FT or PT Senior Living Server

Grace Management•Jacksonville, FL

12d

About The Position

Camellia at Deerwood is seeking a Server to serve meals to senior residents and perform related dining-service tasks. The Server helps ensure the dining operation is pleasant and efficient and prepares food according to dietary standards. This position may be full-time or part-time and pays $15.00 per hour. The Server assists with dining room setup and service, takes and serves orders, delivers trays upon request, clears tables and trays, and helps prepare and cover beverages and food. The role also includes caring for kitchen and dining room equipment, cleaning work areas, communicating menu information to residents, and following food-service infection-control procedures, residents’ rights policies, and facility safety requirements. The Server works cooperatively with dining room associates, maintains a neat appearance and follows the dress code, and works scheduled shifts dependably. Other duties may be assigned. The Server may also support resident-centered activities, attend associate meetings and in-service education, participate in projects or committees, and assist with resident-related tasks as assigned. Applicants must have a high school diploma or GED, be able to communicate in English, and have strong customer service and interpersonal skills. The job requires interacting courteously with residents and associates, and the ability to bend, stand, lift, stoop, sit, walk, stretch, and lift or carry up to 40 pounds. Drug testing and a criminal-record background check are required upon hire and may be requested by a supervisor.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED at a minimum.
Ability to communicate in English, including reading, writing, and speaking.
Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills for working with residents, associates, and people at various levels.
Ability to relate to residents and associates courteously and diplomatically under all circumstances.
Ability to follow written and oral directions and facility policies and procedures.
Ability to communicate by speaking, seeing, and hearing sufficiently to serve residents.
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 when requested by a supervisor.
Ability to bend, stand, lift, stoop, sit, walk, and stretch, and to lift or carry up to 40 pounds.
Dependability and willingness to perform other duties and assignments as necessary.

Responsibilities

Serve meals to senior residents and perform related dining-service tasks in a pleasant and efficient manner.
Prepare foods according to dietary standards.
Follow written and oral directions.
Assist with dining room setup and service.
Take 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 the 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.
Cooperate with dining room associates to support an efficient dining operation.
Explain or relate menu information to residents and serve as a liaison between residents and the food-service department.
Understand and observe infection-control procedures related to the food-service department.
Follow residents’ rights policies and the facility safety program.
Maintain a neat, clean appearance, follow the dress code, and work scheduled shifts dependably.
Perform other duties and assignments as necessary.
Support and participate in resident-centered activity programs.
Participate in assigned projects or committees and attend associate meetings, in-service education, and associate functions as requested.
Assist with resident-related tasks as assigned.