Dietary Aide

2 months ago

Stanwood, United States Warm Beach Senior Community Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionEssential Duties and Responsibilities:
  1. Opens and closes the dining room, which involves unlocking/locking the door, taking care of operation of lights and equipment, and assuring that the dining room is ready for service.
  2. Greets and seat residents as they enter; ensures the table is clean and rolled silverware, napkins, and other needs have been provided.
  3. Take reservations over the phone or in-person; prepares reserved table in timely manner.
  4. Take food and beverage orders over the phone or in-person using POS system.
  5. Maintain knowledge of all current menu items, specials
  6. Serve food safely, neatly, and attractively from service kitchen to residents, in an organized and timely manner. This includes staff, guests, and take-out orders.
  7. Maintains a clean, tidy, well-stocked dining room and server alley. Clears tables of dishes and utensils after meals and dispenses to dish room. Uses proper sanitation practices in cleaning tables, replenishing condiments.
  8. Ensures all beverage items are well stocked and other items as needed. Notifies Director of Dining on stock items that need to be ordered.
  9. Maintains proper rotation and labeling of all food and non-food items.
  10. Properly disposes of refuse and boxes in proper places and taking all refuse to garbage area when directed as needed.
  11. Notifies Director of Dining of any sanitation, safety, or resident concerns in a timely manner.
  12. Assists cooks with portioning of items when there is a slow period, according to the proper portion size.
  13. Follows tasks assigned by Director of Dining which may not be posted on job schedule, or in event of emergency.
  14. Properly uses and cleans equipment used when done.
  15. Promotes Warm Beach Senior Community (WBSC) by maintaining a neat, clean professional appearance as defined in the WBSC employees’ handbook and dietary dress code policy.
  16. Performs duties in a safe manner and follows safety rules including reporting any work-related injury at the time of injury to the supervisor.
  17. Attends scheduled meetings and required Warm Beach Senior Community In-service and training programs.
  18. Performs other duties as assigned by Director of Dining.
  19. Able to work all scheduled shifts and abide by legal break periods as directed by managers on duty.

Physical Demands
  1. Speech, sight and hearing to effectively communicate, read and create documents.
  2. Speech, sight and hearing to communicate effectively by varied means including but not limited to telephone, in person, while meeting or greeting clients and conversing with residents or speaking publicly.
  3. Ability to move freely and quickly to set up dining room, stock food storage areas and deliver food carts to nursing.
  4. Ability to use a step ladder to reach for items used in the kitchen and/or Dining room.
  5. Prolonged periods of standing and walking.
  6. Must be able to lift, balance, and carry trays of food weighing up to 25 pounds.
  7. Ability to lift heavy objects up to 50lbs.

Working Conditions
  1. Ability to withstand temperature changes which may occur.
  2. Work indoors most of the time but may sometimes work in outdoor serving areas.

Personal Specifications:
  1. Must have and maintain a valid Food Handler’s card.
  2. Knowledge of POS system.
  3. Demonstrates reliability and self-motivation.
  4. Knowledge of WBSC programs, mission and purpose.
  5. Ability to maintain confidentiality.
  6. Ability and maturity to prioritize, use good judgment and tact.
  7. Assures resident’s safety at all times.
  8. Willingness to abide by WBSC policy and procedures.