Resident Dining Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 16 days + 2 personal days + 6 paid

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401K + employer match

Tuition Reimbursement

Daily Pay Options

Meal Privileges Each Shift

Annual merit-based increases

Professional development

Scholarship for dependents

And more

Job summary

Acacia Health Center in Northeast Phoenix is hiring a full-time Lead Diet Aide to join our Sagewood Senior Living Community. The role involves overseeing dining services for residents across skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care, with no late nights and a split shift.

Pay ranges from $19-21 per hour, with 40 hours per week and weekend/holiday requirements. Benefits include PTO, health insurance, 401K, tuition reimbursement, meal privileges, and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years as a server or dietary aide in a senior living community or healthcare center.
• Ability to interpret and explain menu and coordinate meal service.

Responsibilities

• Maintain dining room and service kitchen appearance; ensure sanitation.
• Communicate with cooks and diet aides to ensure proper food temp, appearance, quality, and timeliness.
• Delegate tasks and assist with premeal setup; ensure accurate diet rosters are communicated to staff.
• Monitor inventory across satellite kitchens and storage areas; keep diet aides stocked.
• Consult supervisor on dining room needs, events, planning, and new systems.
• Meet new admissions and families to explain meal programs and dining details.
• Assist with new hire education and staff development.
• Serve meals to residents with care and positivity; uphold sanitation and food safety.

Skills

Customer care

Menu interpretation

Meal coordination

Staff education

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