered Nurse (RN) 
b)    APHON Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Certification 
c)    Valid driver’s license 
d)    Experience working in a camp environment and/or working with children in a recreational setting.

Personal/Professional Characteristics
a)    Enthusiastic, flexible, excellent oral and written communication, work well under stress, critical thinking skills, able to work independently and with a team.

Particular Working Conditions:
a)    The role includes working outside for periods of time as well indoors in the Medical Centre. Work schedule includes days, evenings and weekends. Occasional travel long distances whether by bus or car.
b)    In consideration of the population Campfire Circle serves, the incumbent is a non-smoker.

Physical Requirements:
The usual and customary methods of performing the job’s functions require the following physical demands: lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling. Standing for long periods of time and time spent outdoors walking are included as part of the role. 

TO APPLY

Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply by email at careers@campfirecircle.org. Please indicate in the subject line the title of the role(s) you are applying for.  

Don’t meet every single requirement in this posting? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification or requirement we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate! Campfire Circle understands that the costs of training and certifications can be a barrier to accessing employment. As such we are committed to providing full reimbursements for expenses related to employment at Campfire Circle. 

This posting will remain open until filled. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. For more information about Campfire Circle, please visit www.campfirecircle.org - No phone calls please.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Campfire Circle acknowledges that the overall health and wellness of you and your family are important; for this reason, we have partnered with Homewood Health to create an employee and family assistant program which is accessible to all of our seasonal and year round staff members and their families. 

ACCESSIBILITY & DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION 

Campfire Circle is strongly committed to diversity within its community and welcomes applications from racialized persons/persons of colour, Indigenous People of North America and the world, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ persons, and those who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. We are committed to providing equitable opportunities in employment and to providing a workplace which is free from discrimination and harassment.

We are equally committed to providing an inclusive and accessible workplace. Applicants requiring accommodations to access our job postings and apply for roles with our organization are invited to reach out to our HR Team at careers@campfirecircle.org or in a manner that fits their accessibility needs, and can trust that their application will be considered equitably for our available roles. Contact information for our HR Team is located on our website at https://campfirecircle.org/about-campfire-circle/careers/, and more information about our accessibility commitments can be found at https://campfirecircle.org/about-campfire-circle/accessibility-at-campfire-circle/.
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Campfire Circle is grateful for Indigenous communities’ stewardship of the land that we occupy- the traditional territory of many nations such as the Mississauga's of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We aspire to be deserving stewards of the land, in partnership with them.

We also acknowledge all Treaty peoples – including those who came here as settlers – as migrants either in this generation or in generations past - and those of us who came here involuntarily, particularly forcibly dis-planted Africans, brought here as a result of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery.