Compassionate Dining Aide for Senior Living

Synergy Senior Management; Harbor Springs (MI); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Pineview Cottage in northern Michigan is seeking a Dietary Aide to support our senior living community. This role focuses on preparing desserts and salads, serving meals, and maintaining dining area standards while following diet orders for residents.

You will collaborate with residents, families, and health center staff to ensure courteous service and accurate meals. Prior kitchen or nursing home food service is welcome, with emphasis on empathy for the elderly.

Qualifications

• Ability to understand and follow instructions in English, communicate effectively, perform simple arithmetic, and understand measurements and conversions.
• Previous experience in nursing home food service preferred, but not required.
• Ability to plan, organize and set up trays and plates by diet orders and interpret specifications and standards.
• Ability to work in close cooperation with residents, guests, visitors, families, supervisors and peers. Requires empathy for the elderly.

Responsibilities

• Prepares therapeutic desserts and salads as required.
• Serves meals in the health center pantries.
• Sets up tables in the health center dining room(s) and breaks them down after the meals.
• Transports hot and cold foods to and from the health center pantries.
• Transports all required non-food items to and from the health center pantries.
• Washes silver, glass, china in dish machines in pantries as per regulation.
• Provides health center snacks and supplements per diet orders.
• Maintains stock and sanitation levels in coffee and juice machines in dining rooms.
• Sets tables and maintains work stations in proper order.
• Takes order, provides service and requested items both graciously and courteously.
• Clears dishes from tables during and after meal service.
• Answers pertinent questions about menu items.
• Ensures that orders match Physician's diet orders.

Skills

English communication

Arithmetic

Follow instructions

Dietary orders interpretation

Tools

Dish machine operation

Job description

Pineview Cottage in northern Michigan is seeking a Dietary Aide to support our senior living community. This role focuses on preparing desserts and salads, serving meals, and maintaining dining area standards while following diet orders for residents.

You will collaborate with residents, families, and health center staff to ensure courteous service and accurate meals. Prior kitchen or nursing home food service is welcome, with emphasis on empathy for the elderly.