Food Service Worker

Food Service Worker

This Food Service Worker position is located within the Nutrition & Food Service at the VA Medical Center in Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VHA). The primary purpose of the food service worker is to provide high quality food service which meets all food safety requirements and to provide the highest level of customer service.

Responsibilities include:

• Portions and services food and drinks to customers, providing uniform portions.
• Performs simple food preparation by assisting cooks in food preparation of simple foods and beverages.
• Ensures food is stored and handled safely by ensuring foods are covered, dated and stored according to standard operation procedures.
• Assembles meal trays and assigned stations on the tray line with the correct supplies and food items, and breaks down and leans the station after the serving period.
• Serve food to patients at beside with storing of food carts into walk-in refrigerator upon delivery, once off-loaded by truck drivers.
• Perform cleaning and sanitation by setting up and operating mechanical dishwashers.
• Remove inspection doors, strainer pans, screens, and spray arms for preventive maintenance and cleaning.
• Receives and stores food and supplies delivered by approved vendors and checks to ensure they meet specifications are at the correct temperature and are correctly dated upon delivery.

Work Schedule: Part-Time, 5am-9am OR 3pm-7pm

Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99920S

Physical Requirements: Continual standing and walking, frequent stooping, reaching, pushing and bending. Repetitive motion for long periods especially in the sanitation and trayline areas. Frequently lifting or moving objects and pushing/pulling carts weighing up to 40 pounds. Performing heavy work such as scouring and scrubbing pots, pans, or other food service equipment.

Requirements Conditions of Employment:

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job. May serve a probationary period. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.

A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements.

Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.

In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

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

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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.