Lifeguard (Per Diem) - Meadowmont Wellness Center

UNC Health; North Carolina; On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

UNC Health in Chapel Hill, NC seeks a per diem lifeguard to ensure aquatics safety and cleanliness at Meadowmont Wellness Center. Responsibilities include assisting members, maintaining pool conditions, and enforcing rules.

Required CPR and Lifeguard certifications; preferred experience with patrons with special needs. This state-position offers onsite work with variable hours and competitive pay.

Qualifications

• CPR certification (American Red Cross) required.
• Lifeguard certification required.

Responsibilities

• Answers questions and responds to requests from members regarding aquatics facility and services.
• Maintains the cleanliness of the swimming pool and equipment; follows the daily cleaning checklist and monitors water quality.
• Monitors all pool users to ensure safety; administers first aid/CPR if necessary and enforces center policies.

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Ensures the safety of all members using the Meadowmont Wellness Center aquatics facility. Maintains equipment and cleanliness of the facility.

Job Responsibilities

• Answers questions and responds to requests from members regarding aquatics facility and services
• Maintains the cleanliness of the swimming pool by completing tasks as outlined in the daily cleaning checklist, vacuuming the pool bottom, cleaning gutters, eliminating puddles on the pool deck and picking up any trash. Ensures the pool and whirlpool are maintained at the proper temperatures and depth, chlorine and pH levels.
• Monitors all users of the pool to ensure safety and prevent drowning. When necessary, administers first aid, perform a water rescue, and/or administer CPR if necessary. Enforces all pool rules, health regulations and Center policies.

Education Requirements

None required.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification

Professional Experience Requirements

Prefer prior experience working with consumers with special needs such as arthritis, heart disease, and physical injuries or handicaps.

Other Information

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements

Job Details

• Legal Employer: STATE
• Entity: UNC Medical Center
• Organization Unit: Meadowmont Wellness Center
• Work Type: Per Diem
• Standard Hours Per Week: 10.00
• Salary Range: $18.00 - $24.66 per hour (Hiring Range)
• Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
• Work Assignment Type: Onsite
• Work Schedule: Variable
• Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill
• Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
• This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.