Food Service Worker

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Bay Pines (FL); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The CW Bill Young Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Bay Pines, Florida, is seeking a Food Service Worker to join the Nutrition & Food Service team. You will perform a variety of kitchen and patient service duties to support meal preparation and delivery.

The role involves cleaning, operating dishwashers, assembling trays, checking diets, and assisting with food preparation in a hot, humid kitchen environment.

Qualifications

• Evidence of training or experience demonstrating ability to perform duties.
• Qualification will be evaluated using the OPM Federal Wage System Standards.
• Screen-out element is Reliability and Dependability; qualifications must meet this element.
• Responses in the online questionnaire must be supported by resume details.

Responsibilities

• Cleans serving areas by sweeping and mopping floors, sanitizing work surfaces and equipment.
• Cleans production equipment including steam jacketed kettles and tilt skillets.
• Loads and operates dishwashers and cart washing station.
• Transports tray carts to wards and delivers trays to patient rooms.
• Sets up serving areas with hot and cold foods and maintains stock during service.
• Identifies diet or allergy discrepancies and notes them on tray tickets.
• Makes cold sandwiches using prepared ingredients.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Work Schedule: Various TODs, including Sundays, holidays and weekends.
• Work involves hot kitchen environment and physical tasks such as standing, walking, bending.
• May perform heavy work with assistance and lift up to 40 pounds as needed.

Skills

Dexterity

Safety

Follow Directions

Reliability

Dependability

Special Aptitude - Food Service

Work Practices

Job description

Summary

The Food Service Worker position is located within the Nutrition & Food Service at the CW Bill Young Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Bay Pines - Florida.

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: Dexterity and Safety Follow Directions Handle Weights and Loads Reliability And Dependability Special Aptitude - Food Service Work Work 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. 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 - Reliability and Dependability. 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.

Duties

• Cleans serving areas by sweeping and mopping floors - cleaning/sanitizing work surfaces - and other food service equipment - such as refrigerators - toaster - and coffee machines
• Cleans production equipment including steam jacketed kettles - tilt skillets - etc
• using appropriate and safe sanitation techniques
• Loads and operates dishwashers and cart washing station
• Performs necessary preventative maintenance on equipment
• Transports tray carts to wards and individually delivers trays directly to the patient's bedside or assists patients with transport of their meal trays
• Sets-up serving areas with hot and cold foods - keeping foods appropriately stocked during meal service
• Identifies discrepancies between the prescribed diet and/or listed food allergies and the food items listed on the tray ticket
• Assembles a variety of items while working in cold food preparation and nourishment area
• Make cold sandwiches using prepared ingredients
• Performing other duties as assigned
• Work Schedule: Various TOD's - Sunday-Saturday - Including Holidays and weekends
• Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99921S Physical Effort and Work Conditions: Work is performed in kitchen areas where the steam and heat from cooking and dishwashing equipment often cause uncomfortably high temperatures and humidity
• Performs work requiring light to moderate physical
• 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
• Subject to continuous standing and 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 the assistance of others.