Resident Dining Lead

The Bayshore on Hilton Head • Phoenix, AZ

24d • $19 - $21 • Onsite

About The Position

Acacia Health Center, part of the Sagewood Senior Living Community, is hiring a full-time Lead Diet Aide at its CMS 5-Star Rated healthcare facility in Northeast Phoenix. The center supports skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care. The role is scheduled for 40 hours per week on a split schedule: 6:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. and 11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Employees work weekends and occasional holidays. Pay is $19–$21 per hour.

The Lead Diet Aide helps coordinate resident dining and meal service, maintains dining-room and kitchen cleanliness, supports food quality and safety, and ensures staff have accurate diet information and adequate inventory. The role also provides hospitality to residents and guests, communicates with residents and families about meal programs, and assists with staff training and development.

Requirements

• At least two years of server and/or dietary aide experience in a senior living community or healthcare center.
• Ability to interpret and explain menus, answer or refer questions, coordinate meal service, and understand requests.
• Provide high levels of customer care with compassion.
• Comfort working weekends and occasional holidays and standing for extended periods.
• Arizona Food Handler Card required.
• Must pass a background check and drug screening.
• Flu vaccine required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the physical appearance and sanitation of dining rooms and service kitchens, including staff areas, table settings, chairs, and floors.
• Communicate with cooks and diet aides to ensure food is prepared at the proper temperature and meets standards for quality, appearance, consistency, and timely service.
• Delegate assignments and assist with premeal preparation before each meal service.
• Ensure diet rosters are accurate and communicated to staff.
• Ensure diet aides have the inventory they need in satellite kitchens, neighborhood kitchens, and storage areas.
• Coordinate with the supervisor on dining-room needs, special events, planning, and implementation of new systems.
• Meet with new admissions, residents, families, and visitors as needed to explain meal programs, menus, preferences, dining times, and related matters.
• Assist with new-hire education, training, and staff development.
• Serve meals to residents with care and positivity.
• Maintain high standards of sanitation and food safety.
• Provide hospitality services to residents and their guests.

Benefits

• Accrue 16 days of PTO during the first year, plus two personal days and six paid holidays.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Scholarship for employees and their school-aged dependents.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Daily Pay options.
• Meal privileges each shift.
• Annual merit-based increases.
• Professional development and mentorship.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed