Job Description

Vidant Health

About Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital

Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital is a 114-bed, not-for-profit hospital located in Ahoskie, NC. The 15-bed ER serves approximately 21,000 patients per year from the local community and surrounding towns. This modern facility provides a wide range of health services to its 39,000 residents in the four-county area.

Ahoskie, NC is ideally located an hour from the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area and two hours from Raleigh, Richmond, Williamsburg, and the beautiful Outer Banks of NC. Ahoskie offers a moderate cost of living, a strong sense of community, and a temperate climate and location to support a variety of year round outdoor activities, such as boating, kayaking, hunting, fishing, hiking, and golf.

Position Summary

Lifeguards are responsible for the overall safety and well being of all patrons who use the aquatics facility as it relates to preventing emergency situations, responding to emergency situations appropriately, and maintaining aspects of daily pool operations.

Responsibilities

Maintain a high level of professionalism and participate in ongoing skill development, such as team member meetings and departmental in-service trainings.

Possess a thorough understanding of aquatic facility safety protocols that include but not limited to, emergency action plans, effective patron surveillance, enforcing safety rules with patrons and life saving skills.

Assist with task oriented responsibilties such as but not limited to daily cleaning of aquatic area, group instructor assistance, chemical and temperature readings, lap lane management for patrons, swim lesson registration and attendance recording to programs and services.

If applicable, team member is a swim instructor and adheres to the following: Ability to perform safe swim instruction, teach water safety techniques, motivate and encourage patrons regardless their variety of skill and age, private or group settings and maintain a safe environment each session.

Minimum Requirements

Basic Skill Set or higher
Lifeguard certification
Zero to two years related experience
Nationally Recognized CPR Certification

General Statement

It is the goal of Vidant Health and its entities to employ the most qualified individual who best matches the requirements for the vacant position.

Offers of employment are subject to successful completion of all pre-employment screenings, which may include an occupational health screening, criminal record check, education, reference, and licensure verification.

We value diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Decisions of employment are made based on business needs, job requirements and applicant’s qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information and testing, family and medical leave, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other status protected by law. We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint.