Lifeguard

Lifeguard Position

At the Y, you can channel your passion into a lifelong career helping to deliver positive change. Every day, our staff – of all ages and from all walks of life – work to bridge the gaps in community needs by nurturing the potential of youth and teens, improving our community's health and well-being, and providing support to our neighbors, by serving others, building strong relationships, and incorporating our YMCA values into our everyday work.

This position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit, charitable organization committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. The Lifeguard creates and maintains a safe, positive, and engaging Aquatics atmosphere that promotes member safety in accordance with YMCA policies and procedures. The Lifeguard uses rescue techniques and equipment to provide the best possible care and respond to in-water and on-land emergencies.

Essential Functions

• Patrol and monitor the active natatorium, engaging with members, swim lesson students, and program participants throughout shifts.
• Activate EAPs, rescue swimmers, and provide appropriate first aid and care to injured members.
• Explain and enforce safety rules and regulations about the Aquatic facility and available equipment to members and program participants.
• Performs checks on equipment, water quality, and facility cleanliness to ensure safety, sanitation, and a great member experience.
• Knows, reviews, and applies all safety, emergency, and child abuse prevention policies and procedures, responding to emergency situations in accordance with YMCA protocol.
• Attends all staff meetings and Inservice training to maintain skills, build connections with staff, and exchange ideas with others.

Qualifications

• At least 15 years of age
• Current certifications in American Red Cross Lifeguarding, CPR/AED, First Aid, and Bloodborne Pathogens, and completes YMCA program-specific trainings upon hire
• Certification in Emergency Oxygen Preferred
• Exhibits great communication and listening skills to work with staff and members, delivering a quality experience
• Ability to identify problems and resolve them
• Completion of YMCA required training upon hire.
• Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.

Work Environment & Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to demonstrate lifeguard skills in accordance with YMCA standards and maintain certification-levels of physical and mental readiness.
• The employee must practice lifting and/or moving up to ten pounds and perform in-water and on-land rescues for patrons of various body weights.
• The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, move around on the pool deck, and assist patrons of all ages in the pools.
• The employee is frequently required to utilize oral and listening comprehension and expression to observe distress signals in the Aquatics Environment and enforce safety regulations.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Diversity Statement

The YMCA of the Inland Northwest commits to being an inclusive organization for all. Driven by our mission and values of Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility we actively work to close equity gaps for marginalized and underserved groups. We are inspired to elevate social justice issues facing our community, remove systemic barriers, welcome cultural diversity, and create equity for those in greatest need. Through collaboration with our diverse community partners together we work to effect meaningful change. In all things, we are dedicated to ensuring our Y is a safe, welcoming place for all people to be, belong, and become. The YMCA of the Inland Northwest provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants.

Starting pay: $x/hr

What you get from working at the YMCA:

• Frequent opportunities to make a difference in the lives of youth, adults, and senior members
• Free individual YMCA membership (<19 hours/week) with YMCA program discounts available
• Paid sick time accruing at 1 hour every 40 hours worked
• Up to two hours of Child Watch services per day, per child while employee is on site and working
• Flexible schedules that work for YOU
• Something new and exciting to learn and work with every day
• Retirement plan with 8% employer contribution after 2 years of service (1,000 or more hours worked required in each anniversary year)

Join our team! Come be a part of a charitable, mission-driven organization that works for individual and community well-being for all, for a better us.