Dietary Team Lead

Liveatlauralparke; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

16 days PTO + 2 personal days + 6 paid

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

401K + employer match

Scholarship for employees

Tuition Reimbursement

Daily Pay Options

Meal Privileges Each Shift

Annual merit increases

Professional development

Job summary

Acacia Health Center in Northeast Phoenix is hiring a full-time Lead Diet Aide to join Sagewood Senior Living Community, a 5-Star CMS facility. The role focuses on meal service coordination, resident meals, and staff development within a supportive healthcare environment.

Position offers a 40-hour week with day schedules, no late nights, and competitive benefits including PTO, health insurance, a 401K, and tuition reimbursement. Join a passionate team delivering quality hospitality to residents.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years as a server or dietary aide in a senior living or healthcare setting.
• Ability to explain menus, coordinate meal service, and accommodate resident requests.
• Provides high levels of customer care with compassion and heart.

Responsibilities

• Maintain dining rooms and service kitchens, including sanitation and setup.
• Coordinate with cooks and diet aides to ensure meals meet quality and temperature standards.
• Delegate tasks for meal service and verify diet rosters are accurate.
• Monitor inventory across satellite kitchens and storage areas.
• Collaborate with supervisor on dining room needs, events, and new systems.
• Meet with residents and families to explain meals, menus, and preferences.
• Support new hire training and ongoing staff development.
• Serve meals to residents with care and maintain high sanitation standards.
• Work with a team in a fast-paced kitchen and provide excellent hospitality.

Skills

Customer Care

Food Safety

Communication

Healthcare Experience

Job description

Lead Diet Aide at a 5-Star Rated Health Center

Ready to take your passion for people to the next level - without the late nights and high stress of restaurant serving?

Acacia Health Center in beautiful Northeast Phoenixe is hiring a full-time Lead Diet Aide to join our team. We're part of the prestigious Sagewood Senior Living Community, a CMS 5-Star Rated Facility. Come work in our beautiful healthcare building which supports skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care.

Position Details:

• Pay: $19-21/ hr
• Schedule: 40 hours per week. No late nights!
  Split schedule working 6:30a - 2:30p and 11:00a-7:00p
  Working weekends and occasional holidays.
• Location: Acacia Health Center at Sagewood
  4555 E. Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85050

What You'll Be Doing:

• Maintain the physical appearance of the dining rooms and service kitchens, staff, table place settings, chairs, floors, general sanitation.
• Communicates with the cooks and diet aides ensuring all food is prepared to proper temperature, quality appearance, consistency, and timeliness of service.
• Delegating tasks assignments and assisting with premeal before each meal service. Ensuring the diet rosters are accurate and communicated to all staff.
• Fulfills and ensures that diet aides have all necessary inventory throughout the satellite kitchens, neighborhood kitchens, and storage areas.
• Confers with the supervisor regarding dining room’s needs, special events, planning, and implementation of new systems.
• Meets with new admissions as needed, our current residents, their families, and visitors explaining our meal programs, menus, likes/dislikes, dining times, and any other matters.
• Assists with new hire education, training, and staff development.
• Serving meals to residents with care and positivity
• Maintaining high standards of sanitation and food safety
• Working alongside a passionate team in a fast-paced kitchen
• Provide optimum hospitality services to our residents and their guests

Perks & Benefits:

• Accrue 16 days of PTO your first year plus 2 personal days and 6 paid holidays!
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401K + employer match
• Scholarship (employees plus their school aged dependents!)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Daily Pay Options
• Meal Privileges Each Shift
• Annual merit-based increases
• Professional development & mentorship
• And more!

What We’re Looking For:

• A minimum of two years as a server and or dietary aide experience in a senior living community, or healthcare center.
• Ability to interpret and explain menu, refer or answer questions, coordinate meal service process and understand requests
• Someone who provides high levels of customer care with compassion and heart
• Bringing your passions where you can make a true difference in the lives of others
• Comfortable working weekends and occasional holidays and being on your feet for extended periods of time
• Arizona Food Handler Card required
• Must pass a background check and drug screening
• Flu vaccine required