LIFEGUARD

Description

This position is responsible in ensuring the control and safety of participants during recreational, fitness, and instructional swimming while providing a safe, clean, and friendly environment for Y members and guests.

Able to be proactive on the job and respond to quickly and responsibly respond to emergency situations. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Provides direct supervision and maintains high safety standard during recreational, fitness, and instructional swim.
2. Ability to effectively communicate with members, participants, and staff in a positive manner.
3. Make mature judgments and to have the ability to make sound decisions
4. Enforce ALL rules of the facility.
5. Follow opening, operating, and closure procedures
6. Set a good example by practicing and implementing the Y’s mission and values.
7. Respect demonstrated for all members, guests, and staff team.
8. Follow the code of ethics for all staff.
9. Take pride in the facility by make sure that our department is clean and organized.
10. Assist members/ patrons with anything that may need
11. Attend all monthly in-service meetings/ trainings
12. Completes necessary paperwork/logs in a timely and detailed manner.
13. Reports to duty as scheduled.
14. All other duties as assigned.

YMCA COMPETENCIES (Leader):

Mission Advancement: Accepts and demonstrates the Y's values. Demonstrates a desire to serve others and fulfill community needs. Builds effective, supportive working relationships with volunteers and staff. Supports fundraising.

Collaboration: Works effectively with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions, and perceptions. Builds rapport and relates well to others. Seeks first to understand the other person's point of view, and remains calm in challenging situations. Listens for understanding and meaning; speaks and writes effectively. Takes initiative to assist in developing others.

Operational Effectiveness: Makes sound judgments, and transfers learning from one situation to another. Embraces new approaches and discovers ideas to create a better member experience. Establishes goals, clarifies tasks, plans work and actively participates in meetings. Follows budgeting policies and procedures, and reports all financial irregularities immediately. Strives to meet or exceed goals and deliver a high-value experience for members.

Personal Growth: Pursues self-development that enhances job performance. Demonstrates an openness to change, and seeks opportunities in the change process. Accurately assesses personal feelings, strengths and limitations and how they impact relationships. Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Current American Red Cross or YMCA Lifeguard certification.
• Current CPR certification (must include adult, child, and infant CPR and obstructed airway maneuver, two-rescuer CPR, modified jaw thrust, and use of pocket-mask and bag-valve mask resuscitation. American Safety & Health Institute CPR-PRO, American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer, American Heart Association CPR for the Health Care Provider, and National Safety Council Professional Rescuer CPR certification programs meet these requirements.)
• Current First Aid certification (must include training in victim assessment; bleeding; shocks; burns; specific body injuries; bites and stings; bone, joint, and muscle injuries; medical emergencies and rescues. American Red Cross, National Safety Council, and American Safety Health Institute programs meet these requirements.)
• Certification in AED, and Oxygen Administration.
• Pass the following swimming skills test: 

A. Swim 50 yards each of : sidestroke, front crawl and breaststroke,   

B. Tread water for at least two minutes with legs only.

C. Surface dive headfirst and feetfirst and swim underwater for 15 feet.

D. Perform one active victim, one passive victim, and one spinal victim rescue.

• Reflect emotional maturity, good communication skills, judgment, tact, and a positive attitude.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Sufficient strength, agility and mobility to perform essential functions of position and to safely supervise adult activities.