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Dietary Aide

$18 per hour
Full-time

Life Care Services

Position: Dietary Aide Schedule: Full time 40 hours week. Weekends, holidays, and events as needed. Pay: $18.00 per hour Location: Essex, CT Who we are: Walk through our doors and see the difference in the future with senior living and care. Set against a beautiful 1,000-acre natural preserve and just minutes from the shoreline, Essex Meadows leads the way in comprehensive senior living in Connecticut. When you work at Essex Meadows, you have a front-row seat to the amazing life stories of the wisest people on earth. What's more, you are part of an extraordinary company-one that's investing in the future of senior living by investing in you. Don't just do a job. Be part of an extraordinary life! You will enjoy:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • AD&D insurance
  • Long-term disability insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Resident sponsored appreciation bonus
  • Resident sponsored educational scholarships
  • Generous PTO and paid holidays
  • Employee assistance program
  • Free electric vehicle charging stations
  • Daily Pay – Work today, get paid today!
General Summary: Essex Meadows is recruiting for a hospitality focused dietary aide to join our culinary team. This role provides full-scope, hands on serving functions within the skilled nursing facility. Essential Job Duties:
  • Prepares special feedings, nourishments, and snacks as ordered for service, including daily garnish.
  • Verify ordered food items needed for meals are available and ready for service, including daily garnish.
  • Covers, labels, dates and stores all food items.
  • Maintains a well-stocked kitchen while rotating stock.
  • Accurately sets up meal trays and dining room tables per tray ticket.
  • Checks for accuracy of plated foods at time of service, adjusting as necessary.
  • Clears dishes from tables during and after meal service.
  • Returns soiled trays and service ware to dishwashing area via closed food cart.
  • Removes and replaces soiled linens after each meal and delivers to laundry in proper bag supplied by laundry.
  • Maintains a sanitary work area by following daily cleaning schedules and thoroughly cleaning and sanitizing work area after each meal
  • Attends in-service training and education sessions as assigned.
  • Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.
Qualifications:
  • Ability to understand and follow instructions in English and communicate effectively.
  • Experience waiting tables in a hotel, restaurant or club with fine dining preferred; will train.
  • Ability to interpret and explain menu, refer, or answer questions, coordinate meal service process and understands requests.
  • Ability to work in close cooperation with residents, guests, visitors, families, management and peers.
All new hires must be able to pass our preemployment screening process, which includes a fitness for duty physical, criminal background check, drug test and employment references as required by a licensed residential care facility. Some of the roles in our community also require that we ask about your vaccination status. EEO Employer

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