Job opening: Food Service Worker
Salary: $22 - 26 per hour
Published at: Sep 06 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
The Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) is recruiting for a Food Service Worker position. The Food Service Worker position will function within Nutrition and Food Services. The primary purpose of the Food Service Worker is food and beverage preparation, modified diets, computer proficiency, dishwashing, dry and refrigerated storage, and safety and sanitation. May also assist making patient selections, thickening items and checking trays.
Duties
The Food Service Worker duties include, but are not limited to:
Set up assigned station on the tray line 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 other food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and specified dishware
Prepare boxed/to go meals
Make final check of diet trays assembled by lower grade workers for completeness, correct food temperatures
Verify that food items on the tray are appropriate for the prescribed diet
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 when the diet card or tray ticket identifies only the kind of diet called for
Distributes menus and surveys to patients
Prepare individual and bulk nourishments and supplemental foods and beverages for patients
Follow directions in assembling, measuring, weighing, or mixing ingredients for basic formulas and supplemental feedings following standardized recipes and using sanitary techniques
Determine the quantities of ingredients needed to prepare required yield
Make conversions between the metric system to the standard system
Take nourishment inventories, stocking using first in-first out procedures, replacing expired items
Label and distribute individual nourishments
Sterilize equipment and sanitize work areas
Work in one or more functional areas of the kitchen such as food preparation, dish and pot washing, dry and refrigerated storage and receiving, and the serving line
Perform heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas
Separate food waste and trash from dishes, glasses and silverware in the dish washing area
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
Provide assistance to cooks in the food preparation area including assembling, labeling and arranging completed recipe items in preparation for use by cooks.
Use a computer terminal to record and retrieve recipe, menu and inventory data and to produce reports
Work Schedule: 5:30AM to 2:00PM, 7:00AM to 3:30PM, 11:30AM to 8:00PM, Days off Rotate.
Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99836S
Requirements
- You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
- Subject to a background/suitability investigation
- May serve a probationary period
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
- A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.
- Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.
SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:
COMPETENCIES
Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision
Knowledge of Materials
Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic)
Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (other than blueprinting reading)
Ability to use and maintain tools and equipment
Work Practices (includes keeping things neat, clean and in order)
Ability to operate with dexterity and safety
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; religions; 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.
Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. 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.
Physical Requirements:
Wage Grade 4 Food Service Workers perform work requiring light to moderate physical effort. They 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. They are subject to continuous standing and walking, and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and bending. They frequently lift or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds unassisted and occasionally lift or move objects weighing more than 40 pounds with the assistance of others.
Working Conditions:
The work is performed in kitchen areas where the steam and heat from cooking and dishwashing equipment often cause uncomfortably high temperatures and humidity. The work area is well-lighted but usually noisy from food service activities, and there is danger of slipping on floors where food or beverages have been dropped. Food service workers are regularly exposed to hot liquids, sharp cutting blades, hot working surfaces, and extreme temperature changes when entering walk-in refrigeration or freezing units.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address Dayton VA Medical Center
4100 West Third Street
Dayton, OH 45428
US
- Name: Jonathan Shirey
- Email: [email protected]
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