Hotel Pool Lifeguard Employment Contract UK

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

• Continuously supervise the assigned pool zone using the approved scanning method.
• Enforce safe-use, capacity and age or supervision rules consistently.
• Rotate zones and take vigilance breaks through the staffed handover system.
• Respond to rescues, first aid and emergency alarms within training.
• Check rescue equipment, pool visibility and immediate deck hazards.
• Clear or close water areas when immediate safety criteria are not met.
• Record rotations, rule interventions, defects, rescues and incidents accurately.

A realistic working scenario

Visibility to the pool floor deteriorates during a busy session. The lifeguard clears the water under procedure and alerts plant management rather than maintaining admission.

Outputs to agree

• effective pool surveillance
• prompt rescue and emergency response
• enforced safe-use rules

Records and evidence

• Qualification and training.
• Zone rotation.
• Pool or equipment concern.
• Rescue and incident report.
• Booking records.
• Payment records.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to General Manager, Hotel Manager, Restaurant Manager or Front Office Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

• The lifeguard may stop use for immediate safety; chemical dosing, plant repair and medical diagnosis require the relevant competent person.
• May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Supervision

• Continuously supervise the assigned pool zone using the approved scanning method.
• Enforce safe-use, capacity and age or supervision rules consistently.
• Allocate and review assigned work within delegated authority and escalate formal people matters through the Employer's procedures.

Tools and systems

• Booking systems.
• Payment systems.
• Kitchen or housekeeping equipment where authorised.
• Shift handover tools.
• Guest communication systems.

Workplace context

• Hotel, restaurant, kitchen, guest-facing or approved hospitality areas.

Training and certification

• Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

• qualification maintenance
• uninterrupted vigilance
• emergency drills
• pool-closure authority

Information the employer should prepare

• the pools, spa water areas and zones supervised
• the opening, early, late, weekend and seasonal rota
• the lifeguarding, first-aid and ongoing competency qualifications required
• the supervision ratios, rotation and break arrangements
• the rescue, communication and emergency equipment provided
• the visibility, capacity, contamination and closure procedures
• any reception, cleaning or teaching tasks and when they may be performed