Food Service Worker

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Nashville, TN, seeks a Food Service Worker to join the Nutrition & Food Service team at the VA Medical Center. You will support dining operations, maintain sanitation, and assist with tray delivery to patients as part of a busy hospital kitchen.

Responsibilities include food prep, loading dishwashers, stocking serving lines, and ensuring dietary requirements are met. The role requires physical stamina and adherence to safety standards.

Qualifications

• Experience or training demonstrating ability to perform food service duties.
• Experience will be evaluated against OPM Federal Wage System standards.
• Preferred experience in medical or hospital food service is a plus.
• Understanding of sanitation and safety practices is required.

Responsibilities

• Clean serving areas by sweeping and mopping floors and sanitizing surfaces and equipment.
• Operate dishwashers and cart washing stations.
• Transport trays to wards and deliver trays to patients.
• Set up serving areas with hot and cold foods and keep items stocked.
• Identify discrepancies between prescribed diets or allergies and tray tickets.
• Make cold sandwiches using prepared ingredients.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Work schedule: 5:30am–2:00pm, including weekends and holidays.

Skills

Dexterity and Safety

Follow Directions

Handle Weights and Loads

Reliability and Dependability

Special Aptitude - Food Service Work

Work Practices

Job description

Summary This Food Service Worker position is located within the Nutrition & Food Service at the VA Medical Center in Nashville TN. Food Service Workers perform tasks with several steps or a sequence of tasks that requires attention to work operations. They follow set procedures in accomplishing repetitive assignments - follow an established sequence of work such as working in the dish room - passing trays - portioning cold foods and dipping hot foods or any other assigned tasks.

Summary This Food Service Worker position is located within the Nutrition & Food Service at the VA Medical Center in Nashville TN. Food Service Workers perform tasks with several steps or a sequence of tasks that requires attention to work operations. They follow set procedures in accomplishing repetitive assignments - follow an established sequence of work such as working in the dish room - passing trays - portioning cold foods and dipping hot foods or any other assigned tasks.

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. Preferred Experience: Please ensure your experience is reflected on your resume with any related duties of a position of Food Service Worker. 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.

Duties

• Preferred Experience- Experience in a medical or hospital Food Service setting with working in the kitchen (to include cleaning and stocking) - dish room - transports tray carts and delivers trays to patents
• Please ensure your experience is reflected on your resume with any related duties of a position of Food Service Worker
• Major duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to): 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: 5:30am-2:00pm and will include weekends and holidays
• Static schedules with set days off will be assigned at the time of on boarding
• Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99921A 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.