Dining Server/Utility Worker

At Viva Senior Living, we are seeking a skilled and compassionate Dining Server/Utility Worker to join our team. This role is responsible for providing exceptional dining experiences for our residents, ensuring their comfort and satisfaction with every meal.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide meals and beverages to residents in the dining room, ensuring a positive and welcoming atmosphere.
• Set up and clean up the dining room for meal service, maintaining a clean and safe environment.
• Take attendance at meals, if assigned, and offer residents beverages prior to mealtime.
• Ensure that appropriate condiments are available for current meal and that the dining room is prepared for meal service.
• Participate in pre-service meetings and tastings to understand the meals being served.
• Knowledgeable of menu items, including Daily Specials and Special Diet accommodations.
• Ensure that food orders are correct and serve resident meals in courses as often as possible.
• Inform kitchen of any resident concerns regarding meal and remain available during meal service for assistance.
• Notify medical staff immediately on any medical emergency or change in eating habits.
• Work closely with Food and Beverage Director, Dining Room Supervisor, Cooks, and fellow dining staff to assist when needed.
• Follow community policies and procedures regarding safety standards and food sanitation.
• Wear appropriate uniform and nametag and adhere to hygiene standards.
• Clean up vases, change tablecloths if necessary, and wipe down chairs and chair legs if dirty from mealtime.
• Must be able to lift a 25-pound tray overhead and maintain a positive, welcoming, and accommodating attitude towards residents.

Requirements:

• Annual health requirements, including flu and COVID vaccines.
• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday and cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Must be able to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately.
• Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility.
• Must be able to relate to and work with the ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and, at times, agitated residents.
• Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a minimum height of 5 feet and be able to push, pull, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of 50 feet.