Food Service Worker

Food Service Worker

This Food Service Worker position is located within the Nutrition & Food Service at the Butler VA Medical Center. This position independently performs duties that require proficiency in special procedures and broad knowledge of service operations, such as food and beverage preparation, modified diets, computer proficiency, dishwashing, dry and refrigerated storage, and safety and sanitation.

Major Duties and Responsibilities Include (but Are Not Limited to):

• Sets up and breaks down assigned station with the correct supplies and food items.
• Portions food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and specified dishware.
• Decides what food items to serve for the most common diets when the diet card or tray ticket identifies only the kind of diet called for.
• Provides patients with basic information about modified diets and the nutrition services that are available.
• Identifies obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items designated by the menu.
• Follows directions in assembling, measuring, weighing, or mixing ingredients for basic formulas and supplemental feedings following standardized recipes and using sanitary techniques.
• Delivers meal trays to the patients' bedsides; reporting the patients' comments and complaints to the supervisor or dietitian.
• Provides assistance to cooks in the food preparation area including assembling, labeling and arranging completed recipe items in preparation for use by cooks.
• Prepares fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts along with individual and bulk nourishments and supplement foods and beverages for patients.
• Makes final check of diet trays assembled by lower grade workers for completeness, correct food temperatures.
• Works in one or more functional areas of the kitchen such as food preparation, dish and pot washing, dry and refrigerated storage and receiving, and the serving line.
• Performs heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas.
• Operates one or more gasoline or diesel-powered motor vehicles equipped with or without hydraulic tailgates for the pickup and delivery of food, supplies, and equipment.
• Perform driving assignments on the grounds of all facilities and over all roads in all traffic and weather conditions.
• Load and unload food, supplies, and equipment and ensure that cargo is properly distributed and secured in the truck to prevent damage or loss while in transit.
• Ensure that vehicle is not overloaded, and that cargo is protected and handled in accordance with established standards of safety and sanitation.
• Responsible for maintaining vehicle, i.e., gasoline or diesel fuel, oil, cleanliness, etc., and report malfunctions or discrepancies to responsible staff.
• Observe sanitation and safety policies and procedures in transporting food supplies to ensure their integrity is not compromised.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.

Requirements

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Qualifications

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Participation in the seasonal influenza program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave.