Dietary Aide

Mainplace Senior Living; Orange (CA); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

The Pennant Group, Inc. operates MainPlace Senior Living in Orange County, CA, seeking a Dietary Aide to provide courteous, resident-focused dining support. This role emphasizes maintaining sanitation, assisting with dining needs, and ensuring quality food presentation for residents, staff, and guests.

Eligible candidates should hold Serv-Safe certification (or be willing to obtain it) and demonstrate strong communication and teamwork abilities in a fast-paced dining environment.

Qualifications

• Must possess Serv-Safe certification, or willing to obtain upon hire.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Willingness to learn new food preparation techniques and presentation.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient, timely and friendly service to residents, staff and guests.
• Assist with meeting or exceeding residents’ dining expectations.
• Ensure proper cleaning, storage, and availability of dining services cookware, dishware, etc.
• Maintain proper sanitation and safety procedures and high quality of food preparation and presentation.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Serv-Safe certification

Job description

Our senior living community is currently seeking a Dietary Aide to join our team of dedicated professionals who want to make a difference in the lives of our residents, their families and our community.

We are guided by our CAPLICO Core Values: Celebration Accountability Passion for Learning Love One Another Intelligent Risk Taking Customer Second (Employee First!) Ownership.

About the Opportunity

Ensure efficient, timely and friendly service to all residents, staff and guests. Assist with meeting or exceeding residents’ dining expectations. Ensure proper cleaning, storage, and availability of all dining services cookware, dishware, etc. Keep food prep, dining areas and/or dish room areas clean and sanitary. Maintain proper sanitation and safety procedures and high quality of food preparation and presentation.

Critical Success Factors

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, and comprehend the same.
• Willingness to learn new food preparation techniques and presentation.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a team.
• Must display team behaviors.
• Ability to effectively deal with conflict or resident complaints.
• Ability to focus on multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Follows all food safety and equipment safety procedures.
• Knowledge of and compliance with community quality standards and requirements.
• Must be dependable, punctual, self-motivated, and able to work without constant supervision.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must possess Serv-Safe certification, or willing to obtain upon hire.
• STARTING RATE $17.00

Located in beautiful Orange County, California, MainPlace Senior Living provides a home-centered atmosphere that our residents are delighted to call home. With no buy-in fees and convenient month-to-month payment plans, our residents choose how they want to live rather than being told how to live.

More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.

The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

The employer for this position is stated in the job posting.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring that all conditions and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, transfer, promotion, discipline, determination of compensation and/or benefits, and termination of employment, for all job classifications, are based on qualifications and work record. No employment decision is made, nor do we discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex/pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, or disability.