Medical Team

Being a part of the Camp Barnabas medical team is a great honor. This is an all-volunteer team that works together to assist the camp in providing a safe and fun environment for ALL people to enjoy the great outdoors as they learn about Jesus at Camp Barnabas. Each week a different group of campers is served. The campers have various disabilities and/or diseases. More than anything, these are people with a big desire to just be a kid and have fun. Having a wonderful medical team of 6-8 nurses and 2 physicians each week allows kids with cancer, hemophilia, Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, autism, spina bifida and many other rare and debilitating diseases to come to camp and have fun. We serve all ages with our target population being 7-17.

You need a huge love for Jesus to be a part of the medical team, as well as a great heart for kids and medical experience. No specialty area is required. The camp provides training and support for any procedures you may be unfamiliar with, and we also provide lots of TLC. All volunteers arrive 24 hours prior to camper arrival to train and prepare for their time of service.

For a 2012 Volunteer Schedule, click here.

before you APPLY FOR THE MEDICAL TEAM, PLEASE READ THROUGH THE POSITION DESCRIPTIONS BELOW:

Nurses

You must be licensed in the state of the camp you will be serving or live in a compact state (reciprocal licensing with your state and that state) if you are are nurse. If you are serving at one of our Missouri locations, click here to review Missouri licensure requirements. For other reciprocal licensing questions, email Health Services Director Cyndy Teas, RN, BSN at cyndy@campbarnabas.org.

Nurses and physicians must serve a full term and stay on sight at all times during the week. Your children that are camp age are allowed to enroll as a camper in the sibling program if they do not have a disability. If you have a child with a disability, they will enroll as a camper. All children that attend while their parent is a nurse must be enrolled as campers or volunteers. Children do not live with the nurses. The nurses live in the medical center and share bedrooms with other nurses.

Physicians

All physicians are covered under Missouri law to serve at our Missouri locations for 14 days or less in a summer camp setting that will allow you to be a part of the team, utilizing your license from the state where you practice. For information on licensure in the states of our other camp locations, email Health Services Director Cyndy Teas, RN, BSN at cyndy@campbarnabas.org. Each physician usually works for one week and brings their family along for the trip. The physicians are on duty a limited amount of time and are encouraged to have family time and enjoy camp along with the campers when off-duty. Because we have two physicians each week, the time you spend actually working is limited and there is plenty of time to rest and relax with family.

Click the Med Team Volunteer button below to access our online application:

For more information on anything related to the medical team, please contact Cyndy Teas at 417.737.7083 or e-mail cyndy@campbarnabas.org.