This Food Service Worker position is located within the Nutrition & Food Service at the VA Medical Center in Montrose, New York.

Duties

Major duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to): - Set up assigned station with the correct supplies and food items - Serve food cafeteria style by placing uniform portions of food on customers'/patients'/residents' plates - Break down and clean the station when assigned - Set up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and replenish items as necessary - Return soiled trays and dishes to the dish room - Deliver meal trays to the patients' bedsides and report the patients' comments and complaints to the supervisor or dietitian - Prepare beverages according to the number of servings required - Prepare fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts in specified quantities - Sort, wash, peel and cut cold foods using knives or other equipment - Provide assistance to cooks in the food preparation area, such as weigh, measure and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes - Prepare uncooked food items, such as sandwich spread and salad dressings - Operate and break down and clean all equipment assigned to food service and related areas - Portion food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and specified dishware - Prepare boxed/to go meals - Select and place correct items on patient trays - Read and interpret a regular or modified menu, individual diet cards, tray tickets or patient selections - Identify obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items designated by the menu - Decide what food items to serve for the most common diets - Perform heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas - Separate food waste, trash/recyclables from dishes, glasses and silverware - Unload food/tray delivery carts - 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 - Other duties as assigned to meet the needs of the Medical Center Work Schedule:6:00am-10:00am/3:00pm-7:00pm, including weekends and holidays Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99920A

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Work involves constant standing, stooping, walking, pushing of food trucks, frequently lifting and moving of objects weighing up to 40 pounds and occasionally lifting or moving objects more than 40 pounds. May be required to perform heavy work, such as scouring and scrubbing large size cooking utensils and pushing heavy carts and trucks in unloading, storing, and delivering supplies. You also may be required to work on ladders and use power cleaning equipment. Employee is often exposed to uncomfortable temperatures because of steam and heat from cooking and dish washing. Sometimes the employee is exposed to extreme temperatures of the kitchen and the walk-in refrigerators. Regulatory exposed to hot liquids, sharp cutting blades and hot working surfaces. The area is usually noisy and there is constant danger of slipping on floors where food or beverages have been spilled or from mopped floors. The employee is subject to minor injuries such as cuts and bruises. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. (Screen-Out) Ability to perform the duties of the Food Service Worker without more than normal supervision. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Dexterity and Safety Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading) Materials Technical Practices Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Without more than normal supervision Work Practices IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. 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). 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.

Education

The job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Franklin Delano Roosevelt Hospital 2094 Albany Post Road Montrose, NY 10548 US
• Name: Heather Addison
• Phone: 260-440-0885
• Email: [email protected]