Dietary Aide

All Jobs; Essex (CT); On-site; USD 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

AD&D insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Holidays

Daily Pay

Employee assistance program

EV charging stations

Job summary

Essex Meadows is recruiting a hospitality focused dietary aide to join our culinary team. This role provides full-scope, hands on serving functions within the skilled nursing facility.

Responsibilities include preparing nourishment, ensuring availability of items, labeling and storing food, and setting up trays and dining room tables with attention to cleanliness and service quality. Training is provided for a candidate with waitstaff experience.

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, coordinate meal service and requests.

Responsibilities

• Prepares special feedings, nourishments, and snacks as ordered for service, including daily garnish.
• Verifies items needed for meals are available and ready for service.
• Covers, labels, dates and stores all food items; maintains stocked kitchen.
• Sets up meal trays and dining room tables; checks accuracy of plated foods.
• Cleans tables, returns soiled trays, handles linens, and maintains sanitary work area.

Skills

English proficiency

Customer service

Meal service

Job description

Schedule:Full-Time | Weekends, holidays, and events as needed

Pay:$18.00 per hour

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 Meadowsleads the way in comprehensive senior living in Connecticut. When you work atEssex 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.

• 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

Job Info

• Job Identification 39758
• Job Category Culinary Services
• Posting Date 09/09/2026, 12:24 AM
• Job Schedule Full time