The Discovery Healthcare Summer Camp Captain

2 weeks ago


London, Canada Western University Full time

**About Western**:
Since 1878, Western University has been committed to serving our communities through the pursuit of academic excellence and by providing students, faculty, and community members with life-long opportunities for intellectual, social, and cultural growth. We seek excellent students, faculty, and staff to join us in what has become known as the "Western Experience" - an opportunity to contribute to a better world through the development of new knowledge, new abilities, new connections, and new ways to make a difference.

**About Us**:
The Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry’s Office of Distributed Education is part of the Education Portfolio of the Dean’s Office. It is funded by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care and is one of Canada’s largest distributed medical education programs. It is comprised of an Assistant Dean, Rural Regional Community Engagement, a Manager, and 600+ preceptors located in over 60 communities located throughout Southwestern Ontario. Schulich Medicine’s Distributed Education office facilitates rural and regional education and training opportunities to undergraduate and postgraduate learners.

**Responsibilities**:
The Discovery Healthcare Summer Camp Captain will provide an exciting and high-energy camp experience to high school students who are curious about medicine and healthcare careers. The incumbent will be part of a camp captain team responsible for delivering one-week youth engagement day camps within communities across southwestern Ontario, offering hands-on activities, which require some specialization of healthcare skills. The incumbent will be responsible for effectively collaborating with the multiple community coordinators to find and schedule various healthcare providers in each of the communities to deliver engaging and inspiring learning sessions to the youth camp participants. The Discovery Healthcare Summer Camp Captain will carrying out a variety of tasks in accordance with policies, procedures, and instructions provided within their camp resource handbook and received from their supervisor. The incumbent will take guidance from their supervisor, and work productively and courteously with their camp team, community camp coordinators and other members of the Western community.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Camp Planning and Implementation
- Build a relationship with the community champion to ensure a collaborative approach to camp planning
- Using the DHC camp manual and learning objectives build a daily camp schedule for each week of camp
- Source all external resources and provide an outline for approval to the Project Coordinator, DE (speakers, venues, tours, materials)
- Ensure camp readiness daily
- Provide leadership and support to camp leaders
- Leadership

Under the direction of the Program Coordinator:

- Provide daily leadership to the Camp Leaders
- Provide appropriate and constant supervision and care of campers
- Be the on-site point person for all camp inquiries
- Facilitate and encourage participation in camp activities
- Interact with parents in a professional and polite manner
- Safety
- Ensure accurate daily check-in and check-outs are completed by all campers
- Ensure all safety measures are adhered to throughout camp and policies are followed to ensure safety
- Complete any injury reports as required
- Ensure only authorized caregivers to sign campers out
- Understand and implement the DHC conflict resolution procedures when required
- Other Responsibilities
- Ensure all facilities are tidied and all supplies are put away for the next day/week of camp
- Complete a daily summary and submit to DE after each day of camp
- Complete a transition report at the end of each full camp week

**Education**:
Must be a student returning to studies in the fall and enrolled full-time in the following Western programs:

- Medical Doctor or Dentistry program within the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing program within the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing
- Occupation Therapy program or Physical Therapy program within the faculty of Health Sciences
- CPR Certification
- First aid skills and training

**Experience**:

- Previous work experience in a camp setting or youth engagement organization
- Demonstrated ability to plan, organize and lead activities

**Skills, Abilities & Expertise**:

- Passion for inspiring and mentoring youth with interest in a healthcare career
- Written and verbal communication skills to express ideas and/or activities clearly, and adapt communication style to suit the situation and audience
- Ability to maintain a positive, outgoing attitude with genuine customer service orientation
- Personable and courteous in working relationships with colleagues, community coordinators, high school students and the public
- Ability to multi-task and maintain a well-organized camp environment
- Demonstrates integrity and works in accordance with Western's policies and proc



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