Kitchen Server / Dishwasher

Job Description

Job Description:\n\nVista Springs Trillium Village has been VOTED BEST SENIOR LIVING IN CLARKSTON\nAt Vista, our team members are valued, respected, appreciated, and empowered. We are not just filling positions — we are inviting people to become part of a purpose-driven work family where exceptional care, meaningful relationships, and personal growth matter every day. If you are looking for more than a job, we invite you to explore career opportunities with us. VistaSpringsLiving.com/career-opportunities\n A message from Lou Andriotti, CEO of Vista Springs\nThere are plenty of job postings, job boards, and advertisements out there. But at Vista Springs, we are asking something a little different: What are you really looking for in your next career move? If you are looking for more than a job, we invite you to come meet us.\nVista Springs is a professional work family where people are trusted, supported, empowered, and encouraged to grow. We are building something meaningful together – a Full of Life community where our team members make a real difference in the lives of others every day.\nThis is not just about filling positions. It is about inviting the right people to become part of a movement – a supportive, high performance, learning organization where team members, residents, families, and leaders all work together to achieve elevated outcomes.\n We want people who care. People who want to learn. People who want to be part of something uplifting. People who understand that meaningful work can change the lives of those we serve – and also change us.\n We want you to think of it as an opportunity to find a fair, meaningful, and rewarding career with a company that cares about you, believes in your potential, and will trust and empower you to help us build something truly special.\nCome meet us. Come grow with us. Come help us create a Full of Life community. \nVista Springs Careers\nFind Your Greater Purpose\nPay on Demand! Work Today, Get Paid Tomorrow! \nVista Springs offers many wonderful perks including, but not limited to:\n\nHeavily subsidized low cost major medical plan.\nShort Term Disability\n401K\nDental and Vision Insurance, retirement plan, and generous Paid Time Off\nWeekly pay check.\nCompetitive Compensation and Benefits Program.\nAdvancement Potential.\nCatered Living/Active Lifestyle, Assisted Living and Memory Care Community\nRealize your full potential for career growth and professional excellence by bringing your full-self every day to thrive in our Joy in Work environment in one of our beautiful Award-winning purpose-built and master-planned communities.\nFloating Holiday\nBe part of a dynamic and dedicated team.\n\nWorking conditions:\nFull time/Part time\nHours/days as assigned\nPOSITION SUMMARY\nResponsible for providing routine assistance with preparing and serving palatable, nutritionally balanced, quality food to residents as directed by the Dietary Director and/or Cook. Responsible for keeping equipment, kitchen and dining areas clean.\nJOB DUTIES\nReasonable Accommodations Statement\nTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\nEssential Job Functions\n\nArrive to your scheduled shift regularly and punctually.\nAssist the culinary service director/cook to develop, monitor and maintain quality standards for the storage, preparation and presentation of food.\nPrepare and serve nutritionally balanced, well-prepared and palatable meals that reflect the likes and dislikes of residents in a timely and consistent manner while adhering to menus and special dietary needs, using the GFS cycle Menu management program.\nVerify appropriate meals and snacks are served to residents\nComply with dietary department licensing standards and requirements\nRoutinely communicate with the culinary service director on feedback from residents ‘regarding food.\nCommunicate to the Culinary Service Director/Cook when inventory of supplies and food items are low so they may be re-ordered.\nComply with sanitation schedule for kitchen, equipment, and dining room to maintain high standard of sanitation and cleanliness.\nAt the instruction of the Culinary Service Director/cook, coordinate special events including but not limited to holiday meals, birthday meals, company picnics or other events.\nAttend mandatory in-service meetings and continuing education opportunities as required.\nAdhere to MSDS procedures regarding cleaners or other hazardous materials.\nComply with universal precautions and infection control, isolation, fire, safety and sanitation practices and procedures.\nProperly report any hazardous conditions and equipment, incidents or accidents in a timely fashion.\nUnderstand, comply with and promote resident rights, safety, supervision and protection.\nMaintain confidentiality of resident health information as required by HIPAA.\nEnsure a safe environment for residents, visitors and co-workers\nPerform other duties as assigned.\n\nPOSITION QUALIFICATIONS\nCompetency Statement(s)\n\nAccountability: Accepts responsibility and accounts for his/her actions\nResident Oriented: Takes care of the residents’ needs while following company procedures.\nEthical: Demonstrates conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards\nRespectful: Displays a caring, respectful and positive attitude when addressing residents, family members and co-workers.\nHonest/ integrity: Is truthful and seen as credible in the workplace.\nRelationship Building: Effectively builds relationships with residents and co-workers.\nReliability: Is dependable and trustworthy\nResponsible: Is held accountable or answerable for ones conduct.\nCreativity: Seeks ways to improve all aspects of the job; brainstorms to develop suggestions and new ideas\nCommunication: Communicates openly and honestly and with tact; promotes cooperation, trust and open exchange of ideas; treats others with respect; expresses facts and thoughts in writing in a clear and organized way; resolves conflicts in a positive way.\nTime Management: Effectively prepares and uses a ‘to do ‘list; allocates time to planning, thinking and mapping out tasks; controls time spent in attending meetings and controls interruptions.\n\nSKILLS & ABILITIES\nEducation and Experience\nA high school diploma, one year experience cooking/baking from scratch and preparing special diets and management experience in a long-term care or assisted living setting OR a combination of education and experience.\nComputer Skills\nProficient in Word and Outlook in a Windows environment or equivalent.\nLanguage Skills\nAbility to read, speak and understand the English language and communicate effectively with residents, family members and employees. Ability to read and correctly interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.\nMathematical Skills\nAbility to add, subtracts, multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rates and percent’s and the ability to read and interpret graphs from data.\nReasoning Ability\nAbility to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.\nCertificates & Licenses\nFirst aid and CPR training will be provided on the job.\nPHYSICAL DEMANDS\nStand C Lift/Carry Transfer\nWalk C 10 lbs. or less F\nSit O 11-20 lbs. F\nReach Outward C 21-50 lbs. F\nReach Above Shoulder C 51-100 lbs. N\nClimb N Over 100 lbs. N\nSquat or Kneel O Push/ Pull \nBend F 12 lbs. or less F\nTwist F 11-20 lbs. F\n 21-50 lbs. O\n 51-100 lbs. N\n Over 100 lbs. N\n \nN (Not Applicable) Activity is not applicable to this occupation.\nO (Occasionally) Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0-2.5+ hrs/day)\nF (Frequently) Occupation requires this activity form 33% -66% of the time (2.5-5.5+ hrs/day)\nC (Constantly) Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hrs/day)\nOther Physical Requirements\n\nAbility to withstand sudden temperature changes from the heat of the kitchen to the cold of the freezers.\nAbility to safely transport hot pans and other hot food dishes from range or ovens to the steam table or other areas\nAbility to maneuver through the kitchen and walk-in-freezer (s) and cooler(s)\nAbility to identify chemicals and properly use and dilute them\nAbility to see dirt, dust and areas to clean\nAbility to hear and speak clearly so as to understand instructions and communicate.\n\nWORK ENVIRONMENT\nThe 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 noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.\nThe Company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee’s ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contact of employment, and company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the company may deem appropriate.