Health Center Technician

Job Title: Health Technician

Location: Groveland, CA in the Sierra Mountains just outside of Yosemite National Park

Dates of Employment: May 30 - August 7, 2026

Salary: $4585 plus room and board, more DOE 

About Camp Tawonga: Camp Tawonga is a residential children’s summer camp located outside Yosemite National Park. The campers range in age from 7-17 and participate in 1-week, 2-week, or 3-week programs throughout the summer. The Camp Tawonga Staff is a dedicated group of 200 , working together to create a vital Jewish community where children thrive. This outstanding team includes people with both Jewish and non-Jewish backgrounds. 

Camp Tawonga’s mission is to foster positive self-esteem for campers, create a cooperative community, teach children to live in partnership with nature, and offer children a positive experience of spirituality and Jewish identity. The work at Camp is demanding, with long hours, high intensity, and little privacy. The rewards are great: the joy of helping children grow, the beauty of the mountains and river, and the camaraderie of working with other enthusiastic and caring staff. 

Health Tech Position Overview: Camp Tawonga Health Techs get hands-on experience working with patients ages 7 - adult. The Camp Tawonga Health Center runs like a rural Health Clinic where the Health Center Team (two nurses, four or five Health Techs, one volunteer MD/NP and directors) treat as much as possible onsite and for more critical medical situations, triage to the nearest hospital 75 minutes away.  Health Techs provide excellent patient care within the scope of their license, give campers ages 7-17 extra love, attention and comfort, distribute daily medications, organize and help clean the Health Center among other tasks. The right candidate loves working with kids, is interested in medicine or some kind of medical care, is detail oriented and a team player. See details below. 

Job Responsibilities

• Medical Skills 

  • Distribute daily medications to campers during breakfast and dinner

  • Pack out medications for out-of-camp trips

  • Provide routine medical care and be prepared to respond in an emergency

  • Escort patients to definitive care outside of camp when needed

  • Ensure thorough documentation including charting patient interactions, completing medication administration records, and other paperwork. 

• Working with campers

  • Maintain confidentiality about both staff and campers

  • Provide loving attention and medical care to campers and staff, listen to and support kids, providing reassurance, caring, and patience

  • Serve as a counselor for campers staying in the Health Center, ensuring they receive food and water, coordinating activities, and offering attentive, nurturing care.

• Team Work

  • Working in a small group with the same people

  • Knowing when to use your skills and when to defer to the doctor or nurse

  • Completing daily chores to keep the Health Center running smoothly including laundry, sanitizing equipment and surfaces, checking equipment, and other tasks

• Initiative and Responsibility

  • Be on time and prepared

  • Go above and beyond, when you complete one task ask for another

Qualifications: You must have one of the following qualifications: Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Wilderness First Responder (WFR), RN, or fourth year Bachelors of Science in Nursing student. We prefer applicants with a valid driver’s license and clean driving record.

Day in the Life: There are three shifts that rotate daily, so it is always different. There is a morning shift (7:30AM – 2:00PM), afternoon and evening shift (1:30PM – 8:30PM), and the overnight shift (8:00PM – 8:00AM). On a typical day each medical assistant is “ON'' for 1–2 shifts, “ON RADIO” for 1 shift, and “OFF” for 1 shift (although some days an “ON RADIO” shift replaces the “OFF” shift due to day-off coverage). “ON” means being on duty at the health center to care for admitted patients, triage patients who come seeking medical attention, and take care of all daily chores. “ON RADIO” means carrying a radio and being on call to respond in an emergency or assist at the health center as needed. When you are “ON RADIO” you can be anywhere on camp property where you can hear your radio. Med Call and Health Call require all hands on deck – all medical assistants are on duty for medication distribution during breakfast and dinner, and for clinic immediately following breakfast and dinner, even if they are “on radio” or “off” according to the shift schedule, unless it is their day off.

Typical Day

8:00AM – Breakfast and set up for daily medication distribution to campers, aka med call.

8:25AM – Med Call begins: distribute medication to campers, make sure everyone who is expected to take daily medication shows up and all meds are distributed.

9:00AM – Assist with Health Call. Triage campers who are waiting to see the doctor, pull charts, take vital signs, and administer first aid as needed.

10:00AM – Morning shift: do laundry, clean and sanitize exam rooms and patient rooms, ensure all first aid kits are stocked, check equipment, attend to admitted patients, assess in-coming patients and determine whether or not to radio the doctor, provide TLC and hang out with admitted patients, pack out medication for out of camp trips.

12:30PM – Lunch and check on admitted patients, bringing lunch to anyone who is admitted.

2:00PM – Shift pass-off to medical assistant who is taking over for the afternoon shift.

2:00PM – 6:00PM – On radio: relax around Camp, keep your radio nearby in case you are needed at the Health Center.

6:00PM – Dinner and set up for daily medication distribution to campers, aka Med Call.

6:25PM – Med Call begins: distribute medication to campers, make sure everyone who is expected to take daily medication shows up and all meds are distributed.

7:00PM – Report to Health Center to assist with Health Call. Triage campers who are waiting to see the doctor, pull charts, take vital signs, and administer first aid as needed.

8:00PM – OFF for the rest of the evening. 

Salary : $4,585