Food Service Worker Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Demonstrate training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the position; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead Food Service Worker duties, including assigning and adjusting work, communicating instructions, reporting issues, and providing on-the-job training.
• Ability to perform food service work such as checking trays, assisting with food preparation, preparing nourishment items, serving meals and drinks, and cleaning and sanitizing kitchen equipment.
• Ability to follow instructions and proper food-handling guidelines.
• Ability to make arithmetic computations, including increasing, decreasing, or converting metric and standard measurements.
• U.S. citizenship is required, with the stated exception for non-citizens when qualified citizens cannot be recruited under VA policy.
• Must be suitable for federal employment as determined by a background investigation.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Must complete the required online onboarding and provide acceptable identification and application documents.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period.
• VA health care personnel must receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain a medical or religious exemption; employees with an exemption must wear a face mask.
• Must meet physical demands that include frequent sitting, standing, walking, stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and bending; lifting up to 20 pounds unassisted and occasionally moving more than 40 pounds with assistance.

Responsibilities

• Lead activities in production and service areas.
• Review daily work assignments and make adjustments as needed.
• Communicate work instructions and information to employees.
• Report problems and events to supervisors and managers.
• Provide on-the-job training to lower-graded food service workers and document training.
• Complete safety and sanitation inspection checks.
• Ensure food production and service areas are properly set up.
• Perform final checks of trays for proper temperature and accuracy against tray tickets.
• Observe employee performance and provide feedback to supervisors.
• Participate in performance improvement programs and document quality improvement data.
• Set up tray-line stations with the correct supplies and food items.
• Serve food cafeteria-style and clean assigned stations after service.
• Set up dining room tables for service.
• Deliver meal trays to patients' bedsides and report comments or complaints to a supervisor or dietitian.
• Prepare individual and bulk nourishments and supplemental foods and beverages.
• Determine ingredient quantities and convert between metric and standard measurements.
• Perform heavy-duty cleaning throughout food service areas.
• Assist cooks in food preparation.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package available to employees and their families; specific benefits depend on position type and eligibility.