This position is located within the Nutrition & Food Service department at the VA St. Louis Health Care System with vacancies at both the Jefferson Barracks and John Cochran division. The primary purpose of this position is to perform and lead employees in food service operations including food handling, preparation, storage and delivery.

Duties

This position is located in the Nutrition and Food Services within the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Administration. The primary purpose of this position is to perform and lead employees in food service operations including food handling, preparation, storage and delivery. Leader duties and responsibilities include: Leads the activities of the production and service areas. Reviews daily work assignments and makes adjustments accordingly. Communicates instructions and information to employees concerning work to be accomplished. Relays any problems and/or events to supervisors and managers. Provides on the job training to lower graded food service workers and documents training. Completes safety and sanitation inspection checks. Ensures food production and service areas are properly set up. Performs final check of trays for proper temperature and accuracy as indicated on tray ticket. Observes work performance of employees and provides feedback to supervisors. Participates in performance improvement programs and documents quality improvement data. Performs other related duties as assigned. Food service duties and responsibilities include: Sets up tray line station with correct supplies and food items Serves food, cafeteria style. Breaks down and cleans assigned station. Sets up dining room tables for service. Delivers meal trays to patients' bedside and reports comments and/or complaints to supervisor or dietitian. Prepares individual and bulk nourishments and supplemental foods/beverages. Determines the quantities of ingredients needed. Makes conversions between the metric system to standard system. Performs heavy duty cleaning tasks throughout food service areas. Provides assistance to cooks in the food preparation areas. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: 5:00am-1:30pm, 11:30am-8:00pm and any other TOD between 5:00am and 8:00 pm. Includes Weekends and Holiday rotations Duty Station: This position is located at the John Cochran or Jefferson Barracks facility but may be changed to any other. VASTLHCS location based on the needs of the medical center. Position Description Title/PD# Food Service Worker Lead / PD99816S. Physical Requirements: Physical Requirements: The work performed requires some light to heavy work, such as scouring and scrubbing large size cooking utensils and pushing heavy carts and trucks in unloading, storing and delivering supplies. Subject to continuous sitting, standing, walking and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling and bending. Frequently lifts or moves objects weighing up to 20 pounds unassisted and occasionally lift or move objects weighing more than 40 pounds with assistance of others.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Pre-employment physical required
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/05/2023. 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:Dexterity and SafetyInterpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading)Lead or SuperviseMaterialsTechnical PracticesUse and Maintain Tools and EquipmentWork Practices. 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.

Education

There is no educational substitution for this position.

Contacts

• Address VA St Louis Health Care System 1 Jefferson Barracks Drive St. Louis, MO 63125 US
• Name: Carrie Muller-Rice
• Phone: 314-894-6575 X66542
• Email: [email protected]