Dining Services Assistant - Part-time

Position Overview & General Responsibilities

Are you passionate about providing excellent service and enhancing the dining experience for seniors? As a Dining Services Assistant (DSA), you’ll play a vital role in ensuring that our healthcare and assisted living residents enjoy nutritious, delicious meals in a home-like environment. You’ll assist with meal service, accommodate dietary needs, and create a positive dining experience, all while working closely with our dedicated dining team. Help make mealtime a highlight of our residents' day while contributing to their overall well-being!

• Review dietary information: Follow instructions on break-down sheets, labels, and diet cards to ensure proper food preparation (e.g., regular, pureed, mechanical soft) and portion sizes for each resident’s specific needs.
• Ensure meals are served perfectly: Prepare or assist in ensuring meals are served at the right temperature and according to individual preferences and dietary restrictions.
• Tray delivery: Prepare and deliver meal trays to residents as required, ensuring timely and accurate service.
• Maintain cleanliness: Keep all food preparation and service areas clean, sanitized, and organized to ensure a safe dining environment.
• Dishwashing and sanitization: Operate the dishwasher and clean all dishes, utensils, and serving trays after meals.
• Equipment operation: Safely operate kitchen equipment like dishwashers, garbage disposals, microwaves, griddles, and toasters as part of your duties.
• Food stock and storage: Stock, remove, cover, and store foods properly. Ensure all food is labeled, dated, and stored following safety regulations.
• Follow First In, First Out Method: Manage food inventory by checking expiration dates and rotating stock regularly.
• Cleaning chemicals management: Store and use cleaning solutions safely and according to guidelines to maintain cleanliness in all areas.
• Train new team members: Assist in training and supporting new employees, helping them learn the ropes and perform the job effectively.
• Be a dependable team member: Demonstrate punctuality and reliability, reporting to work on time and ready to contribute.
• Provide exceptional service: Assist residents in the dining room—take orders, serve food, refill drinks, bus tables, and ensure a comfortable dining experience.
• Support diverse dietary needs: Recognize and accommodate the unique dietary needs of an aging population, ensuring every resident’s meal is safe and satisfying.

Job Title

Dining Services Assistant (DSA)

Location

3935 Sunnyside Drive, Harrisonburg VA 22801 Healthcare & Assisted Living

Hours

Evening shift part-time opportunities available! (4:15 pm-7:45 pm).

Weekend availability is required.

Pay

Starting pay will vary based on job-related skills, experience, and qualifications

Benefits

• $60 annual shoe reimbursement
• Paid time off (even for part-time roles)
• Growth and on-site training opportunities
• 401(k) with employer matching
• Access to our wellness and vitality centers
• Employee assistance program
• Referral bonus program

Physical and Environmental Considerations

This job operates indoors in a general kitchen and dining room environment with varying floor surfaces. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee is frequently required to routinely sit, stand, reach, lift, bend, kneel, stoop, climb, push and pull items weighing 30 lbs or less and occasionally more than 50 lbs. The position requires manual dexterity; auditory and visual skills; and the ability to follow written and oral instructions and procedures. General hazards related to operation of kitchen equipment as well as exposure to sanitizing and cleaning chemicals and wet floor surfaces which require slip-resistant shoes. Minimal hazards if universal precautions are followed.