Food Service Waitstaff Full-Time

Food Service Waitstaff Full-Time 30 Hours

Pay Rate: $17.00 per hour

Life at Episcopal SeniorLife Communities:

Episcopal SeniorLife Communities is dedicated to its staff, and we show it by providing incredible benefits! Winner of the 2024 & 2025 Best-in-Class Employer award, ESLC was recognized for its comprehensive approach to benefits, compensation, and employee experience.

• Your Health & Well-being: We take care of you. We offer 100% employer-paid medical insurance for High-Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) for single-subscribers.
• We also offer Health Saving Accounts (HSA) with Weekly Employer Contributions. Alternatively, we also offer Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
• Additionally, staff are eligible for dental insurance with orthodontist coverage.
• 401(K) with Company Match: 100% company match on the first 3% of your contributions.
• Competitive Pay Rates: We offer competitive rates that reflect your skills and experience. ESLC processes payroll on a weekly basis.
• Tuition Assistance: Our tuition assistance program provides financial support for courses and degrees that will help you grow professionally with us.
• ETO (Earned Time Off): Generous ETO plan that accrues on a weekly basis for use after 90 days of employment.
• Paid Holidays: ESLC has six designated holidays and one floating holiday.

Additionally, ESLC offers voluntary benefits and insurances such as Short-Term Disability, Vision, and Employee Assistance Program.

Essential Job Functions

• Understand the menu items and preparation methods.
• Perform pre-service checklist to ensure readiness to open.
• Take all food orders at table(s), assure accuracy.
• Deliver all food items to table.
• Follow up on all comments, corrections from customers to ensure positive outcomes.
• Clear all soiled items from table and re-set table.
• May deliver room service or patio home meals for residents.
• May attend resident association and food committee meetings for feedback.
• Attend all service staff meetings to address problems, concerns or plans.
• Read all literature, memos concerning changes or other necessary information.
• Reports to Chef Manager or designee.

Qualifications

• Must possess high school diploma or equivalent with reading, comprehension and writing ability at 12th grade level or higher.
• Six months' food service experience preferred.
• Knowledge of NYS DOH regulations on food operations and sanitation.
• Demonstrated leadership, organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to represent the Episcopal Church Home and interact effectively with vendors and service contractors.
• Ability to interact courteously and tactfully with staff, residents, family members, visitors, vendors and the general public.

Physical Requirements

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. Performing duties of this job requires prolonged standing and routine walking in and around the kitchen and dining area. Must be able to occasionally lift loads of 30 pounds and routinely lift 25 pounds without assistance and the ability to sit, talk, and hear is required. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The majority of essential job duties are performed indoors as well as in resident areas where universal precautions apply. Additional are performed in a normal dietary kitchen environment which is subject to warm working conditions in an area where there is exposure to cooking equipment which may be hot. Employee may be exposed to indoor temperature fluctuations.

Supervisory Relationship

The work is performed within established guidelines, and requires periodic supervision. The employee exercises some initiative and independent judgment to effectively perform the essential job duties of this position.

Responsibility for Others

The employee has no direct responsibility for others.

Safety Responsibilities

Shall be fully acquainted with all safety policies and procedures. Takes an active role in all fire drills during the shift and/or emergencies for internal and external disasters as monitored by supervisor and incident manager. Must comply with facility in-service requirements.

Maintain confidentiality of all information related to the organization, residents, participants, family and staff, that may be encountered, either formally or informally, during the normal course of business. This includes medical and treatment records, financial and human resources information.

Episcopal SeniorLife Communities is an Equal Opportunity Employer.