Food Service Worker Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Demonstrate training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Provide resume descriptions supporting the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties.
• Meet the position's screen-out element and job-related competencies, including dexterity and safety, interpreting instructions and specifications, materials, technical practices, tool and equipment use and maintenance, working without more than normal supervision, and work practices.
• Be a U.S. citizen, except that non-citizens may be appointed when recruiting qualified citizens is not possible under VA policy.
• Be suitable for Federal employment as determined by a background investigation.
• Undergo pre-employment urinalysis for illegal drug use if tentatively selected for a testing-designated position; refusal results in denial of employment.
• Meet Selective Service registration requirements if applicable to males born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete the online onboarding process and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
• Serve a one-year probationary period.
• As VA Health Care Personnel, receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain a medical or religious exemption; wear a face mask if exempt.

Responsibilities

• Clean serving areas, floors, work surfaces, refrigerators, toasters, coffee machines, and other food service equipment.
• Identify obvious discrepancies between prescribed diets and food items designated by the menu.
• Set up dining room tables and serving areas with hot and cold foods, and replenish items during meal service.
• Clean production equipment, including steam-jacketed kettles and tilt skillets, using safe sanitation techniques.
• Load and operate dishwashers and cart-washing stations.
• Perform necessary preventative maintenance on equipment.
• Transport tray carts to wards and deliver trays to patients' bedsides, or assist patients with transporting meal trays.
• Serve uniform portions of food cafeteria-style to customers, patients, or residents.
• Prepare fresh fruit, cold salads, dressings, sandwich fillings, cold sandwiches, and simple cold desserts in specified quantities.
• Assist cooks by weighing, measuring, and assembling ingredients according to standardized recipes.
• Use food terminology, measurements, and serving information in standardized recipes and menus.
• Operate, break down, and clean assigned food service equipment.
• Perform heavy-duty cleaning throughout food service and related areas.
• Assemble items in cold food preparation and nourishment areas and make cold sandwiches using prepared ingredients.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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 credit for job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining annual leave accrual, if requested and approved before appointment; approval is not guaranteed.