Food Service Worker

Veterans Health Administration • Butler, PA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This Wage Grade 3 Food Service Worker position is located at the Butler VA Medical Center in Butler, Pennsylvania. The role performs food-service tasks involving multiple steps or sequences that require attention to work operations. Workers follow established procedures and sequences for repetitive assignments, may work in one or more functional areas, and can perform all duties of a lower-grade worker.

The position supports food preparation and service, including station and dining-room setup, serving and portioning food, preparing beverages and cold food items, delivering patient meal trays, interpreting menus and diet information, and cleaning food-service equipment and work areas. The schedule is 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., with rotating days off and some required holiday and weekend work. A compressed or flexible schedule is not available. Relocation and recruitment incentives are not authorized.

Requirements

• Provide evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to demonstrate the ability to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Provide detailed resume descriptions supporting knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties.
• Meet the qualification requirements by the announcement closing date.
• Meet the screen-out element and demonstrate applicable job elements: dexterity and safety; interpreting instructions and specifications; materials; technical practices; using and maintaining tools and equipment; working without more than normal supervision; and work practices.
• Be a U.S. citizen, unless appointment of a non-citizen is permitted under VA policy when qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
• Be suitable for federal employment as determined by a background investigation.
• If tentatively selected for a testing-designated position, submit to urinalysis for illegal drug use; refusal results in denial of VA employment.
• Meet Selective Service registration requirements if male and born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete the required online onboarding and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
• Serve a one-year probationary period and receive written certification for continued employment upon its completion.
• Receive an annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain a medical or religious exemption; wear a face mask when an exemption is granted.

Responsibilities

• Set up assigned stations with the correct supplies and food items.
• Serve cafeteria-style meals by placing uniform portions on customers’, patients’, or residents’ plates.
• Break down and clean assigned stations.
• Set up dining-room tables, place food and beverages on tables, and replenish items as needed.
• Return soiled trays and dishes to the dish room.
• Deliver meal trays to patients’ bedsides and report patient comments and complaints to a supervisor or dietitian.
• Prepare beverages according to the required number of servings.
• Prepare fresh fruit, cold salads and dressings, sandwich fillings, cold sandwiches, and simple cold desserts in specified quantities.
• Sort, wash, peel, and cut cold foods using knives or other equipment.
• Assist cooks with food preparation, including weighing, measuring, and assembling ingredients according to standardized recipes.
• Prepare uncooked food items such as sandwich spreads and salad dressings.
• Operate, break down, and clean assigned food-service and related equipment.
• Portion food items into standard serving sizes using proper utensils and specified dishware.
• Prepare boxed or to-go meals.
• Select and place the correct items on patient trays.
• Read and interpret regular or modified menus, individual diet cards, tray tickets, and patient selections.
• Identify obvious discrepancies between prescribed diets and menu-designated food items.
• Decide which food items to serve for the most common diets.
• Perform heavy-duty cleaning throughout food-service and related areas.
• Separate food waste and trash or recyclables from dishes, glasses, and silverware.
• Unload food and tray delivery carts and store sanitized dishes, glasses, and silverware.
• Scrape, soak, scour, and scrub cookware and utensils.
• Move garbage cans when collecting and transferring trash from the work area to the disposal area.
• Perform other duties as assigned to meet the needs of the Medical Center.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
• VA may grant newly appointed federal employees credit for qualifying job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining annual-leave accrual, subject to prior request and approval and not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed