Food Service Worker Lead

Veterans Health Administration; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 36,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, is seeking a food service supervisor/lead at the VA Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. The role oversees production and service areas, ensuring proper setup and accurate tray temperatures for patient meals, while coordinating with dietitians and supervisors.

Responsibilities include training staff, conducting safety checks, and contributing to performance improvement.

Responsibilities

• Leads the activities of the production and service areas
• Reviews daily work assignments and makes adjustments
• Communicates instructions and information to employees
• Relays problems to supervisors and managers
• Provides on the job training and documents training
• Performs safety and sanitation inspection checks
• Ensures food production and service areas are properly set up
• Performs final check of trays for temperature and accuracy
• Observes work and provides feedback
• Participates in performance improvement programs and documents data
• Delivers meal trays to patients' bedside and reports comments or complaints to supervisor or dietitian
• Other related duties as assigned.

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

This position is located within the Nutrition & Food Service at the VA Medical Center in Wichita Kansas. The primary purpose of this position is to perform and lead employees in food service operations including food handling, preparation, storage and delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Lead 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.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $26.03 – $30.4/hr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-08.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.