Dietary Aide – Senior Living

Foundry Commercial•Fort Lauderdale, FL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Allegro Fort Lauderdale is seeking a dependable, service-minded Dietary Aide to support evening meal service in its senior living community. The role helps create a warm, welcoming dining experience for residents and guests by providing attentive service and supporting dining-room and kitchen operations. The Dietary Aide serves meals and beverages, assists with dining-room setup and cleanup, and supports food preparation and plating as needed. The position also involves honoring residents’ dietary preferences and restrictions, maintaining a clean and safe dining environment, and following food-safety and sanitation guidelines. Additional duties include greeting and seating residents and guests, clearing tables, delivering and retrieving trays from residents’ apartments as needed, and labeling and dating food. This is a part-time position on varying days, with evening hours from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The listed pay is $16.00 per hour. Allegro Fort Lauderdale offers Assisted Living, Independent Living, and Memory Care and is part of the Senior Living by Allegro family of communities.

Requirements

At least 2 years of experience in a restaurant, hotel, or healthcare setting; stated as required.
At least 16 years of age.
Friendly, patient, and service-oriented personality.
Ability to work on one’s feet during evening meal service.
Dependable, team-oriented, and professional.
Attention to detail, flexibility and adaptability, safety awareness, and ability to work as a team player.
Positive criminal background screening.
Adherence to the Company Drug Free Workplace policy; associates are subject to the policy.

Nice To Haves

Food-serving experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve meals and beverages to residents in a courteous, attentive, dignified, efficient, and professional manner.
Assist with dining-room setup, table service, and breakdown after each meal.
Support the kitchen team with food preparation and plating as needed.
Honor residents’ dietary preferences, restrictions, and special requests.
Greet and seat residents and guests in a timely, friendly, and professional manner.
Clear tables of glasses, silverware, dishes, and other items after a course or meal according to Company protocol.
Maintain a clean dining room, including wiping down and sanitizing chairs, windows, floors, and work areas after every meal period.
Deliver and retrieve trays to and from residents’ apartments as needed.
Label and date all food.
Follow food-safety and sanitation guidelines throughout each shift.
Perform other job duties as assigned.