Position: Dietary Aide
Schedule: Full time 40 hours week. Weekends, holidays, and events as needed.
Pay: $18.00 per hour
Location: Essex, CT
Who we are:
Walk through our doors and see the difference in the future with senior living and care. Set against a beautiful 1,000-acre natural preserve and just minutes from the shoreline, Essex Meadows leads the way in comprehensive senior living in Connecticut. When you work at Essex Meadows, you have a front-row seat to the amazing life stories of the wisest people on earth. What's more, you are part of an extraordinary company-one that's investing in the future of senior living by investing in you. Don't just do a job. Be part of an extraordinary life!
You will enjoy:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life insurance
- AD&D insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Resident sponsored appreciation bonus
- Resident sponsored educational scholarships
- Generous PTO and paid holidays
- Employee assistance program
- Free electric vehicle charging stations
- Daily Pay – Work today, get paid today!
General Summary:
Essex Meadows is recruiting for a hospitality focused dietary aide to join our culinary team. This role provides full-scope, hands on serving functions within the skilled nursing facility.
Essential Job Duties:
- Prepares special feedings, nourishments, and snacks as ordered for service, including daily garnish.
- Verify ordered food items needed for meals are available and ready for service, including daily garnish.
- Covers, labels, dates and stores all food items.
- Maintains a well-stocked kitchen while rotating stock.
- Accurately sets up meal trays and dining room tables per tray ticket.
- Checks for accuracy of plated foods at time of service, adjusting as necessary.
- Clears dishes from tables during and after meal service.
- Returns soiled trays and service ware to dishwashing area via closed food cart.
- Removes and replaces soiled linens after each meal and delivers to laundry in proper bag supplied by laundry.
- Maintains a sanitary work area by following daily cleaning schedules and thoroughly cleaning and sanitizing work area after each meal
- Attends in-service training and education sessions as assigned.
- Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.
Qualifications:
- Ability to understand and follow instructions in English and communicate effectively.
- Experience waiting tables in a hotel, restaurant or club with fine dining preferred; will train.
- Ability to interpret and explain menu, refer, or answer questions, coordinate meal service process and understands requests.
- Ability to work in close cooperation with residents, guests, visitors, families, management and peers.
All new hires must be able to pass our preemployment screening process, which includes a fitness for duty physical, criminal background check, drug test and employment references as required by a licensed residential care facility. Some of the roles in our community also require that we ask about your vaccination status.
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Skills Required
- Ability to understand and follow instructions in English and communicate effectively.
- Experience waiting tables in a hotel, restaurant, or club with fine dining.
- Ability to interpret and explain menus, coordinate meal service, and answer related questions.
- Ability to work cooperatively with residents, guests, families, management, and peers.
- Ability to pass pre-employment screening: fitness-for-duty physical, criminal background check, drug test, and employment reference checks.
- Attend in-service training and education sessions as assigned.
Vi Living Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vi Living and has not been reviewed or approved by Vi Living.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage is complemented by optional protections such as life, disability, accident/critical illness, and hospital indemnity, plus access to mental‑health resources. Coverage typically begins the first day of the month after hire, reinforcing strong baseline healthcare support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, paid holidays, sick time where applicable, bereavement, jury duty, parental bonding, and caregiving leave create a broad time‑off portfolio. Some locations add paid volunteer time and anniversary holidays, extending flexibility for time away.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match anchors retirement readiness, supported by tools like FSAs and commuter benefits that aid overall financial planning. Access to a credit union and early wage access provide additional day‑to‑day financial support within the total rewards mix.
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What We Do
Vi is dedicated to providing quality environments, services, and programs to enrich the lives of older adults. Our goal is for our residents to continually experience the finest in senior living. Throughout Vi’s history, we have maintained our commitment to not only help seniors live independent lives on their terms, but also provide a nurturing environment for our employees to build fulfilling careers of service and care. Today, we support more than 2,900 employees in our corporate and community offices who are deeply committed to the care of our residents. The future success of Vi depends on maintaining a standard of excellence in all phases of resident services and relations.
Why Work With Us
At Vi, we go beyond words; respect, equity, diversity, and inclusion are the foundations of our culture. We're devoted to fostering an environment where every employee feels a genuine sense of belonging, appreciation, and empowerment.
