Senior Living Server

Grace Management•Tucson, AZ

About The Position

The Server works in the dining room serving meals to senior residents and performing related meal-service tasks. The role is responsible for helping make dining operations pleasant and efficient and preparing foods according to dietary standards. The position is full-time, pays $16.00 per hour, has no late nights, and requires weekend availability. The Server assists with dining-room setup and service, takes orders, serves food, prepares and delivers trays as requested, clears tables and trays, handles beverages and food, and cares for kitchen and dining-room equipment. The role also includes cleaning work areas, maintaining a neat appearance, following food-service infection-control procedures, residents’ rights policies, and facility safety requirements, and working cooperatively with dining associates. Servers may also support resident-centered activities, attend meetings and in-service education, and perform other assigned duties. The employer describes a supportive, family-like community focused on compassionate care and enriching residents’ lives. Applicants must have at least a high school diploma or GED, be able to communicate in English, and have strong customer-service and interpersonal skills. The role includes physical tasks such as standing, walking, bending, stooping, stretching, sitting, and lifting or carrying up to 40 pounds. Drug testing and a criminal-record background check are required upon hire and when requested by a supervisor.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED at a minimum.
Ability to follow written and oral directions.
Ability to communicate and relate to residents and associates courteously and diplomatically.
Excellent customer-service and interpersonal skills for working with people at various levels.
Ability to read, write, and speak English.
Ability to understand and relate menu information to residents.
Ability to follow facility policies and procedures, including infection-control, residents’ rights, and safety requirements.
Professional, neat appearance; adherence to the dress code and good personal hygiene.
Must be free of communicable disease.
Completion of drug testing and a criminal-record background check upon hire and upon request of a supervisor.
Ability to speak, see, and hear sufficiently to serve residents.
Ability to bend, stand, lift, stoop, sit, walk, and stretch, and to lift or carry up to 40 pounds.
Must be available to work weekends.

Responsibilities

Assist with dining-room setups and meal service.
Take residents’ orders and serve food appropriately.
Set up and deliver trays upon request of the chef or cook.
Bus tables and trays in the dining room and other areas as needed.
Pour and cover beverages and assist with preparing and covering food.
Assist with proper care and use of kitchen and dining-room equipment.
Clean work areas as directed.
Work at a steady pace to meet the needs of cooks and residents.
Work cooperatively with dining-room associates to support pleasant and efficient service.
Explain or relate the menu to residents and act as a liaison between residents and the food-service department.
Follow food-service infection-control procedures, residents’ rights policies, and the facility safety program.
Maintain a neat, clean appearance and follow the directed dress code.
Work scheduled shifts reliably and perform other duties and assignments as needed.
Support and participate in resident-centered activity programs.
Participate in assigned projects or committees, attend associate meetings and in-service education, and assist with resident-related tasks as assigned.