Food Service Worker (leader)

Food Service Worker (Leader)

This position is located in the Nutrition and Food Services within the Coatesville VA Medical Center. The primary purpose of this position is to perform and lead employees in food service operations including food handling, preparation, storage and delivery. Incumbent must have a thorough understanding of the types of food served for all diets, including modified diets and combination of these diets.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading the activities of the production and service areas
• Reviewing daily work assignments and making adjustments accordingly
• Communicating instructions and information to employees concerning work to be accomplished
• Relaying any problems and/or events to supervisors and managers
• Providing on the job training to lower graded food service workers and documenting training
• Completing safety and sanitation inspection checks
• Ensuring food production and service areas are properly set up
• Performing final check of trays for proper temperature and accuracy as indicated on tray ticket
• Observing work performance of employees and providing feedback to supervisors
• Participating in performance improvement programs and documenting quality improvement data
• Performing other related duties as assigned

Food service duties and responsibilities include:

• Setting up tray line station with correct supplies and food items
• Serving food, cafeteria style
• Breaking down and cleaning assigned station
• Setting up dining room tables for service
• Delivering meal trays to patients' bedside and reporting comments and/or complaints to supervisor or dietitian
• Preparing individual and bulk nourishments and supplemental foods/beverages
• Determining the quantities of ingredients needed
• Making conversions between the metric system to standard system
• Performing heavy duty cleaning tasks throughout food service areas
• Providing assistance to cooks in the food preparation areas

Work Schedule: Alternating days from 10:30 am - 7:00 pm, to include weekend and holidays.

Requirements:

• You must be a U.S. Citizen
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Pre-employment physical required
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/10/2026. 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.